Canvas Rich Content Editor

Canvas calls their tool to create and edit content the “Rich Content Editor”. Many of the tools found in the “Rich Content Editor” are similar to those found in other text editors like Microsoft Word or Google Docs. You will see the “Rich Content Editor” any time to create or edit content within Canvas. This will include:

Assignments
Announcements
Discussions
Pages
Quizzes

Icon	Name	Description
	Bold	Makes text bold
	Italic	Makes text Italic
	Underline	Makes text underlined
	Text color	Changes text color
	Background color	Changes text background
	Superscript and Subscript	Lets you add superscript to subscript text. Ex. x²
	Links	Add links to external websites or any Canvas content in your course. Can also make text, images and other web objects clickable web links to external websites or other Canvas content.
	Images	Add images that are stored are your computer or already exist in your course
	Media	Add video content (record or upload)
	Documents	Add documents to make available for students to download. Note: This is not the same as assigning a document to a student for them to work on and submit back to you.
	External Tool	Canvas utilizes an LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability®) system that makes it easy to integrate content from 3rd party platforms into Canvas. Ex. Post files from your OneDrive without having to download and upload the file.
	Text Alignment	Change text alignment (Left, Center, Right)
	Lists	Make bulleted or numbered lists
	Indent Text	Indent selected text
	Clear Formatting	Removes all formatting from selected text
	Table	Create a table with control over the number of cells, columns, and rows
	Insert Math Equation	Insert a math equation for better formatting and readability of math content.
	Embed	Embed codes are used by many web platforms to quickly place web content on a different website. Example: Post a YouTube video on your Canvas announcement that plays inline, and does not require the user being brought to youtube.com.

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