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{{Managing a Moodle course}}
{{Managing a Moodle course}}
The usual way to edit or create text that is part of the visual content of a course is using the [[Text editor]] (also known as the HTML editor).
*The usual way to edit or create text that is part of the visual content of a course is by using a [[Text editor]].
 
*The default editor is known as the [[TinyMCE editor]]. An older editor [[Atto editor]] is also available but due to be phased out. A plain text editor is also available. See [[Formatting text]] for other options.
* [[Text editor]]
*The administrator decides which editors to enable or disable in ''Site administration > Plugins > Manage editors''. The default editor for all users is the editor listed first.
* [[Formatting text]]
*Individual Moodle users can, if allowed by the admin, choose their own text editor from the Preferences link in the user menu top right.
 
The way to edit the text in the content area, depends the current [[Roles|role]] or permissions of the user in a [[Context|context]].
 
*A teacher will see many [[File:Editicon.PNG]] ("edit settings") icons on a course's home page when "Turn editing on" button has been clicked.   Or they will see the HTML editor and content area within many activities and resources. For example, a teacher can edit the text that appears at the top of a section in a course by clicking on the edit hand icon.
 
*A student and a teacher will see the HTML tool when they reply to a forum post but will not have the ability of changing a topic heading in the course. 
 
==Editing text example==
<gallery caption="Teacher view and Student View" widths="300px" >
File:Editing text example.PNG|Typical content area. Shows HTML editor on top with text and image in content.
File:Editing text example after.PNG|Here is what students will see
</gallery>


==Text editing on a Moodle site==
==Text editing on a Moodle site==


Teachers and administrators should be aware that the Moodle code contains "strings" of text that can be edited though [[Language customisation|customising the language]] on a site wide basis.
To edit the terms in the Moodle interface, rather than the course content, administrators can make changes by [[Language customisation|customising the language]] on a site wide basis.


==See also==
==See also==
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Latest revision as of 13:48, 15 September 2023

  • The usual way to edit or create text that is part of the visual content of a course is by using a Text editor.
  • The default editor is known as the TinyMCE editor. An older editor Atto editor is also available but due to be phased out. A plain text editor is also available. See Formatting text for other options.
  • The administrator decides which editors to enable or disable in Site administration > Plugins > Manage editors. The default editor for all users is the editor listed first.
  • Individual Moodle users can, if allowed by the admin, choose their own text editor from the Preferences link in the user menu top right.

Text editing on a Moodle site

To edit the terms in the Moodle interface, rather than the course content, administrators can make changes by customising the language on a site wide basis.

See also