Course: Introduction to LaTeX

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Course title Introduction to LaTeX
Course code KMA/PTEX
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Plešinger Martin, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Finěk Václav, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. LaTeX today, choice of working environment and first compilation. 2. Anatomy of a LaTeX project, document structure and compilation passes. 3. Typesetting ordinary text. 4. Czech typography and fonts. 5. Document structure and cross-references. 6. Document classes, styles and publication layout. 7. Typesetting mathematical text. 8. Tables. 9. Figures and graphics. 10. Floats, captions and references. 11. Citations, bibliography, biblatex and Biber. 12. Larger documents, project organization and custom commands. 13. The TUL thesis template. 14. Debugging, final checks and project submission.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Practicum
  • Class attendance - 8 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the seminar is to learn students to work with LaTeX.
Upon completion of the course, the student can independently create and compile a structured multi-file LaTeX project; use structural commands, automatic numbering and cross-references; correctly typeset Czech prose, mathematical expressions, tables and figures; create citations and a bibliography from a .bib file; work with document classes and the TUL template; diagnose and fix common compilation errors; and prepare a complete source archive that can be compiled after extraction.
Prerequisites
Basic ability to use a computer, work with files and folders, and use a web browser. No previous knowledge of LaTeX is required.

Assessment methods and criteria
Practical exam

To obtain course credit, a student must complete all 14 continuous quizzes with a score of 100%, submit the mandatory interim version of the semester project by the deadline, and receive a pass for the final version of the same project.
Recommended literature
  • LaTeX Project Team. LaTeX documentation. .
  • Finěk, V. Studijní texty a pracovní soubory v e-learningu předmětu. .
  • Rybička, J. LaTeX pro začátečníky. 2013.
  • Satrapa, P. Balík tul pro LaTeX. .


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