1. D2L and math formulae: Makingfriends.Kirthi PremadasaAssociate Professor in MathematicsUniversity of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk CountyPresentation at the Ignite Conference 2014kirthi.premadasa@uwc.edu

2. Why ? Almost any instructor in an area related to math,engineering, physics, chemistry, statistics, earthscience, biology, may need at some point includemath formulae in to D2L The trick is to find the most time efficient andstudent friendly way to do this. We will, during this presentation explore someoptions. 3. Three ways of inserting Equations inD2L Using the build in equation editor Using LaTeX Using MathML 4. How to use the built in D2L equationeditor Dependency onJava has beentraditionally aproblems withstudents notseeingequations.However D2Lversion 10.3 isnot dependent onJava. Good !(Fromlearn.wisc.edu)Seehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQLiKm4iMq4 for a demo. 5. LaTeX LaTeX is a scientific word processing format.Instructors who are familiar with (recent mathgraduates) find it very easy but not necessarilystudents.For example, the LaTeX code for the formula !is[sum frac{x^n}{n!}]However students can find a generator athttp://www.codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php 6. How to include LaTeX in D2L 7. How to include LaTeX equation inD2L continued . 8. How to convert complete MS Worddocx files to LaTeX? Can use the free software docx2texSee the video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqmh0TKwNpA 9. MathML The Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) isthe standard for including equations on the web From the Math Activity Statement of the W3CMath Working Group: Designed as an XML application, MathML providestwo sets of tags, one for the visual presentation ofmathematics and the other associated with themeaning behind equations. 10. How to convert a Word 2007/Word2013 equation to MathML First make surethat underoptions in theword equationtool you havecopy MathMLto the clipboardas plaintextticked. This is aone time thing. 11. How to convert a Word 2007/Word2013 equation to MathML (contd) Next type and copy the word equation and insertit to the D2L textbox as a MathML equation 12. How to convert a Word 2007/Word2013 equation to MathML (contd)Important: DO NOT hit insert at this point: 13. How to convert a Word 2007/Word2013 equation to MathML (contd) Remove the mml: from the beginning and end oftag before inserting. After you do this it shouldstart with 14. How to draw equation in toMathML/LaTeX The toolhttp://webdemo.myscript.com/#/demo/equation willlet you inputequations bymouse/stylus andconvert toMathML/LaTeX 15. The easiest cheat way to include anequation as a graphic. Step 1 : Create the equation and text in MSword 2007/2013 and copy whole selection toclipboard Go to the home ribbon and select pastespecial Select paste as picture Now open the text+equations as one image fromD2L text tool Will need to image smaller before uploading toD2L 16. Thank You !