Example 1, Cleaning HTML

Example 1: Clean HTML Code

This method works well for files with links, headers, and bold text (See Example 3, Cleaning HTML with Images and/or Tables). If font color or size has been selected, it does not transfer to the new file. If table headers have been assigned, they are removed.

Go to the Content area of D2L and click on the topic to be edited. Select Edit HTML.

Edit HTML in D2L

Click on the HTML Source Editor icon that displays at the lower right corner of the editing screen.
Click anywhere inside the HTML Source Editor. Click on CTRL + A to select all and CTRL + C to copy all.
Go to the Clean up HTML site. With CTRL + V paste the text into the Option 2 box and click on "Clean this Text."

Paste code into Clean up HTML Code program

The cleaned-up code will display. Click in the text box again and select all with CTRL + A and copy all with CTRL + C.
Return to D2L. Select a template if desired. This will clean all content out of the file.

Select a template in D2L

Click on the Source Editor icon and paste the copied text between the <body></body> tags. Save the file.

Paste text between body tags in D2L editor

Edit the file as needed and click on Publish.