Re: tutorials / slides for seminars or workshops (was: 'Re: LyX Promotion')
Translated my stuff to english: http://technion.ac.il/~ronen/lyxlecture2/en/ probably there are some grammar problems. use freely. On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Ronen Abravanel wrote: > >> > department, and I started with very short into on LaTeX and "in what > >> > scene > >> > LyX is different from word", and then about 40 minutes of > demonstration > >> > of > >> > what can I do and how can I do that. > >> > > >> > If there is nothing better, I can translate my tutorial to English > (few > >> > > >> What is the original language of the tutorial? Maybe I could digest it > >> myself. > >> > > Hebrew. > > > Oh, I haven't gotten to Hebrew yet. :) If you have time and it's not > much bother, I would indeed much appreciate a starting point for my > workshop. Please let me know. > > Cheers > Liviu >
Re: tutorials / slides for seminars or workshops (was: 'Re: LyX Promotion')
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Ronen Abravanel wrote: >> > department, and I started with very short into on LaTeX and "in what >> > scene >> > LyX is different from word", and then about 40 minutes of demonstration >> > of >> > what can I do and how can I do that. >> > >> > If there is nothing better, I can translate my tutorial to English (few >> > >> What is the original language of the tutorial? Maybe I could digest it >> myself. >> > Hebrew. > Oh, I haven't gotten to Hebrew yet. :) If you have time and it's not much bother, I would indeed much appreciate a starting point for my workshop. Please let me know. Cheers Liviu
Re: tutorials / slides for seminars or workshops (was: 'Re: LyX Promotion')
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:49 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Ronen Abravanel > wrote: > > How long should it be? A year ago I had one hour workshop on LyX in my > > > I highly doubt that it would exceed an hour. > > > > department, and I started with very short into on LaTeX and "in what > scene > > LyX is different from word", and then about 40 minutes of demonstration > of > > what can I do and how can I do that. > > > > If there is nothing better, I can translate my tutorial to English (few > > > What is the original language of the tutorial? Maybe I could digest it > myself. > > Hebrew. > > > beamer-slides, and 3 pages of "do that in order to achieve this..." > list... > > > This is a nice idea for a tutorial, too. > Liviu > > > > > Ronen > > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Liviu Andronic > > wrote: > >> > >> Dear all > >> I think this is a very good idea. > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Rob Oakes > wrote: > >> > 4.) It seems that there are people willing to help promote/evangelize > >> > LyX, but I'm not sure we offer much in the way of promotional > materials to > >> > help. Would it be worthwhile to create a limited number of tutorials > for > >> > people, like Venom, who will be holding seminars or workshops? (I've > also > >> > thought about teaching a design workshop through my local library, and > these > >> > materials would help provide a curriculum.) > >> > > >> I will be holding a workshop on LyX to graduate types at my university > >> and I'm not very sure where from to begin. Some ready materials > >> (slides on the advantages of LyX/LaTeX over MS Word and the hord, step > >> by step tutorials for creating your first document in LyX, using > >> bibliography and fancier features) would be of enormous help. > >> > >> At the moment I plan to start with the 'Help > Documentation' in > >> preparing my tutorial. Perhaps some of you have already passed through > >> this experience and have some materials readily available? If so, > >> please post them here. > >> > >> Regards > >> Liviu > > > > > > > > -- > Do you know how to read? > http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm > http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader > Do you know how to write? > http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail >
Re: tutorials / slides for seminars or workshops (was: 'Re: LyX Promotion')
On 2011-03-22, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Rob Oakes wrote: >> 4.) It seems that there are people willing to help promote/evangelize >> LyX, but I'm not sure we offer much in the way of promotional >> materials to help. Would it be worthwhile to create a limited number >> of tutorials for people, like Venom, who will be holding seminars or >> workshops? (I've also thought about teaching a design workshop through >> my local library, and these materials would help provide a >> curriculum.) > I will be holding a workshop on LyX to graduate types at my university > and I'm not very sure where from to begin. Some ready materials > (slides on the advantages of LyX/LaTeX over MS Word and the hord, step > by step tutorials for creating your first document in LyX, using > bibliography and fancier features) would be of enormous help. > > At the moment I plan to start with the 'Help > Documentation' in > preparing my tutorial. Perhaps some of you have already passed through > this experience and have some materials readily available? If so, > please post them here. There is already much material at http://wiki.lyx.org. Maybe a review and re-organization might improve its "impact factor". Günter
Re: tutorials / slides for seminars or workshops (was: 'Re: LyX Promotion')
