Support Inline and Display Formulas in MathJax – 4000.4
Impact: Instructors and Students
Updated Help Topic: Math Editor (Instructor), Math Editor (Student)
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
MathJax support in the Content Editor now includes additional LaTeX delimiters for rendering mathematical formulas. This update improves compatibility with standard STEM workflows and simplifies uploading exam content without changing source files.
Instructors and students can now use:
- \(...\) for inline equations
- \[...\] for display equations
These options are in addition to the existing $ delimiters. Expanded support improves the experience of working with mathematical notation in Ultra courses and enhances visual clarity for complex expressions such as integrals, sums, and products.
$$...$$ was previously implemented to render formulas inline due to the previous MathJax setup. With the new enhancement introducing \(...\) for inline and \[…\] for display, the rendering now follows MathJax’s standard behavior, where $$...$$ is treated as display mode.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: To turn on MathJax rendering for LaTeX formulas in the Content Editor, go to Tools in the Tools and Utilities module in the Administrator Panel. Locate MathJax for LaTeX (Ultra Only) and set Availability to ON for Course Tool and/or Organization Tool, based on your institution’s preference.