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MathPix to making Equation Construction EASY
#Equations
Delmar Larsen <dlarsen@...>
Dear Developers: Want to make your typesetting easier? For those of you working with projects requiring typesetting equations, it should be clear to you that this is the limiting factor in harvesting/creating content on the LibreTexts. It is important to get skills in MathJax via the latex coding so that you can troubleshoot, but there is an easier way to go: mathpix. If you install mathpix ( https://mathpix.com/) on your computer, you can do a screen special shot of an equation (ctrl-alt-m) and mathpix will do a OCR to convert the equation into latex code and store the code in the computer clipboard for (ctrl-v) pasting. This system work VERY well and is especially useful for complex equations that are difficult/slow to code in in latex, e.g., matrices. It doesn't work always, but 95% of the time isn't bad. Regards, Delmar
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Re: McMurry Map Exercises-Solutions
Delmar Larsen <dlarsen@...>
On 2/15/2019 1:06 PM, Dr. Dietmar
Kennepohl wrote:
Delmar:
Okay, so if we have one
area with all the chapter questions/answers and say they were
coupled like:
1 Question - Answer
(hidden)
2 Question - Answer
(hidden)
3 Question -
Answer (hidden)
.
.
etc.
We can follow this approach in the chapter Q/A depot.
Is there a way to
transclude specific question-answers to where we need them in
other parts of the LibreTexts universe? If so how?
Not sure. If we can tranclude to one page, we can to any page.
Right now in the
Homework Exercises I find I can only transclude chunks that
are under one heading. If I don't separate with a heading
everything seems to transclude over. Do we need a heading for
each question-answer or is there an easier way to do this?
Yes. We can high or change the system of the heading, but we need
it for each problem. Alternatively, we can couple the problems
into the homework system and bring over, which will be an option
soon.
Cheers, Dietmar
_____________________________________
Dr. Dietmar Kennepohl FCIC
Professor of Chemistry
Athabasca University
E-mail: dietmark@...
URL: science.athabascau.ca/staff-pages/dietmark
I favor flexibility and allowing faculty to chose their
preference.
However, having the questions in one area in a chapter
provides that flexibility as we can transclude them back
in.
If you want to keep a set of problems together with the
page, one option is a subpage of each page with the select
problems. See the Oregon Institute of Tech chem book.
https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Oregon_Institute_of_Technology/OIT%3A_CHE_202_-_General_Chemistry_II/Unit_3%3A_Periodic_Patterns
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1246120, 1525057, and 1413739.
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I added you guys to the the Construction Forum and the
internal group discussions. By cc'ing the relevant groups
in the email the discussions can be maintained for future
review (to avoid repetition).
Delmar
On 2/13/2019 12:41 PM, Dr.
Dietmar Kennepohl wrote:
1) I'm not
convinced that exclusively putting all the exercises
into one section on its own at the end of a chapter is
optimal. I think when new concepts and content are
introduced, having a couple of exercises in close
proximity is helpful to the learning process. If there
is too much separation I worry that it becomes harder
for some students to 'get' the material. Even in the
original McMurry text there are imbedded problems in
the text of the chapter, as well as end-of-chapter
exercises.
I would suggest
we keep at least a couple of exercises in each
section. We could then incorporate these (again) at
the end of the chapter in its own section, while also
providing additional questions that draw on multiple
parts of the chapter and/or are cognitively higher
order questions (rather than drills). It would allow
all the questions to be in one area for those students
who just want access to that without having to wade
through all the text.
A big question
here (Delmar) is what is the best strategy to house
the exercises and solutions? Would it be one big chunk
for each chapter? Or is there a way to tag individual
questions, so profs using the McMurry map as a source
for their own custom textbook could pick and choose
what is included (via transclusion?). The former
big-chunk methodology would be easier for us, but it
would require instructors to either assign specific
exercises by number or cut and paste individual
exercises.
2) If you go to
Section 5.2 (link below) and scroll down to Example
5.2.1, you will see a question and a hidden
answer which is revealed when you click on it. You can
create these yourself in the editing mode. Click on
the "Elements" tab at the top of the page and select
"Templates" from the menu that pops up. Then select
the "AddDefinitionList" template from the drop down
menu. the template will be embedded wherever your
cursor was on the text of the page. You can then add
your own content.
