[Using Sakai] for equations in sakai course
Mark Norton
markjnorton at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 27 09:29:09 PDT 2010
On a related topic:
*W3C Updates HTML5, Makes Math Easy*
/IDG News Service (10/22/10) Joab Jackson/
The World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C's) updated MathML standard for
rendering mathematical notations on Web pages better portrays math
symbols and supports more languages. MathML 3 represents basic symbols
such as for multiplication, long division, subtraction, and the carries
and borrows addition symbols. Educational Web page designers will be
able to add the symbols to pages without having to embed small images of
the symbols or formulas into the pages. The symbols also aid assistive
technology, such as screen readers, in interpreting mathematical
material. MathML 3 also will render mathematical symbols in Arabic and
other languages that move from the right side of the page to the left.
W3C wants MathML to be included with other standards being incorporated
into browsers that support HTML5, such Cascading Style Sheets and
Scalable Vector Graphics.
On 10/27/2010 10:02 AM, Mathieu Plourde wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>> FCKeditorwww.wiris.com/demo-java/pluginwiris/fckeditor_wiris/
>> <http://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 <mailto:ramon at wiris.com>
>> +34 932384684
>> +34 649752179
>> skype: ramoneixarch
>> twitter:twitter.com/wirismath/ <http://twitter.com/wirismath/>
>> *De:*sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
>> <mailto:sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org>[mailto: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
>> <mailto: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
>> <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
>> <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
>> athttp://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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