If you’ve ever written a document in Microsoft Word or a similar word processor, you will find the Rich Text Editor to your liking. It was built for the common content creator because of its ease of use. It supports many advantages:

• Plenty of formatting tools.
• Edit the page in real-time (see exactly what it will look like published).
• Add images and links easily.
• Upload reference PDFs.
• Publish your content with Creative Commons protection.
• No need for HTML or Textile knowledge.

You can start a new lesson page by following these few easy steps:

1. Log in to LearnHub or Create an Account.
2. Click the Lessons Tab in your personal Workspace.
3. Click the “Create a Lesson Page” button to begin.
4. You will be automatically relocated into the Lesson Editor.
5. Title your Lesson Page and start writing!

There are two types of lesson editors: the Rich Text Editor and the Textile Editor. The Textile editor is the advanced “pro” editor that uses HTML and Textile coding. If you’ve had previous experience writing HTML you might find the Textile Editor more to your liking.

If you wish to learn more about the advanced editor, read the How to: Textile Editor.

You can switch between the the Rich Text Editor and the Textile Editor by heading to the Account settings in your personal Workspace. You will find the option to switch right on the main section.

Yes. If you prefer to create your lesson using a 3rd party program you may copy and paste your text to LearnHubs editor. The Rich Text editor recognizes most formatting, your lesson should look exactly as you’ve written it the other program.

Please note, some more advanced formatting may not carry over. If this happens, simply highlight the text and format it within the Rich Text Editor.

Please also note that if you copy and paste from a website, images WILL copy over. If you copy and paste from a word processor, images will NOT copy over.

Of course. All text maybe formatted once placed into the Rich Text Editor. If you wish to remove all formatting from a string of text, you can use the “Reset Formatting” button under the Font Styles.

The Rich Text Editor offers a wide variety of formatting tools that are easy to use. All you need to do is highlight the text you wish to format and click one of the formatting buttons:

Here is a breakdown of each tool and it’s use:

Unfortunately no, you can only create a lesson under one specific editor. Once you create a lesson page, it will always use that editor.

If you wish to switch your lesson to a different editor, you must first create a new lesson under your desired editor followed by copying the old lesson text to the new lesson.

You can upload as many images as you wish using the “Photos” widget found to the left of the editor.

To upload and place the image, please follow these steps:

1. Click the “browse” button.
2. Choose the image file from your desktop.
3. Choose the location you wish to place your image.
4. Click the “Insert” text found to the right of the thumbnail.

To delete the image, simply click the red x above the “insert” text.

You can use any image you find on the internet (as long as you own it or it falls under Creative Commons) and link it from the website into the editor.

To do so, you must use the “Copy Image Location” found when you “right-click” or “control-click” on the image:

1. Find the image you wish to use.
2. “Right-click” or “Control-Click” on the image and choose Copy Image Location (see image).
3. Choose the location you wish to place your image.
4. Click the “Insert Image” button found under the Insert Item section of the tool bar.
5. Paste the image location in the URL field that pops up.
6. Click “OK” and the image will show.

Yes. You can simply double click on any image after it has been placed within the editor. A edit box will pop up just below the image.

You can edit the image size (in pixels), the image alignment and how it flows around the text, as well as add a border, it’s thickness, style, and color.

You can also add an image description, as well as an link when someone clicks on a link.

To close the editor simply click the X.

No. Both Tables and Equations are an advanced feature that require the Textile Editor. If you wish to create a lesson with these features, please learn how by reading the How to: Textile Editor lesson.

Underneath the Photos widget is the Reference Material (PDF) widget, which allows you to browse and upload any PDF file from your desktop.

The reference PDF will be viewable through LearnHubs reader when a member views your lesson. You may also allow the reader to download the PDF file to their desktop by clicking the “Allow users to download” box.

You can find the Publishing widget near the top of the lesson editor underneath the ‘Page Information’ widget. The default setting is automatically set to ‘No, not yet’.

In order to publish the lesson publicly, simply choose ‘Yes, publicly in my Workspace and other areas’. Doing so will bring a list of communities you are currently a member of. Add a check mark next to the communities you wish to publish your lesson in.

You may also select Courses you wish to publish the lesson to.

You can select the “Privately, in one or more courses” option in the Publishing Widget in order to publish your lesson page to a course. When you publish a lesson this way, no one other than the members enrolled in your course will be eligible to view your lesson. It will not show up in your Workspace to anyone but you. If a member leaves your course, it will again be private to that user.

Yes, simply edit your lesson page and select the ‘No, not yet’ option in the Publishing Widget and your course will become unpublished and not viewable in any community, course, or your personal workspace.

There is a lot to consider when choosing a Creative Commons license. Do you want to share your lesson so others many use it and edit it? Or do you wish only to have it viewed on LearnHub?

To learn what each license means and how to apply it, please read the Licenses lesson.

There are two ways you can edit your lesson page. The first by clicking the ‘edit’ text next to the lesson you wish to edit (in your Workspace lesson listings). The other is by click the ‘Edit Your Lesson Page’ button found to the top right of your lesson page.