The table tool in the text editor allows you to add a table to your text space. These tables can house ANYTHING that you could already put into the text box. That includes:

Tables are a great way to present organized content within your activities.

In the text space, click the Table icon in the toolbar, then click Insert Table. This will add a 3x3 table to start.

Hint: Need a bigger space to see your table? Use the Window Resizer in the bottom right corner to expand your editor space:

Click on the table to activate the Table tools. While inside a cell, you can add a row or Column in relation to that cell.

Click the highlighted Table tool, then click Column, where you can add columns to the left or right of your active cell.

If you are not in a cell, you will only see the option to add another table when you click on the Table tool. Once you click into a cell, the other options will appear.

You can make title rows and columns by merging cells.

To do this, highlight the cells you wish to merge. Then, click on the Table tool, then select Cells. This will expand a menu - select Merge Cells to merge the cells together.

You can merge cells vertically and horizontally.

All data that was in the merged cells are preserved. It will appear in the new merged cell from left to right, top to bottom.

Merged cells can exist next to cells of different heights as well:

You can enter anything into a cell that you could put into the text editor. This includes formulas, variables, PDFs, images, and more.

When you're typing in a cell:

Tables can have Header Columns, Header Rows, and Header Cells. These columns, rows, and cells are differentiated from typical cells by their darker background and bold text.

Notice in the example below: we have selected the first merged cell to be a Header Column. Since it is the only cell in the first row, this will also make the first row have a darkened background:

You can set multiple cells to be headers at one time. Select all of the desired cells, then select the status you want to give them:

Tables are different than Data Tables. Data Tables are an activity component - like open-ended questions or a video instance. They can have calculated columns, column statistics, and graphs. A Table from the text editor does not have the calculation tools.