| Prerequisites and co-requisites |
None |
| Course content |
- Overview of the different tools and their areas of application
- Practical creation of various text documents (theses, reports, papers) in different tools (LaTeX, Markdown, pandoc, MS Word, LibreOffice...)
- Dealing with citations (e.g. BibTeX, Zotero etc.)
- Creating, editing and integrating typical graphics in a scientific context
- Insight into the possibilities of collaborative text creation (e.g. Overleaf, OneDrive, Dropbox, Colaboratory etc.)
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| Learning outcomes |
The students
- can explain and compare the different common tools of scientific text production in their function and application.
- know the advantages and disadvantages of the tools and their typical areas of application.
- install and use the tools independently.
- are able to find and integrate packages and ad-ons.
- know how to use citation systems such as BibTeX and Zotero.
- are able to professionally create larger documents (with sections, directories, index, etc.) using several tools (e.g. LaTeX, Markdown, pandoc, MS Word, LibreOffice, ...).
- can efficiently create graphics for scientific documentation on the computer, edit them and integrate them into documents.
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
- Exercises on the computer
- Independent writing of a larger document (project report, etc.)
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
Document delivery |
| Comment |
None
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| Recommended or required reading |
- Hasecke, Jan Ulrich; Tischer, Wolfgang (2015): Das ZEN von Pandoc: Bücher und E-Books einfach und professionell produzieren. Solingen: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
- LaTeX - A document preparation system. Online im Internet: URL: https://www.latex-project.org/ (Zugriff am: 05.08.2022).
- Pandoc. Online im Internet: URL: https://pandoc.org/ (Zugriff am: 05.08.2022).
- Schlosser, Joachim (2016): Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten schreiben mit LaTeX: Leitfaden für Einsteiger. 6. Auflage, Frechen: mitp.
- The LibreOffice Help Window. Online im Internet: URL: https://help.libreoffice.org (Zugriff am: 05.08.2022).
- Tuhls, G. O. (2021): Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten schreiben mit Microsoft Word 365, 2021, 2019, 2016, 2013: Das umfassende Praxis-Handbuch. Auflage 2022, Frechen: mitp.
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| Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning) |
Face-to-face instruction with mandatory attendance |