I am working on a course that involves mathematical equations and fractions. Is there a simple and less time-consuming way to enter fractions? I have to currently insert three text boxes for numerator, denominator and the dividing line. I saw a discussion around this in the community that is posted around 6 yrs back and I am hoping that there is a way out now. Kindly suggest.
While Storyline 360 doesn't have a mathematical question editor, we're tracking these requests! If we add this feature in a future update, we'll let you know.
Rachna. You right. Its been six long years already. Check back in another four years.
I do all my work for a science community and you can only imagine the pain. I've shifted to iBooks Author as my main blended learning materials development platform. Its free. LaTex is a breeze. And allows me to drop and drag in widgets, especially from Geogebra.
But still keeping an eye on Storyline development from the corner of my eye.
Thanks for sharing other resources. I think with so many product feature requests from the growing community it's kind of tough for Articulate team to prioritize this one. I hope they can soon add this feature too.
Rachna. Math formulas aren't support in Storyline. I am using Avina Authoring Tools for my courses. It has a built-in mathematical formula tool. This can help you quickly prepare the course.
+1 to adding an equation editor that produces accessible output and that also can interpret LaTex. Those of us serving learners in STEM fields would appreciate it.
Thanks for sharing your interest in an equation editor that produces accessible output and interprets LaTex! I'd recommend sharing this with our team in the form of a feature request. If it makes it on our feature roadmap, we'll update you!
+1 for me to adding an equation editor! Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths (as well as Health, Education, Medicine and Business are all great users of Equations. We have tens of thousands of STEM students and hundreds of STEM academics who might consider developing learning materials with Articulate if this feature were available. Thanks!
I usually use Latex2png free website to type the equation (even change the font colour!) then copy/paste into slide in Storyline. For my purpose, I just use hotspots on the png image to build interactivity. I know Lectora has a built-in equation editor, but from my experience (the same one used in MS Office), nothing measures up to Latex-generated equations in any scientific platform. I am more into Physics, Chemistry and Calculus. The ease of storyline rhymes well of high quality Latex!
Hi, I tried out https://math.typeit.org/ and then copied and pasted it in the course. It looks good, but I didnt yet publish to see the published product
Thanks for checking in! Currently, I don't have an update on this feature request, but I'll add your vote and check in with our development team. If you need any assistance in the meantime, please let me know!
This product NEEDS an equation editor function badly. It's one of the things holding it back and making people's lives miserable who need to easily create equations without jumping through hoops. Looking through the posts here, 9 years back people have been saying this. I understand it may not be easy, but I think having an editor may be a tad more important than more themes in my opinion.
This product NEEDS an equation editor function badly. It's one of the things holding it back and making people's lives miserable who need to easily create equations without jumping through hoops. Looking through the posts here, 9 years back people have been saying this. I understand it may not be easy, but I think having an editor may be a tad more important than more themes in my opinion.
So, so true. I don't know how much time I've spent importing equations as .png images. An equation editor, I think, may not be a realizable dream. I dearly love Storyline, but with we've repeatedly hit the absolute limits of the software with STEM training and need more than cosmetics. The variable structure needs to be shown some love. For science education, we need numbers with more than two decimal places. We need strings that don't automatically truncate when they contain certain characters. And, it would be nice to have variable-addressable states. We finally got some Else functionality, which is a huge bonus -- huge kudos for that, developers! Some sort of Switch statement would be a real timesaver.
I am baffled that Articulate hasn't added this yet. This is an absolutely critical feature that is holding this product back. It's not a good look for Articulate at all because we all know that without an equation editor, accessibility suffers greatly. I am truly stunned.
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Hi Rachna!
While Storyline 360 doesn't have a mathematical question editor, we're tracking these requests! If we add this feature in a future update, we'll let you know.
Thanks!
Rachna. You right. Its been six long years already. Check back in another four years.
I do all my work for a science community and you can only imagine the pain. I've shifted to iBooks Author as my main blended learning materials development platform. Its free. LaTex is a breeze. And allows me to drop and drag in widgets, especially from Geogebra.
But still keeping an eye on Storyline development from the corner of my eye.
Thanks for sharing other resources. I think with so many product feature requests from the growing community it's kind of tough for Articulate team to prioritize this one. I hope they can soon add this feature too.
Yes, this would be much used by us aswell.
Rachna. Math formulas aren't support in Storyline. I am using Avina Authoring Tools for my courses. It has a built-in mathematical formula tool. This can help you quickly prepare the course.
Thanks :)
Hello, I wanted to know if there is an equation editor in storyline 360 as of today.
if not, what are your recommendations in how to add equations
You can use a images for your equation.
Does using an image for an equation meet basic accessibility standards?
Hi Hannah!
Great question! To meet basic accessibility standards, you'd need to add alt text that conveys the same information as the image.
+1 to adding an equation editor that produces accessible output and that also can interpret LaTex. Those of us serving learners in STEM fields would appreciate it.
Hello Robert!
Thanks for sharing your interest in an equation editor that produces accessible output and interprets LaTex! I'd recommend sharing this with our team in the form of a feature request. If it makes it on our feature roadmap, we'll update you!
+1 for me to adding an equation editor! Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths (as well as Health, Education, Medicine and Business are all great users of Equations. We have tens of thousands of STEM students and hundreds of STEM academics who might consider developing learning materials with Articulate if this feature were available. Thanks!
I usually use Latex2png free website to type the equation (even change the font colour!) then copy/paste into slide in Storyline. For my purpose, I just use hotspots on the png image to build interactivity. I know Lectora has a built-in equation editor, but from my experience (the same one used in MS Office), nothing measures up to Latex-generated equations in any scientific platform. I am more into Physics, Chemistry and Calculus. The ease of storyline rhymes well of high quality Latex!
Hi,
I tried out https://math.typeit.org/ and then copied and pasted it in the course. It looks good, but I didnt yet publish to see the published product
Hi Lauren,
This has now been discussed for years, but no support provided.
Hi Martin,
Thanks for checking in! Currently, I don't have an update on this feature request, but I'll add your vote and check in with our development team. If you need any assistance in the meantime, please let me know!
HI martin,
You can use Avina Authoring Tools. It support equation editor.
https://avinasolutions.com/san-pham/tai-ban-dung-thu
Our instructional design team would warmly welcome LaTeX or an equation editor.
This product NEEDS an equation editor function badly. It's one of the things holding it back and making people's lives miserable who need to easily create equations without jumping through hoops. Looking through the posts here, 9 years back people have been saying this. I understand it may not be easy, but I think having an editor may be a tad more important than more themes in my opinion.
So, so true. I don't know how much time I've spent importing equations as .png images. An equation editor, I think, may not be a realizable dream. I dearly love Storyline, but with we've repeatedly hit the absolute limits of the software with STEM training and need more than cosmetics. The variable structure needs to be shown some love. For science education, we need numbers with more than two decimal places. We need strings that don't automatically truncate when they contain certain characters. And, it would be nice to have variable-addressable states. We finally got some Else functionality, which is a huge bonus -- huge kudos for that, developers! Some sort of Switch statement would be a real timesaver.
Please also add my vote for an equation editor!
I am baffled that Articulate hasn't added this yet. This is an absolutely critical feature that is holding this product back. It's not a good look for Articulate at all because we all know that without an equation editor, accessibility suffers greatly. I am truly stunned.