There's a New Kid in Town for Canvas Users

Well, really it's just a new RCE - Rich Content Editor - that is! What is an RCE? It is a fancy acronym (can't survive without them) for the line of tools in a program that allow you to add formatting to text. Think underline, bold, color, font, hyperlink, etc. AND... Canvas has a new one!

What is the New Rich Content Editor? Well in the words of Canvas: The New Rich Content Editor is an update to the previous Canvas Rich Content Editor. It provides a condensed, more intuitive toolbar that is grouped by common icons and interactions. 

The New Canvas RCE reorganizes the current tools under a Menu Bar and a Tool bar consolidating like tools for ease of use and placement.

Menu Bar

The Menu Bar consists of drop-down menus of grouped formatting tools and includes all of the 'quick-access' Tool Bar items plus more.

Tool Bar

The Tool  Bar consists of quick access to the most common options used in the Rich Content Editor. Because of the condense nature of the new RCE, your muscle memory may take some time to catch up to the changes!

• Links, Images, Media and Apps (External LTI Tools) have a slightly different look. Be sure to use the drop-down arrows to access what you may be searching for.

• Some of your favorite tools may have moved below the Content Field.  

👀You don't see the new RCE? Well, that's because you will need to turn it on in your course UNLESS you wait until January 4, 2021 - at that time, we will turn it on for you!

Before using the new RCE, you MUST turn it on in Settings for each course. Here's how:

1. Open your Canvas Course
2. Go to SETTINGS in the course navigation (left side of the screen)
3. Choose FEATURE OPTIONS at the top
4. Turn ON RCE Enhancements

🤩Canvas Resources:

New RCE Video (This is a great 5 minute overview.)

Canvas Rich Content Editor UI Overview