typing math symbols and exponents in RISE quiz option?? How do you do this?

Hi Fiona, 

We're working on a feature to allow custom fonts in Rise - as currently the font type can only be adjusted to a set group of fonts for the entire course. The ETA on that feature isn't yet set, but we'll keep you posted as we have a better sense for timing! 

For quiz questions, you can add images to the question text but not to the answer choices. I can understand how that would make life easier. I think it would be worth telling our product team about it here!

My team is also really keen to see LaTex support in Rise — we've had to make do with formulas and equations as images but this is no where near ideal as it's not responsive at all and poses readability and clarity concerns.

Thanks Michelle for sharing that insight here. I hadn't heard of LaTex before this discussion, but science and math were never my area! I took a quick look at their website and I'm curious how you use this in other applications? Can it be installed as a part of tools like Powerpoint? Is it a browser based add-on? 

I'd love to get a bit more insight on how you're using it today with other tools to pass that along to my Product team! 

Hi Ashley,

If we're working with straight HTML pages, we attach a link to the LaTeX script inside the header tags and that picks up the code and renders it as a formula when the page loads.

When we're working with our LMS, the link to the LaTeX script is already integrated in the site so we just type in LaTeX code where we need it.

LaTeX knows when you're using it because you frame your code with '\(' and '\)'. Then most things are coded by putting them inside curly braces (i.e '{ }'). I've attached an image that I use to teach LaTeX to my colleagues that you may find useful.

LaTeX can be used in much more complicated ways (you can build entire documents with it), but this is how we use it to build formulas.

Hope that helps :)

Cheers,
Mich

Thanks for explaining, John! The broadest point to all of this is that there has to be an equation editor, and it should be able to read LaTeX or MathML and be accessible. If that feature was available in Rise (and other products), it would open a world of possibilities as that feature is really needed by anyone building curriculum in the STEM fields.

Hi, Any update on the question of adding support for math equations in RISE?

Thanks.

Thanks for checking in, Mourad! Nothing new yet, but you're in the right place to stay up to date on this feature. 

We're adding all kinds of new things to Rise -- have a look at the latest releases right here!

Hi Ashley, 

Have there been any developments with introducing an equation editor (or the ability to convert LaTeX) in Rise? We're still inserting equations as images but it's really not ideal as it is terrible for readability (images are automatically scaled down on small screens), as well as accessibility.

Cheers,
Mich

Thanks for adding your voice, Mich! 

While I don't have anything new to add yet, this is the right place to stay posted. You'll also be notified immediately since you're now subscribed to this thread. ☺️

Been waiting almost a year for some solution to math equations. Hoping it moves to the top of the priority list. Whether it is an equation editor in Rise or the ability to embed LaTex would be very helpful, mostly for accessibility but also for design. If you have an equation in the middle of a sentence adding the equation as a graphic is not visually appealing (especially if there are more than one equation in a paragraph). Thank you.