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Extent of LaTeX support in Canvas Equation Editor

bwsf

I'm supporting faculty with accessibility at my community college/broad access college. I'm a social scientist and have used LaTeX, but I haven't pushed the boundaries of the Canvas editor at all.

Microsoft has recently improved its equation editor, and it provides lists of what it does and doesn't support, for MathML, LaTeX, and LaTeX mchem. I haven't found anything comparable for Canvas' equation editor, though there are examples of what Canvas supports for math LaTeX and chemistry LaTeX. (Or do those pages list all of the commands available?)

I believe the furthest our faculty go is Calculus 3 with analytic geometry and Organic Chemistry 2, but they sometimes do individual study with students that involve differential equations and more advanced chemistry. My sense is that Canvas' equation editor should be sufficient for these classes, but I'd appreciate any thoughts on that.

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JeffCampbell

Short of those two lists, I have not found a dedicated resource listing all available symbols.

I have found that the Canvas Equation Editor is not as fully featured as several online editors out there. For example, there are no options to change the outputted font size, but you can use things like \large and \huge at the beginning to change the size. I also have seen symbols I know are available that do not show up in the menu when opening the equation editor.

However, if you use an online latex editor, you can copy it into the Canvas Equation Editor and it will render. I just tested it with this and it produced the correct formula, even though the initial symbol is not an available option within the Canvas editor:

\begin{equation}

\oint_{\partial \Omega} \left( P \, dx + Q \, dy \right) = \iint_{\Omega} \left( \frac{\partial Q}{\partial x} - \frac{\partial P}{\partial y} \right) dx \, dy

\end{equation}

So while it may not have all available options, it does a pretty good job rendering symbols that more robust editors natively show.

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JeffCampbell

Short of those two lists, I have not found a dedicated resource listing all available symbols.

\begin{equation}

\oint_{\partial \Omega} \left( P \, dx + Q \, dy \right) = \iint_{\Omega} \left( \frac{\partial Q}{\partial x} - \frac{\partial P}{\partial y} \right) dx \, dy

\end{equation}

So while it may not have all available options, it does a pretty good job rendering symbols that more robust editors natively show.

mzkm

Even for Geometry not everything I need is a pre-made button; I use a latex equation editor website and copy/paste the code, and at least that so far has worked without issue.

dbrace

@mzkm, if you are willing, can you share the latex equation editor that you use?

-Doug

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