Using Markdown
We’ll be using a simple language called Markdown to format our collaboratively-created resources
Markdown allows you to format text simply by prefacing or surrounding your text with special characters
Headings
# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
Adding emphasis
Example:
**bold**
Looks like this: bold
Example:
*italics*
Looks like this: italics
Example:
> Quote
Looks like this:
Quote
Lists
Examples:
1. Numbered list
2. Second item in list
- Bullet points
- [ ] Task with checkbox
- [x] Completed task
Looks like this:
- Numbered list
- Second item in list
-
Bullet points
- Task with checkbox
- Completed task
Links
- Surround your text with square parentheses []
- Place the url immediately after (no space between), within round parentheses ()
Example:
[This session on Sched](https://sched.co/lhJQ)
Looks like this: This session on Sched
Images
- Preface your image link with an exclamation mark
- Enter the alt text surrounded by square parentheses []
- Append the url surrounded by round parentheses ()
Cryptpad may block display of external images, but once our shared work is imported to Course-in-a-Box, your image will display properly
Example, including image credit as link:
[Erik Veland, CC-BY-NC](https://www.flickr.com/photos/erikveland/5348818542)
Looks like this: 
Erik Veland, CC-BY-NC
Embed from other pages
Copy the embed code from the source website and paste it into the document. Cryptpad may block display of external media, but once our shared work is imported to Course-in-a-Box, your media will display properly
Troubleshooting
If your formatting doesn’t work, or your text doesn’t separate itself into paragraphs, try adding two spaces after each line