--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Prefs_Display.tex 2013/11/28 02:10:45 1.5
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Prefs_Display.tex 2021/12/24 14:19:38 1.9
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ This panel lets you set various display
\item Force use of a specific math rendering engine
\item Set default options for $<$m$>$ tags when
converting \LaTeX{} to html.
+ \item Student formula entry uses inline preview, not DragMath pop-up
+ \item Molecule editor uses JSME (HTML5) in place of JME (Java)
+ \item Chemical reaction response uses inline preview, not pop-up
Style files (.sty extension) created in Authoring Space and published to the shared content pool
can be selected for use when rendering resources in the course by clicking the
@@ -20,13 +23,21 @@ visible separation, adjacent resources w
Problem Receipts will be displayed by default when feedback on correctness is being displayed to a student, and the student has submitted the correct solution. See the ``Verify a Submission Receipt Number'' section (\ref{Grade_Verify}).
-The
-default for math rendering\index{math rendering} is to convert using the display
-mechanism that the user has selected in preferences.
+
+If ``Force use of a specific math rendering engine'' is set to none, then the math display mechanism used to render LaTeX within tags is determined in the following order, with the first one set being the one in effect:
+\begin{enumerate}
+\item User's own personal preference set by the user hovering over the user's name at top left of a LON-CAPA page, and selecting Preferences $>$ Math display settings
+\item Domain default set by a Domain Coordinator
+\item System default set for the LON-CAPA version installed on the server (tth in 2.11 and earlier)
+\end{enumerate}
This can be overriden by setting the attribute display to one of \textbf{MathJax},
-\textbf{jsMath}, \textbf{mimetex} or
-\textbf{tth} which will force a specfic display mechanism. Note, however, that setting
-the attribute display to jsmath is generally discouraged as it requires users to have
-installed jsmath fonts on their computer. See \\ \texttt{http://www.math.union.edu/\char`~ dpvc/jsmath/}.
+\textbf{mimetex} (i.e., Convert to Images) or
+\textbf{tth} (i.e., TeX to HTML) which will force a specific display mechanism.
+
+The behavior of the textboxes where students enter either an algebraic formula (formularesponse) or a chemical reaction (reactionresponse) is inherited from settings in the domain. The default, in the absence of a specific domain setting, is to use an inline preview which appears below the textbox, as the expression is typed. The domain default can be overridden within a specific course if it is preferred to use the old pop-up window displays in either case.
+
+Similarly, the the molecular editor display will use the domain setting, unless overridden within a specific course. If nothing is explicitly set in the domain or the course, then the default is to use JSME instead of its JME predecessor.
+
+
\end{itemize}