How to scribe for: Algoritmos e Incerteza


MOST IMPORTANT RULE

It is not sufficient to only transcribe what was written on the board. In between writings on the board, the lecturer should be verbally giving explanations, intuition, and other helpful remarks. You must also transcribe these. Yes, you will be busy during the lecture. Finally, after class the lecturer may put some clarifying or additional remarks about the lecture on an email or the course website; these too should go into the scribe notes. The goal is to produce a document that someone who did not attend the class could read and learn from

Scribing examples

  • Lecture notes from the previous edition of the course
  • Lecture notes in Anupam Gupta and Ryan O'Donnell's Advanced Approximation Algorithms course.

Specific instructions

  1. Take complete notes for the class. Note the lecture number.
  2. Download scribe.sty, lectureXX.tex, alginc.bib (and example-figure.pdf). Put them all in the same directory.
  3. (Main step.) Rename the file lectureXX.tex replacing XX by the lecture number. Edit the lectureXX.tex file so as to include your scribe notes. Set the lecture number, title, and scribe name as appropriate. Use macros appearing in alginc.sty as appropriate. Use LaTex best practices! See the sample stuff inside lectureXX.tex for examples.
  4. If necessary, add to (but don't subtract from) alginc.bib.
  5. Produce your pdf by bibtexing alginc and by pdflatexing lectureXX. The output file will be lectureXX.pdf.
  6. Email the following files to the lecturer: lectureXX.tex, lectureXX.pdf, figure file(s), and alginc.bib (iff you added to it).
  7. The deadline is 14 days after the lecture.

Tips

LaTexing tips:
  • LaTeX cheat sheet.
  • Don't know how to do something basic in LaTeX? Try Googling it.
  • Don't know how to do something tricky in LaTeX? Try searching TeX StackExchange.
  • Short math guide for LaTeX.
  • User's guide for amsmath.
  • Comprehensie LaTeX symbol list.
  • Avoid eqnarray!
  • More math into LaTeX, by Grätzer, is a superb book. You might consider following this link.

Math Writing tips:
  • A PDF version of Mathematical Writing by Knuth, Larrabee, and Roberts. You may find it useful to review pp.1-6 before you begin writing scribe notes.