Professional Writing Tools (E)
| Course unit title | Professional Writing Tools (E) |
| Course unit code | 024506059016 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) | Elective |
| Teaching hours per week | 30 |
| Year of study | 2026 |
| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 2 |
| Name of lecturer(s) | Claudia FRANCESCHINI, Elias EDER, Franz GEIGER, Klaus RHEINBERGER, Paul ELLERSDORFER |
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| Degree programme | Mechatronics |
| Subject area | Engineering Technology |
| Type of degree | Bachelor full-time |
| Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) | Elective |
| Course unit code | 024506059016 |
| Teaching units | 30 |
| Year of study | 2026 |
| Name of lecturer(s) | Claudia FRANCESCHINI, Elias EDER, Franz GEIGER, Klaus RHEINBERGER, Paul ELLERSDORFER |
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- Overview of the different tools and their areas of application
- Practical creation of various text documents (theses, reports, papers) in different tools (LaTeX, Markdown, pandoc, MS Word, LibreOffice...)
- Dealing with citations (e.g. BibTeX, Zotero etc.)
- Creating, editing and integrating typical graphics in a scientific context
- Insight into the possibilities of collaborative text creation (e.g. Overleaf, OneDrive, Dropbox, Colaboratory etc.)
The students
- can explain and compare the different common tools of scientific text production in their function and application.
- know the advantages and disadvantages of the tools and their typical areas of application.
- install and use the tools independently.
- are able to find and integrate packages and ad-ons.
- know how to use citation systems such as BibTeX and Zotero.
- are able to professionally create larger documents (with sections, directories, index, etc.) using several tools (e.g. LaTeX, Markdown, pandoc, MS Word, LibreOffice, ...).
- can efficiently create graphics for scientific documentation on the computer, edit them and integrate them into documents.
- Exercises on the computer
- Independent writing of a larger document (project report, etc.)
Document delivery
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- Hasecke, Jan Ulrich; Tischer, Wolfgang (2015): Das ZEN von Pandoc: Bücher und E-Books einfach und professionell produzieren. Solingen: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
- LaTeX - A document preparation system. Online im Internet: URL: https://www.latex-project.org/ (Zugriff am: 05.08.2022).
- Pandoc. Online im Internet: URL: https://pandoc.org/ (Zugriff am: 05.08.2022).
- Schlosser, Joachim (2016): Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten schreiben mit LaTeX: Leitfaden für Einsteiger. 6. Auflage, Frechen: mitp.
- The LibreOffice Help Window. Online im Internet: URL: https://help.libreoffice.org (Zugriff am: 05.08.2022).
- Tuhls, G. O. (2021): Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten schreiben mit Microsoft Word 365, 2021, 2019, 2016, 2013: Das umfassende Praxis-Handbuch. Auflage 2022, Frechen: mitp.
Face-to-face instruction with mandatory attendance