Content Editor and WIRIS supports LaTeX in 9.1SP12

Blackboard 9.1SP12's Content Editor comes with revised WIRIS plugin which no longer requires Java.

• https://help.blackboard.com/en-us/Learn/9.1_SP_12/Administrator/000_Product_Updates/SP_12_New_Features/Content_Editor

One of the new features in the Editor is support for LaTeX.

• http://www.wiris.com/news/wiris-editor-latex-support-insight

Here's an example where I have the LaTeX formula for the Quadratic Equation in the Content Editor.  The LaTeX formula is delineated with the "$$"

Note: currently the Content Editor > Preview does not render the equation.  So the only way to tell that the equation is correct is to submit your changes, then view the resulting item.

Copy/Paste when using the Content Editor with Firefox

There's a security setting in Firefox that prevents javascript-based HTML editors from accessing your clipboard.

There's a workaround using a Firefox add-on called AllowClipboard Helper https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/allowclipboard-helper/

Some documentation written by Ottawa University:
http://onl.ottawa.edu/documentation/student/docs/How-to-fix-copypaste-issue-content-editor.pdf

MozillaZine:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Granting_JavaScript_access_to_the_clipboard