New Rich Content Editor Overview

Owned by Karen Park
Last updated: Dec 15, 2020

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Overview

The updated Rich Content Editor (RCE) in Canvas a condensed, more intuitive toolbar that groups common icons and interactions together. 

The RCE is used in the following Canvas locations by both instructors and students:

  • Announcements
  • Assignments
  • Discussions
  • Pages
  • Quizzes
  • Syllabus

RCE Features

The RCE features a new menu bar and toolbar with all of the familiar tools you're used to using.  Some areas we want you to note are the new location for External Apps, under the Tools menu or plug icon in the toolbar as well as the tools in the lower right-hand corner of the editing window: keyboard shortcuts, the accessibility checking tool, a new word count feature, new HTML icon, and the ability to edit in full-screen mode.

Rich Content Editor in Canvas


Video Overview of the New RCE

Below is a 4:50 video made by Instructure Canvas about the New Rich Content Editor.  View the script for this video: http://bit.ly/2RvTv8O

Canvas Tutorials on the New RCE


Use the RCE MenuBar

Add and Modify Text in the RCE

Insert content from External Apps (e.g. Panopto) in the RCE

Add Images in the RCE

Insert Documents in the RCE



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