[Using Sakai] Sakai and Math

[Matt Clare]

Hi all,

	We're interested too.  We're trying to figure out if we still want to do assessment with WeBWorK or if there's a better option (it doesn't seem like it so far - but I'd like to be wrong on that).

	A number of our Mathmatics profs here are advocating the construction of equations through wolframalpha.com and submitting the URL (ie. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=f%28n%29%3Df%28n-1%29%2Bf%28n-2%29%2C+f%281%29%3D1%2C+f%282%29%3D2 ) or using the "Save as image" option to attach the formula.  The logic being that for the large first year mathematics courses learning MathML or LaTex is not a useful skill - and they'll probably use WolframAlpha anyways to solve a lot of simpler questions.

	Thanks for the editor plugin information,

.\.\att

On 2011-11-09, at 1:31 PM, Matthew Jones wrote:

> Codecogs also has a plugin an allows for free generation of 3000 equations per day (more with an annual fee).
> 
> Seems like a pretty generous limit. The cost of developing this feature for the limited usefulness seems pretty steep, which is why it doesn't look like anyone ever has done one. 
> 
> Adding mathjax is pretty easy if you don't care about the wysiwyg editor and just want to allow faculty to just copy/paste latex. I think we had a problem though were some of the latex was being removed by ProcessFormattedText and unless you wrapped it in in a tag that was marked with a special class it slightly slowed down page rendering, as the javascript scanned the entire page looking for the math delimiters.
> 
> http://www.codecogs.com/latex/integration/ckeditor/install.php
> 
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall at oucs.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> Mathjax has been mentioned a few time but I don't think anything has been done.
> 
> Adam
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:sakai-user-
> > bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Grogan, David
> > Sent: 09 November 2011 14:20
> > To: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
> > Subject: [Using Sakai] Sakai and Math
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I think I asked this question a while back but I'm checking in to see if anyone
> > else has successfully integrated a math notation editor and display module
> > into their Sakai instance?
> >
> > If so, what tools are you using?
> >
> > We are taking a close look at WIRIS for input and Mathjax for output. Anyone
> > used these tools?
> >
> > David
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  ::  Matt Clare
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