This course provides an introduction to the typesetting language LaTeX.  This powerful language will allow the student to learn how to write professional articles, reports, presentations and other types of documents.

Attendance and Credentials

Attendance
FREE!
Attendance Certificate
FREE!

Category

Computer and Data Sciences

Training hours

8

Level

Beginner

Language

Italiano

Duration

4 weeks

Type

Online

Course Opens

Nov 14, 2016

Course Closes

Not Set
  • create, format and structure complex scientific reports in LaTeX;
  • build cross-referenced documents and elaborate bibliographies;
  • include and format tables and figures in a LaTeX document;
  • include complex formulas, equations, matrices and systems in a LaTeX document;
  • include theorems and demonstrations;
  • make presentations with LaTeX.

Minimum knowledge of the operating system on which to install LaTeX. Useful, but not necessary: minimum knowledge of English (to understand command names).


  • LaTeX Wikibook: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX;
  • Stack Exchange: http://tex.stackexchange.com/;
  • CTAN: https://www.ctan.org/;
  • LaTeX community: http://latex-community.org/forum/.
The teacher discusses the commands and topics of interest in recorded online lessons. During the lessons it is possible to follow the material both on the projected slides and in the tutorials attached to each lesson. At the end of each lesson you can consolidate your knowledge with a tutorial in which you are asked to reproduce LaTeX documents. The exercises are followed by the complete solutions to each of the exercises.
You can obtain the Certificate of Attendanceby completing the assessment tests present in the course (you must answer correctly to 7/10 questions for each section).

MARGHERITA RUSSO

MARGHERITA RUSSO

Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi"

SIMONE RIGHI

SIMONE RIGHI

Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari (DISTAL)