Overview of the "New" Rich Content Editor (RCE)

The New Rich Content Editor feature was enabled for all Canvas institutions on January 16, 2021. (Previous version discontinued). 

 

The New Rich Content Editor includes:

• Menubar (1)
• Toolbar (2)
• Content area (3)
• Keyboard shortcut, Accessibility Checker, and HTML Editor icons have moved to the bottom of the editor next to the word count (4).

 

 

Toolbar menus are grouped by common icons and interactions: 

• Format text (1)
• Insert links, images, media, and documents (2)
• Open external tools (3)
• Format paragraphs (4)
• Clear formatting (5)
• Add tables (6)
• Insert an equation (7)
• Embed media

 

 

See the differences between the existing RCE and the "New" Rich Content Editor in the comparison document Links to an external site..  View the Canvas Guides Links to an external site. for details and a video Links to an external site. overview.