Questions tagged [lecture-notes]
A set of formally and systematically prepared notes on a subject, usually for distribution to others. Do not use this tag for questions on taking notes during a lecture or course (use 'note-taking' instead) or on the Springer "Lecture Notes" journals (use 'journals' instead)
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Etiquette for getting slides/notes from professor who missed a presentation
I attended a seminar recently where there was supposed to be a scheduled talk given by a professor, which I really wanted to hear. However, this professor ended up not showing up, so I did not hear ...
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Colleague Plagiarizes Entire Course Content
I am sharing a course with a colleague, the share is 50-50. I do my part, she does her part.
However, I noticed that for her part, the entire structure of the course, from the slides to notes and ...
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Note-taking software that is conducive to images?
Due to the lack of graphic tablets like iPad, I write my notes on paper, scan them, and keep them in obsidian. But I've realized that this is not the best way for some reasons:
Exporting to PDF is ...
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To provide lecture notes or not?
I teach Intermediate Microeconomics to a large class (150 students) in a University.
I use a graphics tablet to write the explanations and project it on the screen. I am mostly open to pausing and ...
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It is rude to offer a teacher the study guide you made for their class?
Is it rude to offer my professor a study guide I made for their class? I throughly enjoyed his class but the class he is teaching is extremely hard being it is a premed requirement. I made a study ...
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Best way to create & update lecture notes
I have a draft that contains 15-16 seminars (=detailed solution of problems + some additional information that was omitted in lectures). Currently I am polishing my draft in order to provide my ...
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Reference "private" lecture notes available for members of a different university
I'm writing my final dissertation and, among all the documentation I have read, I have consulted the private lecture notes of a course on the topic of my dissertation that is taught in another ...
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How to effectively take notes when the professor reads off their lecture notes or presents slides?
I am looking for some advice on how to take notes effectively when the professor reads off their lecture notes or presents slides with marginal explanations. My preferred format is to have textual ...
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Is it legitimate to upload educational youtube video that is based on my professors book?
Lately, I've been thinking that uploading a YouTube video of a proof that was shown in class would help me with understanding it better. Before doing so, I would like to have a better understanding of ...
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Should I let professors know of their potential mistakes?
I sometimes find potential errors in slides/notes that professors provide us as studying material. These are often some distraction or algebraic errors, other times lack of formalism that might ...
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Free and easy-to-use tools/softwares to draw scientific diagrams for physics [closed]
I am typing some physics lecture notes for which I am using TeX. What good options are available to draw freehand diagrams easily and also convert them easily to pdf, png, jpg, etc that I can attach ...
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How to acknowledge lecture notes?
How can a lecture note be acknowledged in another lecture note? In other words, is it sufficient to express appreciation or does it have to be added as a reference?
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Why are online lecture notes usually not accessible to non-students?
When looking for online lecture notes, I notice that most of the time you have to be a student and login in using your institution information to get access.
Why would a professor not show the lecture ...
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Would you include in review/forthcoming articles in graduate level course reading?
I'm preparing a graduate level module for the next semester. With a more senior professor I have co-authored a book chapter that covers much of the material we'll be covering in class, so I'd like to ...
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Is buying lecture notes wrong?
I am a second-year undergraduate student and in autumn I'll be starting my third year and after that there is the final fourth. I've come accross someone's lecture notes on eBay. The same uni. It's ...
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