Inbox Messages Need the Rich Content Editor

[AngieR]

Without the Rich Content Editor, Inbox Messages do not meet accessibility standards.  This has been a huge wish list item of mine for Canvas for a long time.  Having the ability to write student messages with the RCE will give us easy access to Course Links and other accessibility tools.  I'm working to build Accessibility Training tools for the faculty at my college.

Angie

[shawowow]

I agree Angie -Cooper

[shawowow]

Wow thanks dinopower you are a real nice guy -Mr Price

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hello @AngieR and @shawowow ...

You are not alone in wanting to see some sort of Rich Content Editor (RCE) within the Canvas Inbox.  There is already an existing feature idea that's been submitted that you can check out at [Inbox] Add rich-content editor to Conversations - Instructure Community - 357121.  You'll notice that there's lots of feedback already about this.  Now, I'm not sure if/when this will be implemented in Canvas, but I wanted to provide you with the link so that you can follow the existing conversations.

Also, please know that the entire idea process is going through some changes at the moment.  You can read more about this at: Turning Your Feedback into Better Prioritization and Release Processes: Our Path Forward.

I hope this will be of help to both of you.  Sing out if you have any other questions...thanks!

[AngieR]

I appreciate this, Chris!  I did notice that the Idea interface was under construction.

Angie