[Athen] Math Accessibility - Again....

[Greg Kraus]

Hi Cassandra,

Here are some tutorials on MathJax.
http://oit.ncsu.edu/itaccess/math
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TairRxyy_Hs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h7mMFFWer0

Basically, you just add a link to the MathJax JavaScript libraries.
Additionally, you paste in either the LaTeX, or MathML into your Web
page. That's it.

If it is played in IE with MathPlayer, it will work. It will also be
viewable in other browsers too.

Greg

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Greg Kraus
University IT Accessibility Coordinator
NC State University
919.513.4087
greg_kraus at ncsu.edu



On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Cassandra L. Tex
<Cassandra.Tex at humboldt.edu> wrote:

> Hi All,

>

> We have instructional designers who are designing a Statistics course that

> will be completely online through our LMS (Moodle).  They understand that

> the course needs to be accessible, and I’ve told them about the process for

> making math accessible (well-structured Word doc, equations entered with

> MathType, publish to MathPage with MathML and IE behavior).

>

>

>

> They have some concerns:

>

> 1.       They recommend that folks use FireFox, not IE.

>

> 2.       The folks with Mac’s don’t have an IE option.

>

>

>

> Their thought is to provide accessible PDF files with detailed (spoken math

> language) alt text for the equation gifs.  This option doesn’t seem

> desirable to me because they are not experts in math/statistics and will

> need the instructor to type out the spoken math of each equation.

>

>

>

> My thought is to provide accessible PDF files with less detailed alt text

> for equation gifs.  In addition, they can provide the files produced after

> publishing to MathPage.  Essentially they would be providing two versions of

> the document.

>

>

>

> I’ve read a little bit about MathJax, but it’s teetering on the edge of my

> expertise.

>

> 1.       Is MathJax simply code that is put at the beginning of an HTML

> document?

>

> 2.       What role does entering equations into a Word document with

> MathType play in using MathJax (does that question even make sense?)

>

>

>

> It seems that with MathJax, only one document needs to be provided.  For

> those using IE and MathPlayer, the experience will be as if Word and

> MathType were used (i.e., the equations will be able to be read).  For those

> using other browsers, the equations will display correctly.

>

>

>

> My ultimate question….HOW does one “use” MathJax and get to a document that

> displays correctly across browsers and works with IE/MathPlayer to speak the

> equations with the appropriate AT so that only one document needs to be

> provided?

>

>

>

> I hope this question makes sense!

>

>

>

> Thanks!

>

> Cassandra

>

>

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