Adding resources

The various resources available mean that almost any kind of web content can be added to the course.

Book

Formatting a Moodle book page

Formatting text in Moodle books in courses built on OpenLearn Create is done with the TinyMCE editor.

The editor includes icons for various formatting functions. You can click on the Reveal or hide additional toolbar items icon (three dots at the end of the first row) to reveal a second and third row of functions. 

A screenshot of the tools available in the TinyMCE editor.

  • Top row: Source code Pro, Undo, Redo, Align left, Align centre, Align right, Justify, Reveal or hide additional toolbar items.
  • Middle row: Bold, Italic, Font colour, Background colour, Font size, Ordered list, HTML Transcript.
  • Bottom row: Image, Multimedia, Insert H5P content, Image description, Link, Unlink, Embed media, No glossary auto-link, Preview, Import Word file, Left to right, Right to left, Decrease indent, Increase indent, Bulleted list, Numbered list. 

These functions, as well as many others, are also available in the options at the top of the editing window: Edit, View, Insert, Format, Tools, Table and Help.

The size of the editing screen can be lengthened by dragging the Resize function at the bottom right of the editing window. 

You can also expand the editing window to match your screen's dimensions, which you may find useful over the following pages when you are adding images or videos. To do this, go to View and then Fullscreen. Repeat this to return to the default size editing window.