Math symbols not working

Submitted by melafuen on Tue, 08/10/2021 - 17:38
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I am building a Math course and need to create quiz questions with the "less than or equal to" sign. When I past the text in the quiz (I also tried in content presentation), the symbol changes to the pound sign. 

Is there a workaround for what I am trying to accomplish, other than adding an image as a media file?

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Thanks all!

Maria

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BV52

Tue, 08/10/2021 - 18:17

Hi Maria,

I just tested this here and it works if I manually type it in.

-BV

melafuen

Tue, 08/10/2021 - 18:38

Hi BV. The < and > symbols work fine but the one I haven't been successful with is the "less than or equal to", which is the "<" symbol with a minus symbol, both using a single character, like this: https://etc.usf.edu/clipart/41700/41720/fc_lessoreq_41720.htm

Makes sense?

Maria

 

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BV52

Tue, 08/10/2021 - 20:32

Hi Maria,

Thank you for the clarification. In this case you need to use the mathematical expression library, you can check this page for more details.

-BV

melafuen

Tue, 08/10/2021 - 20:43

Thank you! I will look into this with our Moodle Admins. 

Maria

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otacke

Tue, 08/10/2021 - 23:07

Hi all!

Those characters should work perfectly fine even without using the MathDisplay library (which seems to be a little over the top just for that purpose). Have a look at this demo ... Your editor seems to use a custom font however which could be the true issue.

Best,
Oliver

melafuen

Wed, 08/11/2021 - 16:20

Thank you, Oliver! I created an acticity in a new Moodle instance and it works now. I will test it to see if something is happening with the other instance. 

Thank you, all. I appreciate you. 

Maria