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Is there any equation editor?
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.
Hello everyone, 🎉
I have some great news to share. We just released another update for Storyline 360. In Update 97, we’ve included essential fixes and new features. One of the new features we’ve included is:
- Build math equations using LaTeX syntax and revise them by adding color and alt text, all within Storyline 360.
Launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer to take advantage of this update, and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You’ll find our step-by-step instructions here.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have additional questions.
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I totally agree with Trenessa. The lack of the equation editor makes me consider other commercial alternatives, despite the fact that I love rise.
Any news about it?
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.
Please also add my vote for 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.
Our instructional design team would warmly welcome LaTeX or an equation editor.
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,
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 productI 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!
+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!
+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!
Hi Lauren,
This has now been discussed for years, but no support provided.
