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Using Overleaf for Collaboration, Dissertations,
Grants, & Teaching
Arindam Basu
School of Health Sciences
University of Canterbury,
Christchurch,
New Zealand
October 4, 2016
Overleaf presentation
“The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don’t push it”.
-Jamie Zawinski (1968-), Emacs developer and blogger
Three Two One
Three Principles: fearlessness, freedom of knowledge,
unfragment
Two Enablers: FOSS and The Cloud
One App: Overleaf (with Pandoc and Jupyter)
Free and Open Source Software
The Cloud As a Framework
Web based Plain Text Productivity
My Different Roles as a University Academic
Present before Students and Colleagues
Mark Papers
Guide Thesis Students
Apply for Grants and Funding for my research
Manage References
Analyse Data
Publish in Journals
Write more informal publications (Newspaper articles and
blogs)
Collaborate with colleagues
Sit on committees and analyse text data
Read documents
What Overleaf brings together
A Neat Writing Tool (Plain Text and WYSIWYG)
Presentation Tool
Developing Wireframes and Diagrams with TikZ/PGF
Workable File Manager
A communication Tool for Team Communication
Collaborative Writing
An Idea Sharing Tool
Publishing tool for Journal Submission
With Pandoc and Git, a Blogging Tool as well
Separation of Content and Form in Overleaf
One Version, Many Collaborators
Serendipity: Ordered projects helps student supervision
Continuity: Connect Overleaf, Evernote, Zotero
Flexibility: Connect Overleaf with Quip

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  • 1. Using Overleaf for Collaboration, Dissertations, Grants, & Teaching Arindam Basu School of Health Sciences University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand October 4, 2016
  • 3. “The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don’t push it”. -Jamie Zawinski (1968-), Emacs developer and blogger
  • 4. Three Two One Three Principles: fearlessness, freedom of knowledge, unfragment Two Enablers: FOSS and The Cloud One App: Overleaf (with Pandoc and Jupyter)
  • 5. Free and Open Source Software
  • 6. The Cloud As a Framework
  • 7. Web based Plain Text Productivity
  • 8. My Different Roles as a University Academic Present before Students and Colleagues Mark Papers Guide Thesis Students Apply for Grants and Funding for my research Manage References Analyse Data Publish in Journals Write more informal publications (Newspaper articles and blogs) Collaborate with colleagues Sit on committees and analyse text data Read documents
  • 9. What Overleaf brings together A Neat Writing Tool (Plain Text and WYSIWYG) Presentation Tool Developing Wireframes and Diagrams with TikZ/PGF Workable File Manager A communication Tool for Team Communication Collaborative Writing An Idea Sharing Tool Publishing tool for Journal Submission With Pandoc and Git, a Blogging Tool as well
  • 10. Separation of Content and Form in Overleaf
  • 11. One Version, Many Collaborators
  • 12. Serendipity: Ordered projects helps student supervision
  • 13. Continuity: Connect Overleaf, Evernote, Zotero