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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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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 productHi 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!
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.
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?
Please add my vote as well for the inclusion of an equation editor in Rise and Storyline. As an Instructional Designer at Purdue University, the majority of our online course developments are technical STEM-related courses. We desperately need access to this tool for our course development if we are to continue our business using Articulate 360 products. Our courses must be fully accessible and the workarounds are not sufficient or acceptable. We have fought so hard to get access to Articulate; I would hate for Purdue to have to discontinue our team license because of this.
Hi Alexus!
Thanks for reaching out and sharing the feedback! It sounds like support for mathematical equations would benefit you and your team when developing e-learning courses! I've included your voice in the feature report and will update this discussion if it makes it onto our Feature Roadmap!
Have a great rest of your week!
Please add another vote for an equation editor for both Rise and Storyline!
It would be most useful please can you add it as a feature soon?
