How do I type in RISE quiz question and answer? Please tell me its possible.

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 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

I was talking about this about 5 years ago and it's very disappointing that Latex or Math ML still aren't supported yet. Even Blackboard LMS supports these basic maths equation languages.

Ok, so now I've explored copy and paste as well ASCII codes for both Greek symbols and exponents. Copy and paste as well as ASCII Alt230 works for µ. However, copy and paste does not work for exponents. ASCII Alt252 only delivers 10ⁿ . There is no way to actually type 10 to the power -6 in RISE. Why is this? or am I missing something. Its very reminiscent of when I first became excited about Articulate and then Storyline, only to discover science and math educators needs have been largely overlooked. Submitting feature requests also never solved this basic type setting issue. I can solve the problem by painting my equations in Latex, doing a screengrab and inserting image into RISE question section. BUT this does not work when working with RISE answer section. There, it only expects text.

Hi Alphonso, Math is not my forte so my exponent formatting may be a little confused - but I was able to type 10−⁶ in a Word doc and then copy and paste that into Rise as an answer. So that's the copy/paste element that seemed to work for me. The minus sign I wasn't able to bring higher than that to the superscript level, but not sure if you need it there? The superscript 6 did work for copy/paste though.

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

AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
8 years ago
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!
- JohnDallas-fee0
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  Hi Ashley, just to add to Michelle's comments.
  
  LaTeX is a method for writing math equations.
  
  Some applications directly support LaTex, others require an add-on or extension. For instance I believe MS Word 365 now supports LaTex in the equation editor.
  
  For displaying math on the web, LaTex is not directly supported by web browsers. MathML is another method of writing equations, but it is only supported by Firefox (and maybe Safari?)
  
  Both LaTex and MathML are fully supported by "MathJax". MathJax is a Javascript library that processes the formulas and replaces them with elegant HTML/CSS. Mathjax is not the only parser available, but it is a standard one that is used.
AlyssaGomez
Staff
7 years ago
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!
KatieRiggio
Staff
7 years ago
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. ☺️
PaulineHanekom
Community Member
7 years ago
And just to add to the "fun", is there anyway in a quiz that student can enter answer with an exponent in?
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
7 years ago
Hey Jamie and Pauline,

We are tracking the use-case and feature requests from users, so I've added your thoughts to the report as well.

You're in the right place to be notified of updates we have to share.
Anh-ChiFurey
Community Member
6 years ago
We desperately need equation functionality. We were ready to buy full licenses until we discovered this snag :(
MartikaCox
Former Staff
6 years ago
Hi Anh-Chi,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. I don’t currently have any updates, but you are now subscribed to this conversation which means as we share updates here, you’ll automatically be notified.

Please let me know if I can help with anything else.
ManishaNimbalka
Community Member
6 years ago
I was also facing the same problem, but i found the solution. Don't copy paste , you can edit the choice from slide view also. For ex. if you want to write 10−⁶ write 10 in the form view question choice, then open the slide view and edit the option , it works.
ChristianKing-6
Community Member
6 years ago
We need more than superscript and subscript, how do we add this?
JamieTraynor-26
Community Member
6 years ago
While it's not ideal this is what we do for a work around. There is a software program called EquatIO that has a feature called "screenshot reader". If faculty provides us with equations we can use EquatIO to take a screenshot of the equation and download as a png or svg file. EquatIO also provides spoken text. So, the image is added to Rise and the spoken text is put in as Alt Tag to make it accessible.

Again, not ideal but it's what we are using for now to make sure complex equations can be added to Rise and are accessible. It would make more sense to have a text editor that can also do math. HOWEVER, I have had to create lessons as a PDF instead of using Rise because it would take to long to create some Physics lessons in Rise (and Word already has an equation editor available).