How Can I Wrap Text Around an Image on a Canvas Page

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Summary

Many faculty members using Canvas find it frustrating that they cannot easily combine images and text on a Canvas page in a visually appealing way. They often want to place an image on a page and have text wrap around it.

How-To

Task: Combine an image and text on a Canvas page so that the text wraps around the image.

Instructions

Step 1

Go to the Canvas page and click the Edit button.

Step 2

Add an image to the Canvas page.

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Step 3

Add some text below the image on the Canvas page.

Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)

Step 4

Click the HTML Editor icon [</>] located just below the right side of the Rich Content Editor (RCE).

Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)

Step 5

Find the HTML code for the image on the page (it should look like the following code snippet) and place your cursor right after "<p>."

<p><img src="/courses/143/files/4318303/preview" alt="IMG_2803.jpeg" width="130" height="122" /></p>

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Step 6

Paste the following code snippet where your cursor is located.

<img style="padding: 0 15px; float: left;" />

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Step 7

Click the HTML Editor icon [</>] again to switch back to normal view and check that the text wraps around the image.

Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)

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Step 8

Scroll to the bottom of the Canvas page and click the blue Save button.

Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)

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