Cheers, Dietmar
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Organic_Chemistry/Map%3A_Organic_Chemistry_(McMurry)/Chapter_05%3A_Stereochemistry_at_Tetrahedral_Centers/5.02_The_Reason_for_Handedness_in_Molecules%3A_Chirality
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chem.libretexts.org
A consideration of the chirality of
molecular configurations explains the
curious stereoisomerism observed for lactic
acid, carvone and a multitude of other
organic compounds.
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_____________________________________
Dr. Dietmar Kennepohl FCIC
Professor of Chemistry
Athabasca University
E-mail:
dietmark@...
URL: science.athabascau.ca/staff-pages/dietmark
From: Morsch, Layne A.
<lmorsc1@...>
Sent: February 13, 2019 7:45 AM
To: Dr. Dietmar Kennepohl; Kelly Matthews;
Delmar Larsen; Daniel Berger
Subject: Re: McMurry text next steps
This message said that it
failed to send, so if you get it twice, I
apologize.
Layne
Exercises:
The following directions came
from a calculus text, but it seems like it would
be valuable to follow this idea for all texts
and in our case, McMurry.
At this point, I'd like to
see the exercise sets collected in one page
at the end of each chapter, although those
in Chapter 3 seem to be at the end of each
section. If these are unedited, you can
pull those out to a single page like the
others, if you have time.
Then for each set, please
number the problems consecutively starting
at 1. I believe every odd question in this
book has an answer. Please place these in
hidden Answer code below each question where
a solution is provided.
What sounds like it may be helpful is
to have for each chapter of McMurry a final
section that is Exercises. And have the page
transcluded directly from the Exercises source
page.
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chem.libretexts.org
These are the homework
exercises to accompany the Textmap for
McMurry's Organic Chemistry textbook.
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Dietmar - Is there a way to explain to
everyone how to do this (transcluding content)? I
have copied and pasted from one page to another,
but never linked to the original page while
editing.
Images:
I think Dietmar’s suggestion 3 is
best. Let’s try to upload any missing images
directly to the page as well as any images that
don’t seem to follow standard image properties.
I think we all agreed to use ACS
Document style 1996 which exists in ChemDraw and
ChemDoodle - here are the details from ACS about
this style in case you want to set it yourself in
any program.
Chemical Structures
Prepare chemical structures according to the
guidelines below. These parameters are
specifically for ChemDraw (make sure to use the
ACS-1996 document settings); authors using other
drawing packages should adapt these parameters
to their systems.
As
drawing settings select:
| Item |
|
Settings |
| chain angle |
|
120 degrees |
| bond spacing |
|
18% of width |
| fixed length |
|
14.4 pt (0.2 in.) |
| bold width |
|
2.0 pt (0.0278 in.) |
| line width |
|
0.6 pt (0.0083 in.) |
| margin width |
|
1.6 pt (0.0222 in.) |
| hash spacing |
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2.5 (0.0345 in.) |
As text
settings select:
| Item |
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Settings |
| font |
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Helvetica (Mac), Arial (PC) |
| size |
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10 pt |
| Under
the preferences choose: |
| units |
|
points |
| tolerances |
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3 pixels
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I think the default would be to not
show hydrogens on carbon unless that hydrogen is
being discussed. Also not labeling any C unless
there is an important reason. I think this is
especially true after chapter 3 or 4 when the C
and H labels are still being used to define
structural aspects.
(an example of structures that should
be replaced section 4.1 introduction where is
shows the 4 cyclic alkanes
Dr. Layne
A. Morsch
Department of Chemistry
The University of Illinois -
Springfield
MS HSB 314
One University Plaza
Springfield, IL 62703
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Re: McMurry Map Exercises-Solutions
Dr. Dietmar Kennepohl <dietmark@...>
Delmar:
Okay, so if we have one area with all the chapter questions/answers and say they were coupled like:
1 Question - Answer (hidden)
2 Question - Answer (hidden)
3 Question - Answer (hidden)
.
.
etc.
Is there a way to transclude specific question-answers to where we need them in other parts of the LibreTexts universe? If so how?
