LaTex(CPSD302) - Department of Computing & Technology

Mode of Delivery: Blended

Fees: TBC

Description

LaTex is a high-quality typesetting system for document preparation. This course assumes no previous LaTex knowledge and builds your LaTex skills from the ground up. It is divided up into a number of different sections that go from including basic lists and figures to using more advanced thesis and presentation templates.

Who this course is for:

Academics, students, and researchers interested in learning about Latex or developing their Latex skills.
Anyone who had heard about LaTex but has avoided learning about it.
Anyone who wants to create beautiful figures in Latex using Tikz

In this course, you will learn:

How to create a document in LaTex
Document spacing and formatting principles
How to cite other papers and build a bibliography
How to include figures, plots, and tables in a LaTex document
How to include and reference mathematics and algorithms in LaTex
How to use Tikz to draw figures in LaTex
How to create presentations in LaTex using Beamer
Formatting tips to make your documents stand out

Skills you will gain:

LaTex software system usage