Course unit code:

N400T0_4I

Course unit title:

Creation of Scientific Documents

Mode of delivery, planned learning activities and teaching methods:

seminar – 2 hours weekly (on-site method)

Credits allocated:

2

Recommended semester:

Automation and Information Engineering in Chemistry and Food Industry – master (full-time, attendance method), 3. semester

Level of study:

2.

Prerequisites for registration:

none

Assesment methods:

The course is evaluated as follows: 30% work during the semester, 70% written examination. Evaluation scale follows the standard scale of the faculty.

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Student has knowledge how to create scientific documents with both WYSIWYG and transformation methods. He/she is able to work with bibliographic information, correctly cite various sources. Students can work with typesetting tool LaTeX, can generate in batch different presentation and print outputs. He/she also has knowledge about structured text systems as XML or DocBook.

Course contents:

1. Introduction to writing of scientific documents
2. Advantages and drawbacks of WYSIWYG systems
3. MS Word, Libre Office, Google Docs and their use
4-10 LaTeX
4. Introduction
5. Mathematical constructs
6. Management of large documents
7. Bibliographies
8. Figures, tables
9. Graphs and diagrams
10. Export formats
11-13 Other documentation systems
11. XML formats
12. DocBook - introduction
13. DocBook - transformations

Recommended or required reading:

Basic:

• KOPKA, H. – DALY, P W. Latex. Podrobný průvodce. Brno : Computer Press, 2004. 576 s. ISBN 80-722-6973-9.
• MITTELBACH, F. – GOOSSENS, M. The Latex Companion. Reading : Addison-Wesley, 1994. 527 s. ISBN 0-201-54199-8.
• GOOSSENS, M. – RAHTZ, S. – SUTOR, R S. – GURARI, E M. – MOORE, R. The LATEX web companion: Integrating TEX, HTML, and XML. Reading : Addison-Wesley, 1999. 522 s. ISBN 0-201-43311-7.

Language of instruction:

Slovak, English

Assessed students in total:

11

A 100 %

B 0 %

C 0 %

D 0 %

E 0 %

FX 0 %

Name of lecturer(s):

J. Holaza, J. Holaza (2023/2024 – Winter)
J. Holaza, M. Mojto (2022/2023 – Winter)
M. Mojto (2021/2022 – Winter)
M. Mojto (2020/2021 – Winter)
M. Mojto (2019/2020 – Winter)
M. Fikar (2018/2019 – Winter)
M. Fikar (2015/2016 – Winter)

Course supervisor:

prof. Ing. Miroslav Fikar, DrSc.

Last modification:

19. 9. 2019

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