Right now in the Homework Exercises I find I can only transclude chunks that are under one heading. If I don't separate with a heading everything seems to transclude over. Do we need a heading for each question-answer
or is there an easier way to do this?
Cheers, Dietmar
_____________________________________
Dr. Dietmar Kennepohl FCIC
Professor of Chemistry
Athabasca University
E-mail: dietmark@...
URL: science.athabascau.ca/staff-pages/dietmark
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
From: Delmar Larsen <dlarsen@...>
Sent: February 14, 2019 6:16 PM
To: Dr. Dietmar Kennepohl; Morsch, Layne A.; Kelly Matthews; Daniel Berger; Building@Libretexts.groups.io; Libretexts-ConstructionForum@groups.io
Subject: Re: McMurry Map Exercises-Solutions
I favor flexibility and allowing faculty to chose their preference.
However, having the questions in one area in a chapter provides that flexibility as we can transclude them back in.
If you want to keep a set of problems together with the page, one option is a subpage of each page with the select problems. See the Oregon Institute of Tech chem book.
https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Oregon_Institute_of_Technology/OIT%3A_CHE_202_-_General_Chemistry_II/Unit_3%3A_Periodic_Patterns
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chem.libretexts.org
The LibreTexts libraries are Powered by MindTouch ® and are supported by the Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot Project, the UC Davis Office of the Provost, the UC Davis Library, the California State University Affordable Learning Solutions Program,
and Merlot. We also acknowledge previous National Science Foundation support under grant numbers 1246120, 1525057, and 1413739.
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I added you guys to the the Construction Forum and the internal group discussions. By cc'ing the relevant groups in the email the discussions can be maintained for future review (to avoid repetition).
Delmar
On 2/13/2019 12:41 PM, Dr. Dietmar Kennepohl wrote:
1) I'm not convinced that exclusively putting all the exercises into one section on its own at the end of a chapter is optimal. I think when new concepts and content are introduced, having a couple of exercises in close
proximity is helpful to the learning process. If there is too much separation I worry that it becomes harder for some students to 'get' the material. Even in the original McMurry text there are imbedded problems in the text of the chapter, as well as end-of-chapter
exercises.
I would suggest we keep at least a couple of exercises in each section. We could then incorporate these (again) at the end of the chapter in its own section, while also providing additional questions that draw on multiple
parts of the chapter and/or are cognitively higher order questions (rather than drills). It would allow all the questions to be in one area for those students who just want access to that without having to wade through all the text.
A big question here (Delmar) is what is the best strategy to house the exercises and solutions? Would it be one big chunk for each chapter? Or is there a way to tag individual questions, so profs using the McMurry map
as a source for their own custom textbook could pick and choose what is included (via transclusion?). The former big-chunk methodology would be easier for us, but it would require instructors to either assign specific exercises by number or cut and paste individual
exercises.
2) If you go to Section 5.2 (link below) and scroll down to Example 5.2.1, you will see a question and a hidden answer which is revealed when you click on it. You can create these yourself in the editing
mode. Click on the "Elements" tab at the top of the page and select "Templates" from the menu that pops up. Then select the "AddDefinitionList" template from the drop down menu. the template will be embedded wherever your cursor was on the text of the page.
You can then add your own content.
Cheers, Dietmar
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Organic_Chemistry/Map%3A_Organic_Chemistry_(McMurry)/Chapter_05%3A_Stereochemistry_at_Tetrahedral_Centers/5.02_The_Reason_for_Handedness_in_Molecules%3A_Chirality
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chem.libretexts.org
A consideration of the chirality of molecular configurations explains the curious stereoisomerism observed for lactic acid, carvone and a multitude of other organic compounds.
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_____________________________________
Dr. Dietmar Kennepohl FCIC
Professor of Chemistry
Athabasca University
E-mail:
dietmark@...
URL: science.athabascau.ca/staff-pages/dietmark
From: Morsch, Layne A.
<lmorsc1@...>
Sent: February 13, 2019 7:45 AM
To: Dr. Dietmar Kennepohl; Kelly Matthews; Delmar Larsen; Daniel Berger
Subject: Re: McMurry text next steps
This message said that it failed to send, so if you get it twice, I apologize.
