Content Editor

Content Editor Parts

The broad areas of the content editor are:

1. Toolbar: A collection of several tools available to create content resources

2. Preview: A viewer that allows you to see how content will be displayed when published

3. Right Pane: A collection of tabs that allow you to customize defaults for tools from the toolbar, add animation or interactive controls and view information about the slide

4. Working Area: The slide that is currently being worked upon

5. Slide Sorter: Use this area to order your slides

Right pane

Customize Tab and Default Options

1. Show Player Control: A slider button that allows you to view or hide grid lines and the position of player control buttons. This button is not enabled by default. Enabling this option helps you effectively visualize your slide composition

2. Teacher Instructions: A pane to enter notes or instructions to teachers, about the slide content

3. Background Color: Select the background color of the slide from color bar. The default background color is white

Actions Tab

Action tab enables you to add, modify or delete actions to animate objects on the slide. Ensure that you select a target object before you attach an action to it

Properties Tab

Properties tab enables you to view information that the editor automatically adds about the slide and the objects on the slid

Tool Bar

While creating content, you can add shape, slide, rich text, image, audio files, video files, hotspot, scribblepad, question sets and activities using the tool bar. An alignment bar is displayed around any items that are added using the tool bar. You can drag, adjust, align and reshape the items using the bar.

Adding Slide

1. To add slides, click the Add Slide icon

2. Click to add a slide either in the: a) Beginning: as the first slide b) End: as the last slide c) After Current: after the current slide d) Before Current: before the current slide Note: Drag and drop slides in the left page to reorder them

Adding Text

1. To add text, click the Add Text icon

2. Type text into the text box that is added to the slide

3. Click Done to add the text box or Cancel to remove the text box After clicking Done, you can format and reposition the text box

Formatting Text - Customize tab

On clicking Add text, the customize tab displays options to add features to the text. The Text Formatting feature allows you to modify:

1. Font: Pick a new font for your text

2. Size: Change font size

3. Alignment: Align text to the left, right or center of the text box

4. Color: Change color of your text

5. Transparency: Change the transparency of your text in relation to the background of the text box

6. The Read along feature on the customize tab allows you to add audio to the text on the slide. This is a useful feature to learn pronunciation, enhance vocabulary, etc

Selecting Text for Read Along Audio

1. Text that you have typed will appear in the text box or you can type text in the text box

2. Click Select Audio

Selecting Audio for Read Along Text

You can add audio to read along text either by selecting an audio file from a list or recording audio immediately

1. Click My audio to view a list of all audio files that you have previously uploaded or recorded

2. Click All audio to view a list of audio files from the repository Note: The repository contains all audio files added and uploaded by any users

3. Select an appropriate audio file from any list and click Select

4. Click Upload/Record to record and upload audio immediately

Selecting Audio for Reading Along

1. Click Next

Sync Audio Text with Audio to Read Along

1. To set the speed of text enunciation, set the playback rate to Normal, Slow or Slower

2. Press the Spacebar button on your keyboard to space pauses and synchronize words of the sentence with the audio

3. Click Add to Lesson to add the audio file to the text displayed on a screen

Read Along - Highlighter

After adding the audio file, you can highlight the text associated with the audio

1. Click the drop-down arrow in the right pane to change the highlight color Note: Highlight color refers to the color that is used to highlight the text to sync with the audio

2. Slide the Autoplay button, to enable or disable automatic play of the audio file

Word Info

On clicking Add text, the Word Info feature on the customize tab provides all related information about any word added using the content editor Note: Word Info is available only for those words that already exist in the repository

1. To use this feature, select the word or paragraph in the text box

2. Click Done button

3. Click Word Info

Word Info popup

1. Word Info Popup page appears

2. Click Add to Lesson button to add words with the meaning

3. Click Cancel button to exit the page

Transliteration

The process of changing the written script from one language to another is known as transliteration. On clicking Add text, the Transliterate feature on the customize tab allows you to transliterate in ten Indian languages

1. To transliterate, select the word or sentence and click Transliterate

Language Transliteration Tool

1. Select the language from the drop-down list

2. Click Transliterate

3. The original text is displayed in the textbox on the left and the transliterated text is displayed in the text box on the right

4. Click Add to Stage to add the transliterated text to the slide

Adding Richtext

1. To add rich text, click the drop-down arrow

2. Click Add Rich text, to open Rich text Editor

Text editor

1. Type text into the text box and use the rich text editor for customizing and styling the text. The rich text formatting feature allows you to modify:

• Pick Font Formatting: Bold, Italic, Strikethrough and Remove Format

• Paragraph Formatting: Numbered list, Bulleted list

• Alignment: Align text to the left, right, center or justify

• Paragraph Styling: Normal, Heading 1,2...

