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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Course Overview

Are you stressed about working on the design or arrangement of your research paper? Trying to make your documents have higher readability quality? LaTex is a document preparation system that enables the author to format their research papers, technical writing, conference papers, or any other document with ease. Usually, this system is used in scientific fields such as mathematics, statistics, computer science, engineering, chemistry, physics, economics, linguistics, and many more.

The LaTex for Students, Engineers, and Scientists certification course provides various facilities such as citing papers based on the format, adding tables, structuring the documents, using appropriate fonts and font size, managing cross-referencing, listing, and auto-numbering of sections, and tables, managing to cross-reference and so on. It makes the author's work easy by providing automated typesetting of the documents they want to publish.

LaTex for Students, Engineers, and Scientists certification by IIT Bombay is a 6 week online course for anyone who wishes to concentrate more on the content they are working on rather than spending hours on planning design for their documents to be published.

The LaTex for Students, Engineers, and Scientists training course LaTex for Students, Engineers, and Scientists will provide enrollees with the fundamental concepts of LaTex and help them format their complex materials in natural ways. The course will issue a certificate to enrollees after the completion of the session.

The Highlights

  • 6-week online course
  • Easy to learn the system
  • Different types of documents handling
  • IIT BombayX Honor Code e-Certificate after successfully completion

Programme Offerings

  • Online lectures
  • Excellent faculty
  • Self-paced mode

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
yesIIT Bombay

The registration fee for the course is Rs. 375/-. However, register before 16 August 2020 for Rs. 325/- only to avail an early bird registration discount. Please note that the registration fee once paid is neither refundable nor adjustable under any circumstances.


Eligibility Criteria

Anyone who has computer knowledge is familiar with the editing of text, possesses laptops, internet facility is eligible for the course.

Certification Qualification Details

Certification of completion of the LaTex for Students, Engineers, and Scientists course by IITBombayX Honor Code will only be issued if participants can successfully meet the criteria of the grading policy of the course. It is to be noted that no hard copy of the certificate will be available. Online certificates will be issued to the participants.

What you will learn

Programming skills

The LaTex for Students, Engineers, and Scientists certification syllabus will teach the following:

  • Installation- First step of the course will be to introduce the participants to LaTex and provide them with the information regarding its installation.
  • Dealing with mathematical formulae or equations- Basic equations are easily programmed in LaTex.
  • Organizing documents under appropriate headings and subheading- Throughout the course participants will be given an understanding of organizing their documents.
  • Formatting pages- Users will be able to use various features of formatting pages. They will be provided with options of using headers, footer to add footnotes, margins to make the boundaries proper having the same distance. 
  • Bibliography and indexing- LaTex will help users put bibliography in the preferred style, for example, MLA format and more. There will be Automatic bibliography and index. formation
  • Include tables and images- LaTex will be granted the right to incorporate tables and photographs for improved presentation of the content. Tables can allow the details to be more descriptive and to the point where the readers will be able to grasp the data quickly. 
  • Cross-referencing- This feature will let the user refer to a part of a text in another part of the same text. One will be able to label one section of the text and then use it for reference in another section of the same document. 
  • Create presentations using Beamer- enrollees will be shown how to add slide shows, create several slides, adding frames, splitting slides into several columns and more. 
  • Styling pages- Enrollees will be taught about identifying the size of the page, changing the page orientation and reading different kinds of error messages.

Who it is for

Anyone who wishes to learn document typesetting is free to join. Learners who are authors and are looking for publishing their works should join the LaTex for Students, Engineers, and Scientists course. 


Admission Details

The process of admission for LaTex for Students, Engineers, and Scientists classes will be held online. Online application forms will need to be filled by participants. No other mode of application will be accepted.

  • The interested participant will have to sign up on the website- https://www.it.iitb.ac.in/lakshya/signup.html with valid email id.
  • A verification mail will be sent to verify the account registered.
  • After successful verification, the applicant's account will be created.
  • The applicant is supposed to sign-in on the website mentioned above with the newly created account.
  • After signing in, the participant will then have to select the Announcement option. It will be followed by selecting the course LaTex for Students, Engineers, and Scientists.
  • He will then be led to the registration form. After correctly filling the required information, the participant will need to submit the form and register.
  • The filling of the registration will be followed by online payment.
  • After successful registration, the participant will receive an automated mail confirming his registration on the registered email id.
  • The participant will then be able to find his name on the "List of Participants page".
  • At last, the participant will have to register on IITBombayX site (https://courses.iitbombayx.in/register) with the registered email id to get access to the course syllabus or content.

The Syllabus

Instructors

IIT Bombay Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: What is LaTex?

LaTex is software for document preparation which deals with the presentation and appearance of the document.

2: Do I need to sign up for the LaTex for Students, Engineers, and Scientists online course by IIT Bombay?

Yes. Applicants will have to go to https://www.it.iitb.ac.in/lakshya/signup.html and sign up.

3: Am I eligible to apply for the course, even though I am not a student or have high qualifications?

Anybody who has a basic knowledge of computer and text editing skills is eligible for this course.

4: Will I be able to edit my profile?

Yes. Applicants will be able to have access to edit their profile regarding contact information and more.

5: Why am I unable to receive the automated verification email from IIT Bombay?

Applicants are required to check their spam mails if they are not able to find the mail in their inbox. Sometimes it may happen that the applicant had provided incorrect email id.

6: Can I pay in offline mode?

No offline payment facility is provided. Payment needs to be strictly done in online mode.

7: Will there be any concession in the fee?

The course fee is deliberately kept nominal so that learners can afford it. Therefore, no further concessions will be provided.

8: Is the registration fee refundable?

No. once you are done with the payment, the registration fee will not be refunded except genuine circumstances, for example, double transaction cases.

9: Can I pay in instalments?

No. applicants will have to pay the total amount at once. After successful payment, the registration will be completed.

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