Complete these steps to add a table and ensure your table is accessible for all of your learners.
- From the edit page view, click Add To Content and select Add Block.
- From the Add Block modal, select Content: Text and Tables.
- Click the table icon and select the grid size for the table from the Table dropdown.
Note: The table grid size may be modified at any time.
- Add content to the table by placing the cursor into a table cell and entering the required text.
- Use the tab key to advance the cursor to the next cell and enter text.
- Continue to tab through the table and enter the necessary information.
Note: In addition to navigating the table with the tab key, it is also possible to edit any cell by clicking it.
- If additional rows or columns are required, click to place a cursor in the table and then use the table tool popup to insert a row.
For the next steps, and to ensure your table is accessible, identify your top row as a header row and identify header cells in the top row or left column as appropriate.
Setting a row or column as a header - Select the top row of cells to highlight them, then select Row > Row Properties. Choose Header row.
- Select Row and then Row Properties.
- For Row type, choose Header.
- Select the top row of cells to highlight them again, then select Cell and Cell properties.
- Choose Header cell.
- Repeat steps 9 and 10 with cells in the first column if those are also headers.
- Once the table is configured as needed, select Add Block+ to add the Content: Text and Tables block to the page.
- The Content block will now appear on the page in the edit page view. Select the Publish My Edits button to save the block to the page.
- Once the changes are published, the Content block displays as it will appear to learners with theme colors applied to the header cells, rows and columns.
Watch the video below to learn how to create an accessible table with headers in CourseArc.