The D2L Rich Text Editor has a new look.  Several items have been moved, and a few items are new.

The Rich Text Editor appears at the top of a text box throughout D2L, including in Announcements, Content Pages, Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes.  It is used to edit text font, size, and layout, and also to insert videos, images, and links.

The updated Rich Text Editor is already active on the New Assignment Editor, and it will become active throughout D2L in August or September 2021.

Insert Media Links:  The icons for inserting videos, images, and links have moved from the far-left to the center-right of the top row.  These icons also look a little different.  The video icon includes play, pause, and stop icons, while the image icon now looks like a picture instead of a camera.

Text Formatting:  Icons for selecting text headings, font style, and font size have moved left or to the second row.   The default text style is now Lato, while the font style size shows only the points without the 1, 2, or 3 in front of it.

Accessibility and HTML Tools:  The icons for the spell checker, the accessibility checker,  the HTML editor, and the page preview have moved from the bottom-right to the second row of the Rich Text Editor.  Icons are no longer present at the bottom-right corner of the text box.  The spell checker has been removed, and spelling will now be checked as you type.  Also, the expand page icon (the big X) has been moved to the top row of the Rich Text Editor.

Table and Equation Icons:  The icons for inserting tables and equations have moved to a new icon called "Other Insert Options" (the big +).  Table options have also been grouped into categories for cells, rows, columns, and other properties.  The Equations icon still provides the same four types of equations:  graphical, latex, math, and chemistry.

Other Insert Options:  The big + icon includes four new tools:

• Page Attributes:  This icon adds information about the webpage, such as a title and ID number.

• Divider:  This icon adds a horizontal line.  You'll have to use the HTML editor to adjust the width of the line.

• Emojis:  This icon adds an emoji (such as a smiley face); there are eight categories of emojis.

• Symbols:  This icon adds special characters not available on the keyboard (such as currency signs, mathematical characters, and arrows); there are seven categories of symbols.

Format Painter and Word Counter:  Two new icons are on the second row of the Rich Text Editor.  The Format Painter allows writers to copy text formatting styles from one section of the page and apply it to another section.  The Word Counter counts words, characters, and paragraphs for the whole page or for a selection of text.