Layne
Exercises:
The following directions came from a calculus text, but it seems like it would be valuable to follow this idea for all texts and in our case, McMurry.
At this point, I'd like to see the exercise sets collected in one page at the end of each chapter, although those in Chapter 3 seem to be at the end of each section. If these are unedited, you can pull those
out to a single page like the others, if you have time.
Then for each set, please number the problems consecutively starting at 1. I believe every odd question in this book has an answer. Please place these in hidden Answer code below each question where a solution
is provided.
What sounds like it may be helpful is to have for each chapter of McMurry a final section that is Exercises. And have the page transcluded directly from the Exercises source page.
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chem.libretexts.org
These are the homework exercises to accompany the Textmap for McMurry's Organic Chemistry textbook.
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Dietmar - Is there a way to explain to everyone how to do this (transcluding content)? I have copied and pasted from one page to another, but never linked to the original page while editing.
Images:
I think Dietmar’s suggestion 3 is best. Let’s try to upload any missing images directly to the page as well as any images that don’t seem to follow standard image properties.
I think we all agreed to use ACS Document style 1996 which exists in ChemDraw and ChemDoodle - here are the details from ACS about this style in case you want to set it yourself in any program.
Chemical Structures
Prepare chemical structures according to the guidelines below. These parameters are specifically for ChemDraw (make sure to use the ACS-1996 document settings); authors using other drawing packages should adapt these parameters to their systems.
As drawing settings select:
| Item |
|
Settings |
| chain angle |
|
120 degrees |
| bond spacing |
|
18% of width |
| fixed length |
|
14.4 pt (0.2 in.) |
| bold width |
|
2.0 pt (0.0278 in.) |
| line width |
|
0.6 pt (0.0083 in.) |
| margin width |
|
1.6 pt (0.0222 in.) |
| hash spacing |
|
2.5 (0.0345 in.) |
As text settings select:
| Item |
|
Settings |
| font |
|
Helvetica (Mac), Arial (PC) |
| size |
|
10 pt |
| Under the preferences choose: |
| units |
|
points |
| tolerances |
|
3 pixels
|
I think the default would be to not show hydrogens on carbon unless that hydrogen is being discussed. Also not labeling any C unless there is an important reason. I think this is especially true after chapter 3 or 4 when the C and H labels are
still being used to define structural aspects.
(an example of structures that should be replaced section 4.1 introduction where is shows the 4 cyclic alkanes
Dr. Layne A. Morsch
Department of Chemistry
The University of Illinois - Springfield
MS HSB 314
One University Plaza
Springfield, IL 62703
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Re: McMurry Map Exercises-Solutions
Delmar Larsen <dlarsen@...>
I favor flexibility and allowing faculty to chose their
preference.
However, having the questions in one area in a chapter provides
that flexibility as we can transclude them back in.
If you want to keep a set of problems together with the page, one
option is a subpage of each page with the select problems. See the
Oregon Institute of Tech chem book.
https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Oregon_Institute_of_Technology/OIT%3A_CHE_202_-_General_Chemistry_II/Unit_3%3A_Periodic_Patterns
I added you guys to the the Construction Forum and the internal
group discussions. By cc'ing the relevant groups in the email the
discussions can be maintained for future review (to avoid
repetition).
Delmar
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
On 2/13/2019 12:41 PM, Dr. Dietmar
Kennepohl wrote:
1) I'm not convinced
that exclusively putting all the exercises into one section on
its own at the end of a chapter is optimal. I think when new
concepts and content are introduced, having a couple of
exercises in close proximity is helpful to the learning
process. If there is too much separation I worry that it
becomes harder for some students to 'get' the material. Even
in the original McMurry text there are imbedded problems in
the text of the chapter, as well as end-of-chapter exercises.
I would suggest we keep
at least a couple of exercises in each section. We could then
incorporate these (again) at the end of the chapter in its own
section, while also providing additional questions that draw
on multiple parts of the chapter and/or are cognitively higher
order questions (rather than drills). It would allow all the
questions to be in one area for those students who just want
access to that without having to wade through all the text.
