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Use Best Practices for Mathematical Content
Use Best Practices for Mathematical Content
Math in online courses can be challenging to deliver in a way that is accessible to people with vision impairments. Non-scalable images of mathematical content cannot be sufficiently enlarged or navigated by low-vision users and are not accessible to blind users at all.
Xen.ed uses MathJax to render math content in a format that is clear, readable, and accessible to people who use screen readers. MathJax works together with math notation such as LaTeX and MathML to render mathematical equations as text instead of images. Xen.ed recommends that you use MathML to author your math content. MathJax renders MathML in a variety of formats on the client-side, offering the end-user the ability to consume math content in their preferred format.
Xen.ed Studio also supports authoring math directly in LaTeX using the LaTeX Source Compiler to transform LaTeX into MathML.
1. Accessible Mathematical Content Resources
The MathJax website provides guidance on creating accessible pages using their display engine.
The DO-IT project from the University of Washington provides guidance on creating accessible math content.
The AccessSTEM website provides guidance on creating accessible science, technology, engineering, and math educational content.
Design Science shares information about making math accessible.
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