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Common Page Settings Fields

Online Documentation ANGEL 7.2 > Lessons Tab > Common Page Settings Fields

Field Name

Description

View

Title

The title text is used when listing the item.  It also appears at the top of the page when the item itself is selected.

N

Subtitle

The subtitle text is used when listing the item in its parent and also appears at the top of the page when the item itself is selected.  The subtitle appears in a smaller font directly beneath the title text.  Use subtitles to give longer descriptions of an item.

N

Page Text

The page text provides additional information that appears on the content page.  How the text is formatted depends on the Page Format setting.  Currently, the page text field is available on Folder and Game in normal view and Page in advanced view.

N

Description

The description is an extended description of the contents of the file.  This description is searched by the general search utility, thus including a good description can ensure that the file is returned for appropriate queries.  Available on Link.

A

Directions

Directions display when the item is selected and should be entered as you would like them to be displayed.  Currently, the directions field is available on Quiz, Survey, Drop Box, and Discussion Forum.

N

Format

The page format setting determines how the system displays the text you enter in a text field. 

  • Smart Text automatically adds the appropriate HTML to preserve your new paragraphs and make links out of any fully-qualified URLs (anything starting with “http:”).
  • Plain Text is used if you want the system to treat the text you enter as plain text and preserve all spaces and line breaks.
  • HTML Text is used if entering your own HTML and you want the system to add the text to the page exactly as it appears with HTML formatting that you have supplied.
  • Available in advanced view for Folder and Link.  Available in normal view for other content items.

N

Sequence

Sequence is a numeric value that determines the display sequence of the content item on the Lessons page.

A

 

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