A big question here
(Delmar) is what is the best strategy to house the exercises
and solutions? Would it be one big chunk for each chapter? Or
is there a way to tag individual questions, so profs using the
McMurry map as a source for their own custom textbook could
pick and choose what is included (via transclusion?). The
former big-chunk methodology would be easier for us, but it
would require instructors to either assign specific exercises
by number or cut and paste individual exercises.
2) If you go to Section
5.2 (link below) and scroll down to Example 5.2.1,
you will see a question and a hidden answer which is revealed
when you click on it. You can create these yourself in the
editing mode. Click on the "Elements" tab at the top of the
page and select "Templates" from the menu that pops up. Then
select the "AddDefinitionList" template from the drop down
menu. the template will be embedded wherever your cursor was
on the text of the page. You can then add your own content.
Cheers, Dietmar
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Organic_Chemistry/Map%3A_Organic_Chemistry_(McMurry)/Chapter_05%3A_Stereochemistry_at_Tetrahedral_Centers/5.02_The_Reason_for_Handedness_in_Molecules%3A_Chirality
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chem.libretexts.org
A consideration of the chirality of molecular
configurations explains the curious stereoisomerism
observed for lactic acid, carvone and a multitude of
other organic compounds.
|
_____________________________________
Dr. Dietmar Kennepohl FCIC
Professor of Chemistry
Athabasca University
E-mail: dietmark@...
URL: science.athabascau.ca/staff-pages/dietmark
From:
Morsch, Layne A. <lmorsc1@...>
Sent: February 13, 2019 7:45 AM
To: Dr. Dietmar Kennepohl; Kelly Matthews; Delmar
Larsen; Daniel Berger
Subject: Re: McMurry text next steps
This message said that it failed to send, so if you get
it twice, I apologize.
Layne
Exercises:
The following directions came from a calculus text, but
it seems like it would be valuable to follow this idea
for all texts and in our case, McMurry.
At this point, I'd like
to see the exercise sets collected in one page at
the end of each chapter, although those in Chapter 3
seem to be at the end of each section. If these are
unedited, you can pull those out to a single page
like the others, if you have time.
Then for each set,
please number the problems consecutively starting at
1. I believe every odd question in this book has an
answer. Please place these in hidden Answer code
below each question where a solution is provided.
What sounds like it may be helpful is to have
for each chapter of McMurry a final section that is
Exercises. And have the page transcluded directly from the
Exercises source page.
|
|
chem.libretexts.org
These are the homework exercises to accompany
the Textmap for McMurry's Organic Chemistry
textbook.
|
Dietmar - Is there a way to explain to
everyone how to do this (transcluding content)? I have
copied and pasted from one page to another, but never
linked to the original page while editing.
Images:
I think Dietmar’s suggestion 3 is best. Let’s
try to upload any missing images directly to the page as
well as any images that don’t seem to follow standard
image properties.
I think we all agreed to use ACS Document
style 1996 which exists in ChemDraw and ChemDoodle - here
are the details from ACS about this style in case you want
to set it yourself in any program.
Chemical Structures
Prepare chemical structures according to the guidelines
below. These parameters are specifically for ChemDraw
(make sure to use the ACS-1996 document settings);
authors using other drawing packages should adapt these
parameters to their systems.
As drawing
settings select:
| Item |
|
Settings |
| chain angle |
|
120 degrees |
| bond spacing |
|
18% of width |
| fixed length |
|
14.4 pt (0.2 in.) |
| bold width |
|
2.0 pt (0.0278 in.) |
| line width |
|
0.6 pt (0.0083 in.) |
| margin width |
|
1.6 pt (0.0222 in.) |
| hash spacing |
|
2.5 (0.0345 in.) |
As text
settings select:
| Item |
|
Settings |
| font |
|
Helvetica (Mac), Arial (PC) |
| size |
|
10 pt |
| Under the preferences
choose: |
| units |
|
points |
| tolerances |
|
3 pixels
|
I think the default would be to not show
hydrogens on carbon unless that hydrogen is being
discussed. Also not labeling any C unless there is an
important reason. I think this is especially true after
chapter 3 or 4 when the C and H labels are still being
used to define structural aspects.
(an example of structures that should be
replaced section 4.1 introduction where is shows the 4
cyclic alkanes
Dr.
