2.1.1 Compose a text page
This resource allows you to post a page of text (text that you type in or cut-and-paste from another document). To add a text page, select it from the â€œAdd a resourceâ€ menu:
You will then see a screen like this:
Name - can be anything you like. This is what the students will see in the classroom.
Summary - is a brief summary of the main text. It is used to help students quickly determine if the resource is relevant to what they are looking for. The summary box supports formatting (bold, underline, etc.) that can be found on the tool bar.
Full text - is where the main text is entered. By default, the text box supports emoticons and web addresses become hyper-links. This behavior can be changed in the â€œFormattingâ€ pull-down menu under the full text box.
Formatting - is a pull-down menu that defines how the text box is interpreted. You have the following options available: