Using the Content editor

The Content Editor appears many places in your course.

Add content in a document
Add text in a quiz or test
Add text in an assignment

You have many options for adding content using the Content Editor. See screen shot and detailed list below:

Screenshot of content editor tools that are numbered 1 to 14 from left to right. Option 6 is accessed via three dots. Option 14 is a drop down menu with several options.

Text style button - allows selection of a preformatted paragraph style from the list for the selected text. The menu selections include: Title, Header, Subheader, and Paragraph.
Select your Font
Select Font size
Color picker
Bold, Italic, Underline
Text options: Strikethrough, Superscript, Subscript, Code snippet
Create or edit table
Alignment options
Lists: Bulleted list, Numbered list, Line-height options, Left-to-Right direction, Right-to-Left direction
Undo
Clear format
Link
Attachment
Insert content: Math, Image, Media, YouTube video, Cloud storage, Content Collection, Content Market

Note: please use Kaltura LTI tools to add media, and not the Insert content > Media tool accessed from the Content Editor as this may exceed the course quota.

This additional Icon table may be helpful!

Icons	Options	Description
	Text style menu: Title Header Subheader Paragraph	Select a preformatted paragraph style from the list for the selected text.
	Font Style	Font type can be chosen between: Arial, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Noto, Open Sans, Times New Roman and, Verdana.
	Font Size	Font size, it defaults to a specific chosen font type.
	Color Picker (Font color)	Font color can be chosen between: black (default), grey, purple, blue, green and, red.
	Bold	Bold or remove this style on the selected text.
	Italic	Italicize or remove this style on the selected text.
	Underline	Underline or remove this style on the selected text.
	Text options menu	The text options selector will open a second line menu with the options for: superscript, subscript and, strikethrough text to choose from.
	Create or edit table	Add a table.
	Format style: Strikethrough	Display text with a horizontal line through the letters.
	Format style: Superscript	Make the selected text appear slightly above your regular text or remove this style on the selected text.
	Format style: Subscript	Make the selected text appear slightly below your regular text or remove this style on the selected text.
	Alignment Options	The text options selector will open a dropdown menu with the options for: left-align, center, right-align and justify text to choose from.
	Left Align	Left-align for text.
	Center	Center alignment for text.
	Right Align	Right-align for text.
	Justify	Justified alignment for text.
	List options menu	The list options selector will open a second line menu with the options for: numbered and bulleted lists to choose from. Also includes the line height space selector option.
	List style: Bulleted List	Create a bulleted list.
	List style: Numbered List	Create a numbered list.
	Line height options menu	The line heigh options selector will open a dropdown menu with the options for: Single, 1.15, 1.5 and Double space options to choose from.
	Insert/Edit Math Formula	Open the visual math equation editor page or edit the selected equation.
	Undo	Undoes the last action performed.
	Clear Format	Clears the existing format in any selected section of text.
	Insert/Edit Link	Add or edit a URL link to a website, page, or file.
	Insert Local Files	Upload a file from your computer or device to embed in the editor. You can display it as a file attachment or inline with other text, if the browser allows.
	Insert Content menu	The content selector will allow you to choose from insert or edit: images from web, media from web, YouTube™ videos, Cloud Storage content and, LTI items.
	Insert/Edit Image from Web	Embed an image in the text box or edit an existing selected image. You can add images from a URL.
	Insert/Edit Media from Web	Add or edit a URL for a video from a YouTube™ or Vimeo™ channel, embed enterprise Office365 files. Please note: If the privacy setting of a Vimeo Media file is Unlisted, you need to include the privacy hash (the extra set of numbers added at the end of the video's URL) for embedding and sharing to work.
	Insert YouTube Video	Browse and add content hosted on the external content provider YouTube.
	Insert from Cloud Storage	Browse and add content from your cloud storage accounts.
	Insert/Edit LTI Item	You can add files or tools your institution allows from the Content Market.
	Insert/Edit Recording	Record and insert a file with your device camera and microphone. Note Available for instructors only in the Feedback area of assessments. Your institution controls which tools are available.
	Insert/Edit Code	Eleven programming syntaxes are supported: Python, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, R, PHP, Go, C, Swift, C#, HTML

Blackboard Help Resources

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