Layne A. Morsch
Department of Chemistry
The University of Illinois - Springfield
MS HSB 314
One University Plaza
Springfield, IL 62703
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Re: General Format of Exercise Section
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From: Libretexts-ConstructionForum@groups.io <Libretexts-ConstructionForum@groups.io> on behalf of Delmar Larsen <dlarsen@...>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 3:11 PM
To: Libretexts-ConstructionForum@groups.io
Subject: [Libretexts-ConstructionForum] General Format of Exercise Section
From Paul Seeburger:
Hello, Preeti!
I'll be glad to give you some direction on these.
At this point, I'd like to see the exercise sets collected in one page at the end of each chapter, although those in Chapter 3 seem to be at the end of each section. If these are unedited, you can pull those out to a single page like the others, if you have
time.
Then for each set, please number the problems consecutively starting at 1. I believe every odd question in this book has an answer. Please place these in hidden Answer code below each question where a solution is provided.
See the OpenStax Calculus Chapter 5 Exercises for an example: https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Calculus/Book%3A_Calculus_(OpenStax)/5%3A_Integration/5.E%3A_Integration_(Exercises)
Although not every section is fully edited, it is mostly done. I've been working on that one.
I've noticed that the editing can be slow when using the whole chapter's exercises at once, so feel free to create Section by Section exercise pages first (maybe in the Homework Exercises area), and then copy and paste (or transclude) them together into a single
page. In fact, this sounds like a good plan... with the transclusion step making it easier to keep them edited, but also providing the sets in both individual and combined formats.
Also see the "When Editing Math Pages" guidelines on the following page: https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Remixer_University/LibreTexts_Construction_Guide/06%3A_Adding_and_Editing_Equations
Let me know if you have any questions. I have two professors desiring to edit and adapt this Precalculus book, and one is using it this spring.
Thanks!
Paul
From: Delmar Larsen
<dlarsen@...>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 4:57 PM
To: Preeti Chitre; Seeburger, Paul (Mathematics)
Subject: Re: new pages?
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I will ask Paul to tell you his vision for exercises since they are more his than mine right now.
Delmar
On 2/11/2019 1:50 PM, Preeti Chitre wrote:
I believe I worked on this project for a couple of days only - you shifted me to a different project that was urgent at that time.
I was trying to look up in the earlier chapters for guidance on format for integrating the exercises, but there is no particular format. For chapter 1, there is an Exercise section where all the end-of-the-section exercises for ch.1 are integrated. However,
each exercise is done as a separate exercise block.
There is no exercise section for ch.2 and ch.3.
The exercises have been dumped at the end of each section and not formatted.
But the rest of the chapters have exercises section. So I will continue with that. Is there a standard format for numbering the individual exercise? I remember in some earlier projects I had followed format of Q1 and S1and all the questions were listed first
and the solutions later.
Let me know what format to follow.
Thank you.
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General Format of Exercise Section
Delmar Larsen <dlarsen@...>
From Paul Seeburger:
Hello, Preeti!
I'll be glad to give you some direction on these.
At this point, I'd like to see the exercise sets collected in
one page at the end of each chapter, although those in Chapter 3
seem to be at the end of each section. If these are unedited,
you can pull those out to a single page like the others, if you
have time.
Then for each set, please number the problems consecutively
starting at 1. I believe every odd question in this book has an
answer. Please place these in hidden Answer code below each
question where a solution is provided.
See the OpenStax Calculus Chapter 5 Exercises for an example: https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Calculus/Book%3A_Calculus_(OpenStax)/5%3A_Integration/5.E%3A_Integration_(Exercises)
Although not every section is fully edited, it is mostly done.
I've been working on that one.
I've noticed that the editing can be slow when using the whole
chapter's exercises at once, so feel free to create Section by
Section exercise pages first (maybe in the Homework Exercises
area), and then copy and paste (or transclude) them together
into a single page. In fact, this sounds like a good plan...
with the transclusion step making it easier to keep them edited,
but also providing the sets in both individual and combined
formats.
Also see the "When Editing Math Pages" guidelines on the
following page: https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Remixer_University/LibreTexts_Construction_Guide/06%3A_Adding_and_Editing_Equations
Let me know if you have any questions. I have two professors
desiring to edit and adapt this Precalculus book, and one is
using it this spring.