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Ronen Abravanel wrote: > How long should it be? A year ago I had one hour workshop on LyX in my > I highly doubt that it would exceed an hour. > department, and I started with very short into on LaTeX and "in what scene > LyX is different from word", and then about 40 minutes of demonstration of > what can I do and how can I do that. > > If there is nothing better, I can translate my tutorial to English (few > What is the original language of the tutorial? Maybe I could digest it myself. > beamer-slides, and 3 pages of "do that in order to achieve this..." list... > This is a nice idea for a tutorial, too. Liviu > Ronen > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Liviu Andronic > wrote: >> >> Dear all >> I think this is a very good idea. >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Rob Oakes wrote: >> > 4.) It seems that there are people willing to help promote/evangelize >> > LyX, but I'm not sure we offer much in the way of promotional materials to >> > help. Would it be worthwhile to create a limited number of tutorials for >> > people, like Venom, who will be holding seminars or workshops? (I've also >> > thought about teaching a design workshop through my local library, and >> > these >> > materials would help provide a curriculum.) >> > >> I will be holding a workshop on LyX to graduate types at my university >> and I'm not very sure where from to begin. Some ready materials >> (slides on the advantages of LyX/LaTeX over MS Word and the hord, step >> by step tutorials for creating your first document in LyX, using >> bibliography and fancier features) would be of enormous help. >> >> At the moment I plan to start with the 'Help > Documentation' in >> preparing my tutorial. Perhaps some of you have already passed through >> this experience and have some materials readily available? If so, >> please post them here. >> >> Regards >> Liviu > > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
Re: tutorials / slides for seminars or workshops (was: 'Re: LyX Promotion')
How long should it be? A year ago I had one hour workshop on LyX in my department, and I started with very short into on LaTeX and "in what scene LyX is different from word", and then about 40 minutes of demonstration of what can I do and how can I do that. If there is nothing better, I can translate my tutorial to English (few beamer-slides, and 3 pages of "do that in order to achieve this..." list... Ronen On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > Dear all > I think this is a very good idea. > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Rob Oakes wrote: > > 4.) It seems that there are people willing to help promote/evangelize > LyX, but I'm not sure we offer much in the way of promotional materials to > help. Would it be worthwhile to create a limited number of tutorials for > people, like Venom, who will be holding seminars or workshops? (I've also > thought about teaching a design workshop through my local library, and these > materials would help provide a curriculum.) > > > I will be holding a workshop on LyX to graduate types at my university > and I'm not very sure where from to begin. Some ready materials > (slides on the advantages of LyX/LaTeX over MS Word and the hord, step > by step tutorials for creating your first document in LyX, using > bibliography and fancier features) would be of enormous help. > > At the moment I plan to start with the 'Help > Documentation' in > preparing my tutorial. Perhaps some of you have already passed through > this experience and have some materials readily available? If so, > please post them here. > > Regards > Liviu >
Re: tutorials / slides for seminars or workshops (was: 'Re: LyX Promotion')
On 22/03/11 16:38, Liviu Andronic wrote: > Dear all > I think this is a very good idea. > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Rob Oakes wrote: >> 4.) It seems that there are people willing to help promote/evangelize LyX, >> but I'm not sure we offer much in the way of promotional materials to help. >> Would it be worthwhile to create a limited number of tutorials for people, >> like Venom, who will be holding seminars or workshops? (I've also thought >> about teaching a design workshop through my local library, and these >> materials would help provide a curriculum.) >> > I will be holding a workshop on LyX to graduate types at my university > and I'm not very sure where from to begin. Some ready materials > (slides on the advantages of LyX/LaTeX over MS Word and the hord, step > by step tutorials for creating your first document in LyX, using > bibliography and fancier features) would be of enormous help. > > At the moment I plan to start with the 'Help > Documentation' in > preparing my tutorial. Perhaps some of you have already passed through > this experience and have some materials readily available? If so, > please post them here. > > Regards > Liviu You may want to contact Joseph Wright at the UK TeX user group as they do introductory courses on LaTeX, for some pointers. The website below gives details on what the course covers so perhaps if your course did the same but using LyX and you are able to collaborate it would be a useful for people going from one to the other or using both, http://uk.tug.org/ Hope this helps Paul Sutton -- Paul Sutton Cert SLPS (Open) http://www.zleap.net Easter Fest 2011 - Music and production activities for young people 12 - 19 April 11 - 23rd - The Lighthouse,26 Esplanade Road, Paignton 01803 411 812 or e-mail i...@devonmusiccollective.com for more info. 17th September 2011 - Software freedom day
