Forum Discussion
Math equations in RISE
What are your recommendations for creating accessible math equations in RISE content? We need these to be accessible to students using screenreaders. Can we input MathJax/ML etc into RISE? Or is the only option to add each equation as an image with alt text description or maybe create a Word document with these equations, both of which are very time consuming. Please advise as we'd like to continue building in RISE, but need to ensure that these are accessible for users.
The lack of math equation implementation in Rise 360 is, literally, the ONLY reason I won't subscribe to articulate 360. To display equations as images is very limiting and takes away the responsive nature of Rise courses. I'm begging you to let me give you my money by implementing this feature.
This feature is necessary and we often go to other tools for any courses with even basic math.
An equation editor would be amazing!
This is definitely a feature that is needed. Accessibility is so important, and STEM subjects need this functionality to make their courses accessible for all learners when using tools like Rise!
This needs to be added ASAP. One of the main things holding Rise back is the lack of a good math equation solution.
With Articulate's seeming commitment to accessibility, it's stunning to me that in 2023 there's still no viable math equation tool in Rise. This thread has been active for literally years.
Accessible math is legally required by U.S. federal guidelines for public/state institutions, so it's imperative for Articulate to resolve this ASAP.I too would love to see a math equation editor, but I have had some success with using symbols that can be copied and pasted as text into Rise. Here is the link: https://coolsymbol.com/ It's not perfect, but it is free and provides a wide range of math equation symbols. I also use this site to paste arrows and other icons as part of the student instructions. Below is a screenshot of some of their math symbols.
I hope this helps!
We need this as well!
I was able to get equations in my Rise course by using inline images, here I show you how to screenshot results from MathJax. The html used in the screen recording:
<img style="display:inline-block;height: 2.8em;vertical-align: middle;" src="replacewithdata">
and url for converting image to inline data-
Nice one, I was doing something similar by uploading the image as a file then using the url from that. But uri is better as it still works when a course is copied over.
Right on, if you insert a url (even a rise/articulate url) it creates an external dependency on that file (which could become blocked by a strict LMS, or the file could disappear eventually). This ensures it becomes part of the export.
