Re: publishing PPTs with math text online HELP!

[Sue Hellman]

Hi all --
 
A friend has created numerous PowerPoints (over 60) with math equations using the TexPoint plugin (http://texpoint.necula.org/manual.html). He now wants share them with students and make them available online -- but they must have the plugin installed to see his formatting if he selects PPTShow. He's looking for a workaround -- a way to publish online that will preserve all his math equation formatting, his animations, and his sound (wav) files. Converting to video works but it's very slow. 
 
Other than reformating with all the equations, does anyone have suggestions?
 
Thanks,
SueH
 

[Patrick Vennebush]

Will they work on authorSTREAM?

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[Sue Hellman]

Thanks for the suggestion, Patrick. I did a test with one slide, but the equation text format was not preserved. I couldn't even get it to upload to Slideboom. I have a sinking feeling that he may be out of luck & may want to consider himself lucky that converting to video works because the slides are so complex with narrations added, cursor showing, & animations, & special math text.
 
I'm guessing because there are so many presentations that he originally created them for use in his class with his own computer which has the plugin installed. Now that he wants to add narration & share his files through the LMS (and doesn't want to insist his students install the plugin) the shortcomings of that particular tool (TexPoint) are coming to light. 
 
-S
 
On Apr 22, 2013, Patrick Vennebush replied

Will they work on authorSTREAM?

On Apr 22, 2013 7:00 AM, "Sue Hellman" wrote

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Would this help?

https://www.maths.nottingham.ac.uk/personal/drw/lm.html
LaTeXMathML: translating LaTeX math notation dynamically to Presentation
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[Melissa Tomlinson]

Does he want to preserve them as powerpoints?  Prezi allows you to upload powerpoints right into their online format.

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[Murray]

Hi Sue

MathJax may be the best way to go.

When he exports the slides as HTML, is the LaTeX preserved? If so, he could make the necessary segment changes in the resulting code and use one of the HTML-based slide viewer systems that incorporate MathJax.

This is an example of one of the most appropriate solutions, since it allows for coordination with an MP3 narration file:

http://join-cel.uwaterloo.ca/~m22stewa/math/lecture_content/Module03/M03_n.html

Hope it helps.

Murray

[Sue Hellman]

Thanks to everyone who has sent suggestions:
 
1)@Melissa (re: Prezi) & @Robert (re: iSpring) -- I think the problem will be the same as I had yesterday when I uploaded to Authorstream. I tried uploading from a computer that had the plugin, but the the special formatting was not preserved. I can only assume that there's some code inserted into the PPT when creating equations using TexPoint that signals any other computer with the TexPoint plugin installed to display the mathematical formatting when the PPT file is opened.
 
If the slides were still, I'd suggest to my friend that he export them all as jpegs and create a new show using images. Because he's used all sorts of animations to reveal new lines when the slide is clicked, that's not an option.
 
2) @Mokurai & Murray (re: code suggestions) -- I'm not sure how to see the code behind a PPT. I am looking that up now to see if I can make one of these work.
 
-Sue