Accessing the Content Editor Sidebar

To open the Design Tools, follow these steps:

1. Open your Canvas course.
   
   

2. Navigate to a content page you wish to edit.
   
   

3. Click Edit. at the top of the page.
   
   

   Open

   

   Select Edit

    

4. You should see a rocket ship icon in the upper right corner of your screen.  If the icon is grey, it will open the Legacy Design Tools. If the icon is red, it will open the DesignPLUS Tools. Click the rocket launch button and the Design Tools Sidebar will open.

   Open

   

   Color of Rocket Identifies Version of Tool

    
   
   

At the present time you can switch between the Legacy Cidi Design Tools and the new Cidi DesignPlus Tools.

1. By default, the Legacy version of the Design Tools will open. 

    

2. From within the Legacy Design Tools panel, click on the gear icon on the far right of the tools pop out panel.
   
   

    

3. On the next pop out panel, click on “Try New Version.”
   
   

After you have opened the new version of the Cidi Design Tools, you can now select it as your editor.

1. To select the DesignPLUS Tool:
   
   

   1. Click on the three dots in the right corner (Options menu).
      
      

   2. Click on user settings.
      
      

       

2. You have the option of how you will access it. You can select options to either show the rocket icon each time you enter edit mode on a page in MyClasses, or have the entire tools panel open every time.  Most people just opt to have the rocket icon visible so they can click on it if they need to use the tools, rather than having the big panel open every time. To make your selection, click the appropriate tick box to:
   
   

   1. Show Launch Button (a rocket will appear in the upper right corner when you click edit for a page) or
      
      

   2. Automatically Launch Sidebar (the sidebar will appear when you click edit for a page).
      
      

You are able to switch between these settings at any time, simply repeat steps 1 and 2 above.

DesignPLUS Tools has the option to enable access to advanced tools to give you more choice and control over the features you can use.  The PLUS tools are automatically set to the Basic Tools option which is suitable for most users; however, to enable the advanced tools as part of your sidebar:

1. Make sure the DesignPLUS Sidebar is open:
   
   

   1. Click on the three vertical dots on the right side of the DesignPLUS sidebar.
      
      

   2. Click on User Settings.

2. In the next popout window, scroll down and either click on Enable all Advanced Tools, or individually click on just the advanced tools you want to enable.

You can easily switch back from DesignPLUS to the old Legacy sidebar.

1. Make sure the DesignPLUS Sidebar is open:
   
   

   1. Click on the three vertical dots on the right side of the DesignPLUS sidebar.
      
      

   2. Click on User Settings.
      
      

       

2. Click on Switch to the Legacy Sidebar at the top of the options.