• Font Size: Pick the different size for the font

• Color: Change the color of your text and background

2. Click Add To Lesson to add rich text styles 3. Click Cancel button, to cancel the text formatting 4. Click the Close icon, to exit the page

Adding Shapes

1. To add shapes, click the Add Shapes icon on the toolbar

2. The customize tab displays options to add features to the shapes. You can: a) Click Fill Color to add or modify the color of the shape b) Use the Transparency slider to modify the transparency level of the shape c) Use the Visible slider to make the selected shape visible or invisible d) Click Border Color to modify the color of the shape outline

Adding Images

1. To add images, click the Add Images icon on the toolbar

Selecting Images

You can add images either by selecting an image from a list or uploading images from your local machine to use immediately

1. Click My images to view a list of all image files that you have previously uploaded

2. Click All image to view a list of image files from the repository Note: The repository contains all image files added and uploaded by any users

3. Choose an appropriate image file from any list and click Select

4. Click Upload and use to upload and use images from your gallery

Uploading and Using Images

1. Click Choose File to browse and select a file from your local drive or open the explorer in a separate window and drag and drop the required file on the screen. Note: Supported file formats are: .jpeg, .jpg, .png

2. Under Copyright & License, select if you want to: a) Make it available to everyone b) Not share with anyone

3. Add image details in the Asset Caption area

4. Click Upload and Use to upload the image

Formatting Images

After selecting and adding an image to the slide, the customize tab displays options to add features to the shapes. You can:

1. Click Image Browser to browse for images and select another image

2. Use the Visible slider to make the selected image visible or invisible

3. Click Border Color to modify the color of the shape outline

Adding Audio

1. To add audio, click the Add Audio icon on the toolbar Note: For detailed instructions to add audio, refer to section Select Audio for Read Along Text

Uploading Audio

1. Click Choose File to browse and select a file from your local drive or open the explorer in a separate window and drag and drop the required file on the screen. Note: Supported file formats are: .mp3, .mp4

2. Under Copyright & License, select if you want to: a) Make it available to everyone b) Not share with anyone

3. Add audio file details in the Asset Caption area

4. Click Upload and Use to upload the audio file

Adding Hotspot

A Hotspot is an invisible button. Attach hotspot to any text, shape, or object to denote any action

1. Click the Add Hotspot icon on the toolbar

Adding Action to the Hotspot

1. Click the Action tab on the right pane

2. Select an interaction from the drop-down menu

3. Select the target object to attach the action from the drop-down menu

Adding Scribblepad

1. Click the Add Scribblepad icon on the toolbar

2. You can make modifications using the default options of the customize tab

The Scribblepad helps users take notes if required, while viewing content

Adding Question Set

To add question set, click the Add Question Set icon on the toolbar. The question set browser page is displayed. To ensure that the content achieves the learning objective it is important to check and reaffirm the learner’s progress at different points in the study material. Adding questions and question sets are one method 1. Click the Add Question Set icon on the toolbar. For further information, refer Adding Question Set

Adding Activity

1. To add activity, click the Add Activity icon on the toolbar

Activity Browser

You can add activities by selecting activities from the list displayed in the activity browser

1. Filter the displayed list by selecting the: a) Category b) Concepts Note: You can choose to filter the list using more than one category and concept

2. Alternatively, you can search for activities by entering keywords

3. Select the activity and click ADD

Adding Details

1. All details of the selected activity are displayed on the right

2. Click Add to add the activity

Configuring Activity Details

1. If the selected activity has details added at the time of creation, the appropriate activity category icon is displayed. Click the icon to view or modify activity details

2. If no details have been added, you can enter the activity details in the Configuring Activity details screen

1. Select the following from their respective drop-down menus: a) Content b) Numerals c) Grade d) Level e) Sub Level

2. Determine the No. of Questions

3. Click Add

Adding Video

1. To add video, click the Add Video icon on the toolbar. The Video editor page is displayed The content editor supports video links from   publicly shared videos   from Google Drive   URL of an MP4 video from online content. To do so, refer to the Adding Video

Adding Math Function

This section explains the procedure of using the math text editor to write complex mathematical formulas on the editor.

To integrate math function with the editor click Add Activity icon. The Add Activity page is displayed 1. Enter the keyword math text in the search bar 2. Click Search 3. Select the Math Text tile from the search result 4. Click Add. The Math Function symbol (Sigma) appears in the Tool Bar. For further information, refer Adding Math Function

Adding Details

All details associated with the resource must be updated before sending the resource for review.

1. Enter a Name for the resource

2. Enter a Description

3. Enter Keywords Note: Keywords help search engines find content associated with them when you search

4. Select the following from their respective drop-down menus:   a) Curriculum   b) Class   c) Subject   d) Medium   e) Concepts f) Resource Type   g) Audience

5. Enter Attributions, if any

6. Click Save

Reviewing and Publishing Content

All created study material must be reviewed and approved by designated reviewers before it can be published. To send content for review: 1. Click Save to save the content 2. Click Send for review to send the created content for review 3. Before sending for review, you can share the content to a limited audience. To know more this, refer Limited Publishing and Sharing

Limitations

If you select Rich text as a super set plugin, in that case:

1. WYSIWYG works best only if appropriate font name (typeface) is selected as per the language of the text. Existing content using Rich text does not have accurate WYSIWYG. it support WYSIWYG only if appropriate font name is selected.

2. In the rich text editor, when we increase the size of the font of the bullet or number list, the bullets or the number size is not increasing proportionately.