Re: Create course material with org-mode

["Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>]

Am 11.03.2013 11:52, schrieb Torsten Wagner:
> Hi Thorsten,
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> thanks for the links. I will look into them.
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> 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?
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> E.g. a file structure like this
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> * Theory
> text text text
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> ** Interactive example :HTML
> Bable code
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> ** more theory in detail
> *** Images
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> ** 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,
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> 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.
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> Thanks for helping
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> Torsten
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> On 10 March 2013 00:20, Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> ,----------------------------------
>> | http://www.ctan.org/pkg/tcolorbox
>> `----------------------------------
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>> and its manual
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>> ,---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> | http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.pdf
>> `---------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> its well suited for presenting source-code & output as well as
>> exercises & solutions.
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>> --
>> cheers,
>> Thorsten
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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

Should you miss a part, assume there are good chances to get it written after request.

Looking forward to see it grow,

Andreas