LaTeX support in Open edX Platform

Educators Authoring
1

Quick question. Does OpenEDX support LaTeX in course material authoring?

Thanks in advance,
Andy

2

Quick answer: Yes

See https://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/mathjax.html

3

Mathjax works very nice.

Besides mathjax, I saw in the manual that it’s possible to insert LaTeX components. I followed the instructions and got: Error: cannot connect to latex2edx server. Do you know how to make it work?

4

Unfortunately, that latex2edx server is maintained by a professor at MIT, and it’s down more often than not. It relies on a 3rd party service, so it’s not the most reliable choice.

Can you say more about what you are trying to do? I might have some more viable suggestions.

5

Thanks Peter for your response!
Actually, I am browsing the user manual. I’m looking for the features that are there and seeing if they can be activated. I guess this LaTeX feature should be removed from the manual, and replaced by MathJax.

6

Down for me too during Nutmeg Testing TC_AUTHOR_135

7

@Andres.Aulasneo is this the documentation you are referring to?

https://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/edx-partner-course-staff/en/latest/exercises_tools/problem_in_latex.html

8

Yes, and also this: 8.1. Working with Text Components — Building and Running an edX Course documentation