Create a Text Component

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1. Under Add New Component, select Text.

2. Select the template.

   The rest of these instructions assume that you selected Text, which creates an empty Text component with the visual editor selected.

   An empty Text component appears at the bottom of the unit, and the Text component opens in the visual editor.

3. Enter and format your content. You can review the HTML markup.

4. To enter a display name for the component, select the Pencil icon next to the title in the top left corner of the visual editor. Changing the display name from it’s default value to a unique, descriptive display name can help you and your learners identify course content quickly and accurately. If no title is present, the platform shows “Text” as the name of the component when in Studio.

5. Select Save.

When you use the visual editor, you can also perform the following tasks.

• Add a Link in a Text Component

• Add an Image to a Text Component

• Import LaTeX Code

Text Component Templates

When you create a Text component, you select from a list of templates and editor types, including the following:

• Text

• Announcement

• IFrame Tool

• Raw HTML

The Text template loads the Visual Editor with no pre-canned text.

The Announcement and the IFrame Tool templates load the Visual Editor with pre-canned text that instructs the user how to format Announcements, or how to use IFrames.

The Raw HTML editor type uses the raw HTML editor by default. All other options use the visual editor by default. There is no way to switch between Visual and Raw editor types once selected.

See also

Working with Text Components (reference)

Paste without Formatting in a Text Component (how-to)

Add an Image to a Text Component (how-to)

Add Link to Website, Course Unit, or a File (how-to)

Work with HTML Code in the Text Component (how-to)

Work with LaTeX Code (how-to)

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