Go to Forum Discussion page or the Journal Assignment

Click on “Add a new discussion topic” or "Add Submission"

This will bring up the text editor.

To the immediate left end of the tool bar there is a button called “Toolbar Toggle” it looks like this: 

Click on “Toolbar Toggle”; this will add three rows of buttons to the text editor.  You may use the formatting buttons to type your entry into the Forum or Journal.

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A second option is to highlight and copy your information from word.

Then go to the text editor in the Forum Discussion or Journal page

Click in the text window and then press the  “Crtl and v” at the same time.

Your information will show up in the text window