Thanks!
Paul
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I will ask Paul to tell
you his vision for exercises since they are more his than
mine right now.
Delmar
On
2/11/2019 1:50 PM, Preeti Chitre wrote:
I believe I worked on this project for a couple of
days only - you shifted me to a different project that
was urgent at that time.
I was trying to look up in the earlier chapters
for guidance on format for integrating the exercises,
but there is no particular format. For chapter 1,
there is an Exercise section where all the
end-of-the-section exercises for ch.1 are integrated.
However, each exercise is done as a separate exercise
block.
There is no exercise section for ch.2 and ch.3.
The exercises have been dumped at the end of each
section and not formatted.
But the rest of the chapters have exercises section. So
I will continue with that. Is there a standard format
for numbering the individual exercise? I remember in
some earlier projects I had followed format of Q1 and
S1and all the questions were listed first and the
solutions later.
Let me know what format to follow.
Thank you.
--
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Delmar Larsen
Associate Professor
Founder and Director of the LibreTexts libraries
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Office: (530) 754-9075
Lab: (530) 752-3403
Fax: (530) 752-8995
dlarsen@...
http://LarsenLab.ucdavis.edu
http://libretexts.org
"The textbook is dead; long live the textbook"
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Delmar Larsen <dlarsen@...>
Arnie:
Many of the texts/projects that are harvested have their own style. We preserve then since changing them is not at the top of our list of things to so. My preference is adding something like this to the caption:
"Image used with permission (CC BY-SA-NC 30 Unported; Delmar Larsen)."
I like the attribution to be next to the Figure Captions since they should always be associated with any use of the corresponding image. This is versus having the attributions in a special area for cross referencing.
Does this address your question?
Delmar
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Dorte Madsen
Hi everybody,
Welcome to the new Libretexts construction group! I am hoping that the lack of activity in this forum means that none of you are having problems in your work on the Libretexts libraries, otherwise please don't be shy, simply submit your questions as a new topic. You can do that either by sending a new email to the address Libretexts-ConstructionForum@groups.io (place the title of your topic in the subject line) or by selecting "New Topic" in the left side bar.
If you have any questions regarding the group you can ask them by replying to this (again, you can do that either by replying to the email or on the groups.io website).
If for some reason you are unable to post to the site feel free to contact me directly at dmadsen@....
Best,
Dorte (Libretexts Project Coordinator)
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Welcome to the Construction Team, find important resources in this post
#important
Dorte Madsen
Welcome to the Construction Forum. This group aims to support the building efforts of faculty, instructional designers, and student developers of content on the LibreTexts libraries.
If you are new to editing the LibreTexts libraries, please check out the video of the zoom meeting Delmar had with developers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx219LKCxpQ&. We plan to make better mini-tutorials in the future.
I have attached a simple breakdown of the front end of the editor for reference.
Also check out the new Construction Guide https://chem.libretexts.org/Development_Details/LibreTexts_Construction_Guide This is still under construction.
If you have any Construction Questions, please review Construction Guide before posting here; we will update it with answers to questions running. The Construction Guide is - in the spirit of LibreTexts - always a work in progress. Feel free to improve it if you can.
This post will be updated as more resources become available.
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Dorte Madsen
This group is very similar to the old Google Group but it has some additional features.
How to Post
There are two ways you can post to the group, either from the website or via email.
To post from the website simply select "New Topic" in the left sidebar, enter a title for your post, select the appropriate hashtags (see below), and write your post.
To post via email use the subject line to indicate the topic of your post and include appropriate hashtags. Send the email to Libretexts-ConstructionForum@groups.io.
Hashtags
One main difference is that this group allows for hashtags and we will try to use them as productively as possible. I have added some suggested hashtags, try to use them if they are appropriate. If not, feel free to add your own. The nice thing about the hashtags is that if you go to the "# Hashtags" option in the side bar you will see the sorted tagged posts so it is easier to browse the posts to see if your question has already been asked. It is OK to add more than one hashtag if your question covers more than topic. For example, a question about copyright for a figure would be tagged both #figures and #license.
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