From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_R=F6hler?= Subject: Re: Create course material with org-mode Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:07:06 +0100 Message-ID: <513DBADA.6080507@easy-emacs.de> References: <87d2v8ma8i.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47863) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UF0Yi-0002d4-Ox for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:06:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UF0Yd-00049x-Sq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:06:24 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.187]:52766) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UF0Yd-00049b-IM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:06:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10 March 2013 00:20, Thorsten Jolitz wrote: > >> Torsten Wagner 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 >> `---------------------------------- >> >> and its manual >> >> ,--------------------------------------------------------------------- >> | 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 Should you miss a part, assume there are good chances to get it written after request. Looking forward to see it grow, Andreas