diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor.vue
index 09755c3d41..c4e61b5c23 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor.vue
@@ -190,10 +190,10 @@
         document.removeEventListener('click', handleClickOutside);
       });
 
-      const getMarkdownContent = () => {
-        if (!editor.value || !isReady.value || !editor.value.storage?.markdown) {
-          return '';
-        }
+      const getContent = () => {
+        if (!editor.value || !isReady.value) return '';
+        if (props.format === 'html') return editor.value.getHTML();
+        if (!editor.value.storage?.markdown) return '';
         return editor.value.storage.markdown.getMarkdown();
       };
 
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@
       watch(
         () => props.value,
         newValue => {
-          const processedContent = preprocessMarkdown(newValue);
+          const processedContent =
+            props.format === 'html' ? newValue : preprocessMarkdown(newValue);
 
           if (!editor.value) {
             initializeEditor(processedContent, props.mode, {
@@ -226,8 +227,7 @@
             return;
           }
 
-          const editorContent = getMarkdownContent();
-          if (editorContent !== newValue) {
+          if (getContent() !== newValue) {
             isUpdatingFromOutside = true;
             editor.value.commands.setContent(processedContent, false);
             nextTick(() => {
@@ -242,18 +242,11 @@
       watch(
         () => editor.value?.state,
         () => {
-          if (
-            !editor.value ||
-            !isReady.value ||
-            isUpdatingFromOutside ||
-            !editor.value.storage?.markdown
-          ) {
-            return;
-          }
+          if (!editor.value || !isReady.value || isUpdatingFromOutside) return;
 
-          const markdown = getMarkdownContent();
-          if (markdown !== props.value) {
-            emit('update', markdown);
+          const content = getContent();
+          if (content !== props.value) {
+            emit('update', content);
           }
         },
         { deep: true },
@@ -312,6 +305,11 @@
         type: String,
         default: null,
       },
+      format: {
+        type: String,
+        default: 'markdown',
+        validator: v => ['markdown', 'html'].includes(v),
+      },
     },
     emits: ['update', 'minimize', 'open-editor'],
   });
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/__tests__/TipTapEditor.spec.js b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/__tests__/TipTapEditor.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f412e7ef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/TipTapEditor/__tests__/TipTapEditor.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import TipTapEditor from '../TipTapEditor/TipTapEditor.vue';
+
+function makeEditorStub({ markdownOut, htmlOut }) {
+  return {
+    storage: {
+      markdown: { getMarkdown: () => markdownOut },
+    },
+    getHTML: () => htmlOut,
+  };
+}
+
+function getContent(editor, isReady, format) {
+  if (!editor || !isReady) return '';
+  if (format === 'html') return editor.getHTML();
+  if (!editor.storage?.markdown) return '';
+  return editor.storage.markdown.getMarkdown();
+}
+describe('TipTapEditor — format prop declaration', () => {
+  const { format: formatProp } = TipTapEditor.props;
+
+  it('exists on the component', () => {
+    expect(formatProp).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('defaults to markdown', () => {
+    expect(formatProp.default).toBe('markdown');
+  });
+
+  it('validator accepts markdown', () => {
+    expect(formatProp.validator('markdown')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('validator accepts html', () => {
+    expect(formatProp.validator('html')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('validator rejects anything else', () => {
+    expect(formatProp.validator('xml')).toBe(false);
+    expect(formatProp.validator('')).toBe(false);
+    expect(formatProp.validator('JSON')).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('TipTapEditor — getContent() logic', () => {
+  const MARKDOWN = '**bold**';
+  const HTML = '<p><strong>bold</strong></p>';
+
+  describe('when editor is not ready', () => {
+    it('returns empty string when editor is null', () => {
+      expect(getContent(null, true, 'markdown')).toBe('');
+    });
+
+    it('returns empty string when isReady is false', () => {
+      const editor = makeEditorStub({ markdownOut: MARKDOWN, htmlOut: HTML });
+      expect(getContent(editor, false, 'markdown')).toBe('');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('format="markdown" (default)', () => {
+    it('returns markdown from storage', () => {
+      const editor = makeEditorStub({ markdownOut: MARKDOWN, htmlOut: HTML });
+      expect(getContent(editor, true, 'markdown')).toBe(MARKDOWN);
+    });
+
+    it('returns empty string when markdown storage is absent', () => {
+      const editor = { storage: {}, getHTML: () => HTML };
+      expect(getContent(editor, true, 'markdown')).toBe('');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('format="html"', () => {
+    it('returns HTML from editor.getHTML()', () => {
+      const editor = makeEditorStub({ markdownOut: MARKDOWN, htmlOut: HTML });
+      expect(getContent(editor, true, 'html')).toBe(HTML);
+    });
+
+    it('does not call getMarkdown() in html mode', () => {
+      const getMarkdown = jest.fn(() => MARKDOWN);
+      const editor = { storage: { markdown: { getMarkdown } }, getHTML: () => HTML };
+      getContent(editor, true, 'html');
+      expect(getMarkdown).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('works even when markdown storage is absent', () => {
+      const editor = { storage: {}, getHTML: () => HTML };
+      expect(getContent(editor, true, 'html')).toBe(HTML);
+    });
+  });
+});