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Quick Start Welcome to Design Tools

Design Tools was developed to help you create course content. Design Tools are comprised of Content Editor Tools, the Multi-tool and the Upload/Embed Image Tool.

Content Editor Tools

Using Design Tools, you can easily customize the content of content pages, assignments, the course syllabus, discussion descriptions, and quiz descriptions. The following list describes some of the things you can do to customize your content:

Basic Tools

Style content with predefined themes.
Insert boilerplate sections and content.
Duplicate existing content pages.
Style images, links, tables and lists in the rich content editor.
Check heading, image and link accessibility

Intermediate Tools

Adjust element colors, borders, margins and padding.
Add icons.
Write objectives and other content supported by Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.
Add Accordions and Tabbed content.
Add basic details about Teachers and Teaching Assistants enrolled in the current course.

Advanced Tools

Work with HTML and CSS using a variety of tools like an Advanced HTML Editor and the HTML Attributes tool.

Multi-Tool
Course Level LTI Tool

The Multi-Tool helps you set up a course shell quickly and efficiently. The Multi-Tool consists of three separate tools: (1) a template page creator, (2) a module builder, and (3) a due date modifier. With the Multi-Tool, you can do the following:

Create a Home page, publish it, and mark it as the Front page.
Create template assignments, discussions, pages and quizzes that you can add to modules.
Create new modules or add to existing modules.
Update assignment due dates, unlock dates, and locks dates – all from the same screen.

Upload/Embed Image Tool
Rich Content Editor LTI Tool

You can use the Upload and Embed Image tool to upload, crop, and embed images for your course.

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