[Using Sakai] for equations in sakai course

Wed Oct 27 07:02:36 PDT 2010

I also think MathJax could be an option. We had a discussion on list a
couple of months ago, and it seems to work well in FCKEditor.

http://www.mathjax.org/

Mathieu

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Charles Hedrick <hedrick at rutgers.edu>wrote:

> Rutgers has created a plugin for FCK that lets you add and edit JSmath.
> We'd be happy to contribute it, but doing so is enough work that I don't
> want to do it if it isn't going to be accepted. The problem is that minor
> changes are required to a couple of Sakai-wide Javascript files to make sure
> that the JSmath is properly interpreted. We've used an approach that only
> affects the page is JSmath is actually used on a page. (I believe the
> scanning may actually be confined to the DIVs in which it is used.)
>
> The main disadvantage I can see is that JSmath uses a linear
> representation, either TeX or something ad hoc. Most faculty in disciplines
> that use equations know the TeX representation, but students may not.
>
>
> On Oct 27, 2010, at 4:43 AM, Eixarch Ferrer, Ramon wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> You missed an option to edit math equations in Sakai.
>
> 4.- WIRIS editor. A Plugin for FCKeditor
> www.wiris.com/demo-java/pluginwiris/fckeditor_wiris/
>
> PS: the UPV is using WIRIS in it’s Moodle platform.
>
> *Cordialment, Cordialmente, Best regards,*
>
> *Ramon Eixarch*
> Maths for More - WIRIS
> ramon at wiris.com
> +34 932384684
> +34 649752179
> skype:   ramoneixarch
> twitter: twitter.com/wirismath/
>
> *De:* sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:
> sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] *En nombre de *DAVID ROLDAN
> MARTINEZ
> *Enviado el:* miércoles, 27 de octubre de 2010 9:27
> *Para:* sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
> *Asunto:* Re: [Using Sakai] for equations in sakai course
>
> Hi all,
>
> I’ve reviewed all the mails I have from this and others lists and have
> found the following:
> Solution 1:
> Use Google Services to convert Tex to an image which uses an undocumented
> feature of Google charts, also in use by Google docs.
> Put the following code into the source of the FCK area <img src="
> http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=tx&chl=Tex goes here">.
> An example is: <img src="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=tx&chl=f_p
>   = 3\sqrt {area}  = 3\sqrt {2 \times 10^6 }  = 53800Hz;\;53.8kHz">
> Please review Google usage policy at http://code.google.com/apis/chart/
> Additional variables available per the Google Chart specs
> Solution 2:
> Use MimeTeX. See attached document.
> Solution 3:
> There is one third party plug-in for the FCK editor called WebEQ.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> David
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