Brightspace for Lecturers

Welcome to the Brightspace Help for Lecturers! Here you can find Manuals on Brightspace and its tools and Showcases on how to use them.

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You can also check out the (generic) Brightspace documentation for additional information: https://documentation.brightspace.com.

For urgent matters on course-specific issues, you can also contact your Instructional Designer.

How to insert a Graphical Equation to the Editor

The Brightspace Graphical Equation enables teachers and students to insert statistical and mathematical equations within the HTML Editor. It is a tool that allows composing math expressions with visual equations while remaining simple and easy to learn.

In this manual, you will learn how to:

Add Graphical equation to the Editor

There are several ways to access the Editor. For more information, please visit: Where to find the Editor.

Inserting a Graphical equation to the Editor

Navigate to the HTML Editor where you would like to add a graphical equation

1. Click on the downward arrow next to the Sigma icon, a drop-down menu will open,

2. Click on one of the following options:

Graphical equation - to add general equations
LaTeX equation - to add equations in LaTeX code
MathML equation - to add equations in MathML code
Chemistry equation - to add chemical equations

For more information about MathML and LaTeX equation, please visit: How to add Math using MathML and LaTeX

Click on the downward arrow next to the sigma sign, then choose the equation you wish to add

The Graphical equation is equipped with a toolbar that provides the necessary elements to construct your equations. It has the most visual options and it is best suited for those who only use equations occasionally.

It is recommended that you start building the structure of your equation before entering specific numbers and inline notation in each section of the equation.

The Graphical equation will open as a pop-up window, you will see several tabs containing symbols and functions that allow you to manually build formulas.

3. Enter the formula by clicking on the symbols
There are several tabs available, General (only available for Graphical equations), Chemistry (only available for Chemistry equations), Symbols, Calculus, Matrices, etc.

4. (Optional) Click on </> to Generate a preview