Render the text-based content in HTML into a content management system or into an application such as Dreamweaver or Notepad.To produce accessible versions of content that includes equations, the bulk of the content (textual content) is rendered as HTML which is completely readable to a screen reader.Producing accessible content is also in keeping with universal course design principles: the creation of content across all courses to serve as diverse a population and audience as possible. In addition, producing content that is accessible to people with sensory and motor impairments is an industry best practice, and the right thing to do. Producers of web-based content who are recipients of federal funding, including colleges and universities, must comply with this mandate. Web-based content must be made accessible to people with vision, hearing, and motor impairments per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Why is it important to convert equation content to MathML? The goal of MathML is to enable mathematics to be served, received, and processed on the Web, just as HTML has enabled this functionality for text. MathML is an XML application for describing mathematical notation and capturing both its structure and content. Incorporates research-based best practices in universal design for learning (UDL).Complies with the American with Disabilities Act.Having the equation-based content in MathML format is beneficial for the following reasons: Once equation content is created using LaTeX or MathType (either in documents (lecture notes and assignments)) or on PPTs, the follow-up is to also produce/output the equation content into MathML format to be archived with the course production materials.
Whiting School of Engineering encourages the creation of equation-based content using either LaTeX or MathTypebecause both of these tools can output the completed content/equations into Math Markup Language ( Math ML) format which is fully accessible to screen readers.
For example, when equations are produced using the equation editor in Microsoft Office, there is no way to make the equations readable in an HTML environment. Preparing equation intensive content for inclusion in online courses presents challenges for accessibility of the content because frequently the tools used to create equation-based content cannot be read through screen readers.