Re: How do teachers use org-mode

[Richard Riley <rileyrg@gmail.com>]

Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:

> Have students turn in their assignments in Org mode format. 
>
> From
> http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~rwl/lib/attachments/teaching/100/paper-guidelines.pdf
>
> See sec-2.3
>
> ,----
> | I’m going to try an experiment in this course. I would like you to
> | submit your papers to me as plain text, not in a document format like MS
> | Word (.doc, .docx), OpenDocument Text (.odt), RTF, or HTML. You are
> | welcome to useWord, OpenOffice, or another document editor to write your
> | papers, but please export your paper from these programs as plain text,
> | formatted according to the guidelines below.1
> |
> | There are several reasons for this. One, I don’t want to require you to
> | use any particular software to write your papers; you can edit plain
> | text using a wide variety of programs on any platform. Two, I actually
> | find the papers in the usual 12 point Times New Roman double-spaced
> | format pretty difficult to read and work with. By submitting your papers
> | in plain text, you’re making it easier for me to compile them into a
> | format that prefer to work with, which means I’ll have more time to
> | dedicate to giving you helpful feedback.
> |
> | In case you’re wondering: these guidelines are a subset of the
> | formatting rules of Org mode for GNU Emacs (http://orgmode.org). I’m
> | going to use Org mode to compile your papers using the LATEX
> | typesetting system. If you want, you can use any formatting compatible
> | with Org mode, but you’re not required to learn it.
> `----
>


Wow. That's a pretty cool "stamp of approval" !