Hello BC Open folks,

Pressbooks has reached out to BCcampus to ask for suggestions of people they can talk to get feedback and so they can improve the way that Pressbooks handles mathematical and scientific notation, including improving their LaTeX support and updating or expanding their use of MathJax.

They are specifically looking to conduct short user research interviews with "power users" -- people who use LaTeX or math/scientific notation heavily in their teaching and writing in order to better understand needs and pain points and to refine and prioritize improvements and new features.

This is a really great opportunity to contribute to the improvement in how Pressbooks handles math and scientific content. If you are interested (or know someone who might be) please send me an email at jgray@bccampus.ca, and I will pass the information on to Pressbooks.

Thanks!

Josie

Josie Gray, MDes she/her/hers
Manager, Open Education
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