The HTML editor screen appears whenever your need to add content to Solent Online Learning (e.g replying to a forum post, editing a journal or contributing to a wiki). You can just type text, or use the icons to add additional content and formatting.

Pasting text from elsewhere

You can cut and paste text from other Windows applications such as Microsoft Word straight into the editor, and your formatting will be preserved. Just use the "Tx" button to remove some of the formatting from your pasted text:

If you make a mistake, use the undo and redo buttons!  

Inserting Images

In your journals and assignments, you can choose to display images from your online photo-sharing account (e.g flickr, photobucket, picasa). Find the URL for your image by right clicking on the image, selecting properties and copying the Address URL.

Then, select the Insert Image icon and enter the address in the Image URL box.

You can also browse for the image within your own computer files or USB stick. Just click on Browse Repositories.

You can use the layout options to change the alignment of the image, add a border, spacing etc.

Inserting video

If you see this icon  you can insert video from various places online, such as YouTube. Just click on Browse Repositories. 

You can browse for the video within your own computer files or USB stick or click on the YouTube repository link or any other online file storage places you have such as Google Docs, etc.

Other useful icons

 - Switch to full screen

 - Insert custom characters and symbols