A L TEX TYPESETTING WORKSHOP 2 EVALUATION REPORT

A Part two of the L TEX Typesetting Workshop took place on April 5, 2012. It covered more advanced topics than the previous workshop. Per students A suggestions, we provided multiple L TEX les with sample code and examples, including the presentation. The workshop was broken into two parts, a presentation portion and an interactive portion where students coded on their computers with the speaker. The speaker covered many of the requested topics, including BibTeX, Beamer, and formatting/placement of gures, subgures, equations, and arrays. Also, as requested, the speaker gave a brief introduction to the University of Floridas Ph.D. dissertation template. A A total of 63 people attended the second L TEX Typesetting Workshop, most of which were graduate students. There were 52 complete evaluations. The following table summarizes the college and the department of the attendees.

Summary of Attendance Department Agricultural and Biological Engineering CALS Food Resources and Economics Astronomy Chemistry Geology CLAS Math Physics Political Science Statistics CPHHP Department of BioStatistics Chemical Engineering Computer and Information Science and Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering Industrial Engineering Material Science and Engineering Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DCP Building Construction College

Count 1 1 1 3 1 19 1 1 4 1 3 2 2 1 2 6 2

A The overall quality of the L TEX workshop was positive, as seen below,

Date : April 8, 2012.

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and the overwhelming majority of students would recommend this workshop A to other students and attend a workshop on more advanced L TEX topics:
Would you recommend this workshop to others? 50 Number of Responses Would you attend a workshop on more advanced topics? 49

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The material covered was useful. The material was practical to my needs and interest. 30 Number of Responses

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The material was presented at the right level. 30 Number of Responses Number of Responses

The pace was at the right level. 30 22 20 23

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Response The workshop was well organized. 30 30 Number of Responses Number of Responses 27 22 20 26 20

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Response The instructor was engaging. 30 26 Number of Responses 22 20

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There were far fewer comments on how this workshop could be improved. Although the length of the second workshop was increased, students still wanted a longer workshop in order to be presented more information. In particular, they wanted more detail on advanced topics and a longer interactive portion with more question and answer time. Also, a few students thought the workshop was very centered around mathematics and would like to see even more information on syntax, creating journal articles and A formatting papers. Overall the second L TEX workshop had very positive feedback.