Adjust spacing between bullet and number items
You can adjust spacing between bullet and number items in the Source code view or in the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) view.
By default, bullet and number lists have the same spacing as lines in a paragraph. Each item in the list uses the <li> tag to create each bulleted or numbered item.
Adjust spacing in WYSIWYG view
In WYSIWYG view, after you create your list, place your mouse pointer at the end of each bulleted or numbered line and press Shift + Enter. You're adding a line space between each list item. If you continue to press the key combination, additional line spaces are added. In code view, you'll see <br /><br /> for each line space. This code appears inside each bulleted or numbered item's closing tag (</li>).
Adjust spacing in code view
If you want to control the amount of spacing between list items, you need to work in code view. Select the Source code icon to open the code window. You can add an amount to each list item's tag. For example, where you see <li>, replace each with <li style="margin-bottom: 20px;">. For the 20px, you can add the amount you need. The spacing is added to the bottom of each bulleted or numbered item, creating space between the list items.
You can adjust paragraph spacing with the same methods.
Insert horizontal lines
You can add lines and horizontal rules to content you add in the content editor.
Select the Horizontal line icon to add a thin horizontal line to the current mouse pointer position, spanning the entire width of the text area.
Check your spelling
Your institution controls if this option is available.
Select the Spell Checker icon to activate the automatic spell checker option. You can change the language's dictionary from the menu. Institutions and instructors can disable spell check. Your institution chooses which spelling dictionaries are loaded in.
When you activate the Spell Checker and there are words to be reviewed, a new window will appear showing you one by one every potentially misspelled word or any word that has not been found in the loaded dictionary. You will see them also in the text area background as wavy, red underlined. You will have the option to change the word for one of the suggested alternatives, ignore, ignore all or close the Spell Checker window.
If you choose to change it, select one of the suggested alternatives from the list and select change. The Spell Checker will present you with the next word to review. When it checks them all, the Spell Checker window will close.
If there are no words to review, the Spell Checker will show you the message No misspellings found.
Add links
You can specify a link to a website, a file from your computer, or the course's file repository, such as the Content Collection if your institution has access to it.
Select text or an object, and select the Insert/Edit Link icon to add a new link or edit an existing link. To remove a link, select the link and select the Remove Link icon. You can also link and remove links with the right-click menu. You must use the http:// protocol when you type or paste an address for the link.
Unless you select text or an object that has already a link, the Remove Link icon is grayed out and unavailable.
In the Open link menu, choose where to open the link, such as in a new window. You can also type an optional title for the window or frame displayed when users select the link.
Find and replace text
Select the Find icon to search for matching text and, optionally, replace it with other text.
Find text
In the pop-up window, type the text to find in the Find box.
The gear settings icon allows you to choose between three finding options: Match Case to match upper and lower case, Find whole words only and Find in selection. If the text is located, it will appear highlighted within the text box.
Select Find to locate all matches in the text, which will appear highlighted automatically, or the right upper corner X to close the window.
Replace text
In the Replace with box, type the text to replace the located text with and choose an action:
- Replace: Replace the next instance found.
- Replace All: Replace every matched instance.
You can also select the Find button to search with no replacements.