What is the Rich Content Editor?
Canvas has a simple, yet powerful, word processor that is available anytime for creating new content (assignments, announcement, discussions, blogs etc.) within Canvas.
Although clean and streamlined, the Rich Content Editor is sophisticated enough to support embedding any video content, math formula, and other rich media.
Open the Rich Content Editor
Anything that can be viewed in a web browser can be inserted into the Rich Content Editor content area [1]. Content can also input HTML directly into Canvas using the Switch View link [2]. Users can also easily link to course content using the Content Selector [3].
What Canvas Features Use the Rich Content Editor?
The following Canvas features use the Rich Content Editor:
- Announcements
- Assignments
- Discussions
- Pages
- Quizzes
- Syllabus

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