The text editor enables you to add content (eg text, weblinks, images and media), to your module. If you've used a word processor such as Microsoft Word™ or Open Office™, then most of the functionality will be familiar to you. You use the text editor to create content types including:
You will also use the text editor when writing the Description for all the content types.
Text typed into the editor is automatically saved every 60 seconds. If your web browser crashes or you accidentally leave the edit screen, the text in the editor will be restored next time you open the page. Remember to Save on a regular basis so you do not get timed out of Moodle.
You can use Undo and Redo if you change your mind about any edit that you have made.
When developing your Moodle module, ensure the structure of your module and the design of your content is accessible. When using the text editor on Moodle, remember to add Alternative Text to your images and to use the accessibility checker within the editor before making your content live to students.
To paste your text into the text editor, you need to remove the formatting by copying the text into Notepad. Once copied into Notepad you can copy and paste the text into the text editor.
Do not copy and paste your text directly from Microsoft Word, email or websites into the text editor
Copying and pasting can lead to inaccessible formatting and can break your module page.
The first row of the text editor provides access to the following buttons:
Selecting the Show more icon 
- the first icon on the left of the toolbar - displays another row of functionality.
The second row of the text editor provides access to the following buttons:
Below is an outline of the icons that are specific to the Moodle text editor, that you may not have come across before.
We recommend that you add audio and video files using the Video resource as this ensures that your media content can be accessed across a wide range of devices.
Select the A icon to add a paragraph style from the available options:
Select the Styles icon to draw student's attention to key information on a module page. 
Styles available include:
These alerts are not accessible to visually impaired or screenreader users. When adding an alert, include descriptive text (e.g. Important or To do) prior to the message so that visually impaired users are notified of the alert.
Select the add image icon to browse for and insert an image from your computer. Remember to add alternative text to your images to make them accessible to screenreader users.
Select the Kaltura icon to embed video from your MediaSpace library.
Select the Echo icon to embed a Lecture Capture recording into a section of your module from your Echo360 library.
Select the H5P icon to upload an H5P interactive activity.
Select the insert character icon to insert a character (e.g. copyright symbol or accented letter).
Select the crossed-arrow icon to toggle to full-screen mode.
Select the accessibility icon to check the accessibility of content added to your text editor. This is a good way to test if there is sufficient contrast between text in the foreground and the background colour.
Select the video icon to link to audio or video file e.g. from YouTube.
Select the record icon to record up to two minutes of video or audio in most areas where the text editor is present. This option is only suitable if you provide a text transcript of your audio/video clip as there's no option to add captions. The file is not downloadable by students.
Select the calculator icon to create equations by selecting operator symbols and to edit equations using TeX. You may find Moodle's TeX guidance useful.
Select the smiley face icon to insert an emoji.
Select the clear formatting icon to remove formatting from text that you have pasted into Moodle.
Select the MathType editor to use a visual editor to insert mathematical formulas in web pages. You may find MathType editor guidance from Moodle docs useful.
Select the screenreader icon to check if your text will work for users using screenreader (a software application that helps people with visual impairments to use a computer).
Use the chemistry formula icon to insert a chemistry formula.
TeX or LaTeX is a way to display mathematical notation such as subscripts, superscripts, fractions, equations and more in Moodle. The use of TeX is particularly useful in Quiz, though TeX can be added to any text editor field in Moodle.
There’s are 3 ways you can add TeX Notation in Moodle.
You can also use an online TeX generator and copy the code from that into the equation editor.
Moodle's legacy text editor - TinyMCE can still be activated. We do not recommend that this is used as it enables you add to non-accessible colour contrasts and fonts. If you need to switch it on:
Guidance on the different formatting functionality of TinyMCE Editor can be found from Moodle docs.
