Re: Create course material with org-mode

[Torsten Wagner <torsten.wagner@gmail.com>]

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Hi  Andreas,

thanks for the reply. I'm  a long time user of babel already.
Thus, I am pretty sure it will be part of the solution :)

Thanks again for confirmation

Torsten



On 11 March 2013 12:07, Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>wrote:

> Am 11.03.2013 11:52, schrieb Torsten Wagner:
>
>  Hi Thorsten,
>>
>> thanks for the links. I will look into them.
>>
>> Actually the topic is not exactly OT, I'm looking for a "meta-system"
>> which
>> helps me to keep all those different things together. Hopefully, in a way
>> which allows me to generate different kind of course material from the
>> same
>> sources.
>> I was wondering, can org-mode be such a "meta-system" e.g. could I keep
>> materials of a certain topic within a single org-file and use (customized)
>> exporters to create the desired outputs like a interactive HTML version, a
>> printable PDF, exercises and questions for exams?
>>
>> E.g. a file structure like this
>>
>> * Theory
>> text text text
>>
>> ** Interactive example :HTML
>> Bable code
>>
>> ** more theory in detail
>> *** Images
>>
>> ** lecture slides :BEAMER
>>
>> ** Exercises
>> *** Solutions
>>
>> ** Exam questions
>> *** 1
>> *** 2
>> *** 3
>>
>> This file should ideally run through different exporters to generate
>> interactive HTML for a website,
>> printable PDF version,
>> slides for a lecture,
>> exercises with and without solution,
>> exam questions,
>>
>> One task which might require some more attention (and code) would be to
>> compile e.g.  the entire script from different source files. Same for an
>> entire exam, a set of exercise, etc.
>> The benefit of an approach like above would be that I can keep all related
>> infos close to each other. It would be much easier to make changes among
>> all different outputs, create new material, etc.
>> Hope this makes my idea more clear.
>>
>> Thanks for helping
>>
>> Torsten
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>> On 10 March 2013 00:20, Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Torsten Wagner <torsten.wagner@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>  I plan to create new course materials for teaching at university level.
>>>>
>>>
>>> slightly OT, but you could have a look at LaTeX package
>>>
>>> ,-----------------------------**-----
>>> | http://www.ctan.org/pkg/**tcolorbox<http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox>
>>> `-----------------------------**-----
>>>
>>> and its manual
>>>
>>> ,-----------------------------**------------------------------**
>>> ----------
>>> | http://mirrors.ctan.org/**macros/latex/contrib/**
>>> tcolorbox/tcolorbox.pdf<http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.pdf>
>>> `-----------------------------**------------------------------**
>>> ----------
>>>
>>> its well suited for presenting source-code & output as well as
>>> exercises & solutions.
>>>
>>> --
>>> cheers,
>>> Thorsten
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> Hi Thorsten,
>
> from what I understand, org-mode is designed for this.
> Probably org-babel is the point to start, exporting sections with
> different kind of text/code.
>
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-**contrib/babel/index.html<http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/index.html>
>
> Should you miss a part, assume there are good chances to get it written
> after request.
>
> Looking forward to see it grow,
>
> Andreas
>

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