We haven't compiled detailed information about using MathType with Open Yale Courses, but we know it is a website MathType customers are interested in. While we don't have specific information about Open Yale Courses at this time, it is likely that MathType works with it to some extent.

If you have experience with Open Yale Courses or have questions or suggestions about how best to use MathType with it, we would love to hear from you. Please send questions, comments and suggestions to interop@dessci.com.

Most websites containing mathematics display equations using one of the following techniques:

Basic equations in HTML: Simple equations are often displayed using regular HTML tags for subscripts, superscripts, italics and common symbol characters. In most cases, you can select such HTML expressions in your browser and use Copy and Paste or Drag and Drop to open them in MathType. Depending on the browser and the website, there may be differences between Copy and Paste and Drag and Drop, so try both. You may also have better luck trying a different browser.
Equation Images: Images are the most common way of displaying equations in web pages. If the equation images were originally made with MathType, you may be able to copy and paste them directly into MathType. If nothing happens when pasting such an image into MathType, or if you get an error saying “Clipboard does not contain equation data”, you may be able to open the equation by first saving it to your computer (right-click, and choose “save picture as”) and opening it in MathType (File > Open). Consult our general information pages about using MathType to work with images for more details.

Another common technique with equation images is to include TeX code for the equation in an "alt text" attribute. You can open these equations in MathType by Copy and Paste as well in most browsers. Again, depending on the browser and the website, there may be differences between Copy and Paste and Drag and Drop, so try both. You may also have better luck trying a different browser.
MathML Equations: More and more websites are using MathML, an XML encoding for math, to display equations in web pages. In Firefox, you will generally need to select your equation, choose "View Selection Source" from the context menu (the right-click menu on most systems), and copy the markup in <math>...</math> tags from the resulting source view window. In IE with MathPlayer installed, you can copy MathML directly to the clipboard from the context (right-click) menu. See our general information page on MathML for more detail about using MathType to work with MathML.
Pasting Equations from MathType into Websites: Web applications that allow users to post content, such as blogs and wikis, use a wide variety of systems. Perhaps the most common involves pasting some text encoding, most commonly some flavor of TeX, into a web form. While details vary, often one of MathType's export translators will come close to generating the markup a particular web application requires. If you don't see any support for posting math to your favorite sites, we encourage you to suggest adding support to the website owner and tell us about it. There are many web application plug-ins for handling math in this way, and we are happy to make recommendations or work with website publishers interested in working better with MathType.

If you are technically inclined, the MathType SDK contains a wealth of information for integrating MathType more closely with other applications and web sites. If you have worked extensively with Open Yale Courses and are interested in making it work better with MathType, the SDK is the place to start. Topics of particular interest for interop are

Creating new translators for input and output
Generating Equation Images, and obtaining metric and other equation data embedding in images generated by MathType
Information for OLE implementors
C++, .NET and VBA APIs

To obtain the SDK, please fill out our SDK request form.

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