Canvas Corner: The New Rich Content Editor
On October 17th, Canvas released a feature updates to the New Canvas Rich Content Editor. There are considerable differences between the two editors. Beginning with the Winter 2021 term, the New Canvas Rich Content Editor will be turned on at the institution level.
The most notable difference in the Rich Content Editor (RCE) is the look and feel. Here, you can see the current RCE and what the new RCE looks like. The New RCE will be available in Announcements, Pages, Quizzes, Discussions, Syllabus, and Assignments.
Current Rich Content Editor
In the Current Rich Content Editor, the menu on the right allows you to create links to content in your course, add files, and insert images. In the New Rich Content Editor, the menu on the right disappears and these options are included as drop-down items in the toolbar. The toolbar items are described and illustrated below.
New Rich Content Editor
The New Rich Content Editor includes the content area, the menu bar, and the toolbar.
[1] In the content area, you can add and preview the page content.
[2] In the menu bar, you can use the menu options to format the page content.
In the toolbar, you can:
[3] format text.
[4] insert links, images, media, and documents.
[5] open external tools.
[6] format paragraphs.
[7] clear formatting.
[8] add tables.
[9] insert an equation.
When content in a browser window is long enough to require a scroll bar, the toolbar is fixed at the top of the browser window.
To learn more about the New Rich Text Editor visit one of the links below: