Levin Accessible & Interactive
0Day 3 | 2:00 PM–2:30 PM
"Accessible and Interactive Course Materials with PreTeXt"
Presented by:
Oscar Levin, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley CO USA
https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/simiode/expo/2025
Abstract: How do you create course materials that are accessible, always up to date, can be printed or viewed on any screen, and include embedded interactive elements to engage students? Of course, there are ways to accomplish each of these requirements, but wouldn't it be great if there was an easy way to keep everything organized and in one place? What you need is a system for writing these materials once and used everywhere. PreTeXt is a markup language that can be converted to LaTeX, HTML, EPUB, and even Braille. It is a popular choice for authors of textbooks (including the SIMIODE textbook), but its complexity has historically made it less common for everyday teaching materials. In this talk I will share some recent work that makes PreTeXt much easier to use and share some suggestions for how to leverage its interactive features.