MathJax AND LaTeX

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MathJax Equation Enhancements & Text Field LaTeX Characters

 

Location to Enable Feature

N/A

Feature Functionality Details

N/A

Affected Canvas Areas

Any content area in Canvas

Beta/Test Environment Support

Yes

Affects User Interface

Yes

Affected User Roles

All Users

Feature Video

Courses: MathJax and LaTeX (2021-02-20 Release) (over her) 


Summary

LaTeX equations can be entered in any Canvas text field, and MathJax is loaded if Canvas detects an equation image added by delimited LaTeX characters.

Change Benefit

This change allows users to use equations in more areas of Canvas and manage equations more efficiently.

Affected User Roles

All Users

LaTeX equations can be added in any text field in Canvas and are typeset or processed by MathJax. Equations can be added through manual entry, or through the Equation editor as supported in the Rich Content Editor.

Manually Entered Equations

Equations can be added manually in any Canvas area that includes a text field, such as the title of an assignment or in a calendar event. Manual entries must be formatted according to LaTeX specifications. For help using the LaTeX Editor, please see the Canvas Equation Editor Advanced PDF Links to an external site..

1.pngLaTex in the Calendar

 

Text fields support MathJax

or/(delimiterstoidentifyequations.Addingequationsaddedina\(...\)formatindicatestheequationshouldbeinaninlineformat.Generally,equationsenteredwithtextshouldbeformattedinline.However,anequationina
...$$ format indicates the equation should be in a block format. 

Inline Example: 

area=abf(x)dx

Block Example:

y=mx+b

2.pngLaTex in the Rich Content Editor

 
When saved, MathJax renders the LaTeX equations in the editor window as inline and block text, respectively.

Rendering of LaTex in the Rich Content Editor

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