In this video, we are going to show you how you can customize the page view in your course rooms, folders or groups with the help of the new page editor.
To open the page editor, click on the "Customise page" button, e.g. within your course.
In the slate, which is the area next to the main bar, you will find the editor itself.
If it is collapsed or other items are displayed, you can reopen it by clicking on
the "Tools" button. In the content area the elements of your course page are displayed.
To insert content, just click on the plus sign where you would like to insert it and select
a specific content element (e.g. text, image or video) or a structuring element (e.g. column layout or section or coloured
backgrounds) from the pop-up menu. In this case, we are going to insert a text, and we can then type in the desired text in the text field of the content page.
In the slate you can now select additional options for formatting the text, e.g. to change the paragraph format or to create a list in the text field.
Since ILIAS 7, you can also directly select a specific section to surround the text in case there is none yet.
Another new feature is automatic caching when working with the page editor. This function is intended to prevent content from being
lost because it was not saved manually. Nevertheless, always remember to select "Save and return" after editing each element.
To insert a media file, click on Insert "Image/Media" within the drop-down menu and then select the file you want to insert.
Once the image has been uploaded, you can click on the file in the content area for example to adjust the alignment or to add caption and alternative text.
These options are displayed in the slate. Further settings can be found by clicking on "Advanced settings" in the slate. These will open up in a new window
where you can then, for example, adjust the image size or replace the image by another one.
If you want to move an image or any other element that has been inserted via the page editor, simply use your mouse to drag and drop it to the desired position.
If you want to delete, copy, cut or deactivate or reactivate an element, you must switch to the selection mode. To do .
this, either click on "Selection mode" in the slate or select the desired element in the content area by pressing "Shift + click"
You can then select one or more elements that you want to delete, for example. To deselect an element,
click on the same element again. All the options are then displayed in the slate. By clicking on the "Delete" button,
you can remove the unwanted elements from the page editor
If you have activated multilingualism in your course settings, you can edit the course layout in another language separately by clicking on the
blue arrow box next to "Finish editing" in the slate. When you select "Edit version" a parallel course page will be created without deleting the German version.
In the same dropdown menu you will now also find the editing history of the page. Here, any changes you have made using the page editor are listed chronologically.
You can compare different versions with each other or restore an older version by clicking on "Rollback" next to the desired version of the page.
The option Style theoretically allows you to create your own style sheets for the corresponding
course, folder or group in order to individually design the appearance of various elements. However,
we only recommend this to very experienced users, as it requires in-depth skills and intensive training.
This was a first brief insight into the new page editor. If you want to learn more about the functions and special features of the learning platform, we
recommend taking a look at our Digital Teaching Toolbox. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us by email at ilias@rz.uni-freiburg.de.