The Math Symbol Palette allows candidates to answer questions with mathematical symbols and formulas using a dedicated palette. While default palettes are available, institutions can customize these palettes to meet specific question requirements.
This article provides tips for using Math Symbol Palettes and offers examples of pre-made math palettes that you can copy and use in Inspera Assessment.
What is a Math Symbol Palettes?
When candidates answer a Math entry, Math working and Essay question in Inspera Assessment, a math palette becomes visible (by clicking the Sigma button in Essay, or by hovering over the answer box in Math Entry/Working). This function gives candidates the opportunity to input math symbols or other LaTeX symbols.
Why Customize? If the default Basic and Advanced math palettes meet your needs, you do not need to create your own. However, the purpose of configurable math palettes is to enable institutions to customize the palette to specific question requirements, offering a tailored set of symbols.
Read more about how to edit your math symbol palette in the article Math Symbol Palette.
How to use our Math Symbol Palette examples
We have created several examples of math palettes, listed at the bottom of this article, that you can use. All examples include three tabs, but it is possible to have as many tabs as you want. If using only one tab, no name/label will be displayed for the candidates.
To use these examples in your Inspera Assessment environment:
- Choose Math Symbol Palettes in the Author module.
- Create a new Math Symbol Palette.
- Remove the entire default code in the newly created palette.
- From this article (below), download the relevant example text file.
- Copy the entire LaTeX code from the downloaded file.
- Insert the copied code into your palette in Inspera Assessment (in the configuration panel).
- Click Save.
Once you have inserted the code, examine the palette in the preview on the left-hand side to ensure it looks as it should. You can then edit the code to rename tabs, add or remove symbols, and move sequences around to suit your specific needs. Remember to save when you are done, and always test the palette in the preview as well as in a live test before using it with candidates on real exams.
Example Math Symbol Palettes
Here are some examples of math palettes. You can download the corresponding text files for each example, which contain the LaTeX code to copy and paste into your palette configuration.
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Example 1
If you copy the LaTeX code from example 1, the palette will look like this:
Greek letters Binary operators Relations -
Example 2 - Derivation (Derivasjon)
If you copy the LaTeX code from example 2, the palette will look like this:
Formler Derivation Symboler -
Example 3 - Integration
If you copy the LaTeX code from example 3, the palette will look like this:
Basic Integration Symbols -
Example 4 - Medicine (Norwegian)
If you copy the LaTeX code from example 4, the palette will look like this:
Basic Medicine Advanced -
Example 5 - Math (Sweden K12)
If you copy the LaTeX code from example 5, the palette will look like this:
Grund Avancerad Enheter