Sunday, April 25, 2021

Kami and the equation editor


I asked Mary Kruh and Lauren Buonpane (both from the high school) to explore the equation feature in Kami.  Below are their comments. If you would like a quick tutorial from Kami, please see the video here.


  • The Equation feature is intuitive.
  • If you type as you would type in Desmos or as you would type in a message where you did not have math-editing features, it reformatted the equation nicely. For example, I typed "x^2+5x=0" and Kami formatted the equation so the exponent was in the right spot, the variables were italicized, and the spacing was pleasing to the eye.
  • For anyone in the math field who has used a Word document to create assignments, Kami's equation editor is very similar.   There are small if any learning curves when it comes to typing equations which is great! 
  • For a teacher who teaches higher-level math, when you hit Equation and then the Pi symbol, there are many great options.
  • If you hit the integral symbol, it puts in the integral symbol with spaces for the upper and lower bounds.
  • If you hit the summation symbol, capital sigma appears with spaces for the upper and lower limits of summation.
  • If you hit "log", "log" appears with a space for the base.
  • If you hit "lim" for limit, "lim" appears with "n-->∞" underneath, but that can be edited to anything you want.
  • The square root and nth root symbols work as expected as does the fraction symbol (horizontal fraction bar). A degree symbol is there, lots of Greek letters, inequality symbols, etc. are there.
  • So, while we have not used Kami with my students, we know that the Kami Equation feature seems to be easy to use and has things that would satisfy teachers of higher-level math, too.



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