Chemistry editor

Atto ::: atto_chemistry
Maintained by Geoffrey Rowland
Edit chemistry equations in Moodle 2.7, or later, using the mhchem extension to the MathJax or TeX filter. Useful for full and ionic equations, isotopes, equilibrium reactions, thermochemistry and reaction kinetics. Includes a periodic table of element symbols.

Chemistry editor v2.7-2

Moodle 2.7, 2.8
Released: Monday, 6 October 2014, 2:31 AM

moodle-editor_atto-chemistry

Chemistry equation editor for Moodle using the mhchem TeX extension in MathJax

Installation

Either

Download the zip file, unzip to give the moodle-atto_editor-chemistry folder. Rename this to chemistry and copy to the lib/editor/atto/plugins folder of your Moodle installation to give lib/editor/atto/plugins/chemistry

Or Navigate to the lib/editor/atto/Plugins directory of your Moodle installation. Then isue the command

git clone https://github.com/geoffrowland/moodle-editor_atto-chemistry.git chemistry.

Then visit the Admin notifications page of your Moodle to complete the installation.

After installation you need to complete the following steps:

Add chemistry to Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Text editors > Atto HTML editor > Atto toolbar settings > Toolbar config, to give, for example:

insert = chemistry, equation, charmap, table, clear

Add mhchem to the Moodle MathJax filter configuration

Edit Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Filters > MathJax > MathJax configuration to include:

TeX: { extensions: ["mhchem.js","color.js","AMSmath.js","AMSsymbols.js","noErrors.js","noUndefined.js"] },

You may need to Purge all caches on your Moodle server

Administration > Site administration > Development > Purge all caches

and in your browser

Enjoy!

Version information

Version build number
2014100500
Version release name
v2.7-2
Can be updated to
v2.9-1 (2015092100)
Maturity
Stable version
MD5 Sum
96a013d0d4e7fb4f50ec42a3f853abef
Supported software
PHP 5.5, Moodle 2.7, Moodle 2.8
Alternative download URL

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL
VCS branch
272

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Atto

  1. Make sure you have all the required versions.
  2. Download and unpack the module.
  3. Place the folder (eg "myeditorplugin") in the "lib/editor/atto/plugins" subdirectory.
  4. Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to finish installation of the plugin.

To make the newly installed plugin available, you need to edit the Atto toolbar configuration so that the new plugin appears in the toolbar.

  1. Go to your Site administration ►Plugins ► Text editors ► Atto HTML editor ► Atto toolbar settings
  2. Add the new plugin to the desired position in the toolbar.