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The text editor (sometimes referred to as the HTML editor) has many icons to assist the user in entering content. Many of these icons and functions should be familiar to anyone who uses a word processor. Some examples of where you will see the text editor include: Editing Section headings, description of an activity, writing an answer to a quiz question or editing the content of many blocks. | |||
The | [[Image:HTMLeditor tools M2 1.png|frame|center|The standard version of the text editor tool bar]] | ||
==Video introduction to the text editor== | |||
HTML editor in Moodle 2.0 video: | HTML editor in Moodle 2.0 video: | ||
<mediaplayer>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJE6UhqnyjU</mediaplayer> | <mediaplayer>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJE6UhqnyjU</mediaplayer> | ||
==List of groups== | ==List of groups== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[TinyMCE]] is the default HTML editor in Moodle. | |||
*[[Text editors]] - Moodle 2.0 will handle many kind of text editors | *[[Text editors]] - Moodle 2.0 will handle many kind of text editors | ||
*[[HTML editor|Pre Moodle 2.0 HTML editor]] tool bar | *[[HTML editor|Pre Moodle 2.0 HTML editor]] tool bar |
Revision as of 16:23, 25 August 2011
Please refer to these notes before editing this page.
The text editor (sometimes referred to as the HTML editor) has many icons to assist the user in entering content. Many of these icons and functions should be familiar to anyone who uses a word processor. Some examples of where you will see the text editor include: Editing Section headings, description of an activity, writing an answer to a quiz question or editing the content of many blocks.
Video introduction to the text editor
HTML editor in Moodle 2.0 video:
<mediaplayer>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJE6UhqnyjU</mediaplayer>
List of groups
For those who are not familiar with the tool bar, here are the functions listed by group using the above example. Remember that the site administrator can edit or provide additonal toolbars.
Row 1
Row 2
Row 3
Special features
Color pickers
There are 4 levels of selecting a font or background color,
- A quick pick 5x8 matrix of colors
- "More colors" that links to Picker, Pallet and Named tabs
Insert images and media
- 1 Insert Image - uses File picker
- 2 Insert Emoticon
- 3 Insert Media - uses File picker
- 4 Insert Equation - uses java script editor
- 5 Insert Non breaking space
- 6 Insert Custom character - Special keyboard characters
- 7 Insert Table -
File picker
Equation editor
Custom character
Insert table
See also
- TinyMCE is the default HTML editor in Moodle.
- Text editors - Moodle 2.0 will handle many kind of text editors
- Pre Moodle 2.0 HTML editor tool bar
- Site administration>Appearence>HTML settings - to change emoticon HTML code or images
- Site administration>>Plugins>Text editors - change spellchecker and manage text editors