As we approached the end of the first full academic year back on campus (for most), our theme was ‘Returning to Normal?’. It was interesting to hear what changed or returned to normal after the pandemic and any new challenges or opportunities that arose.
10:30-10:45 Welcome
10:45-11:10 Benita Nel, University of Western Cape - The New Normal: A South African Perspective
11:10-11:35 Jean-Baptiste Gramain, University of Aberdeen - House Cup System for Qualitative Grading
11:35-12:00 Wan Mekwi, University of West of Scotland - The New Normal at UWS
12:00-12:25 David Hodge, Glasgow Caledonian University - Using RMarkdown to Create Accessible Maths Resources
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-13:55 Ewan Russell, University of Liverpool - Student Community: Challenges and Strategies in a Post-Lockdown Environment
13:55-14:20 Emma Coutts, Heriot-Watt University - Examining the Maths Gym Usage Patterns Post-Pandemic
14:20-14:45 Morgiane Richards, University of Aberdeen - Student Co-creation of Tutorial Questions
14:45-15:00 Tea and Coffee
15:00-15:30 SMSN AGM
SMSN RMarkdown Workshop
Glasgow Caledonian University, Thursday 22 June 2023
The SMSN offered a workshop on how to write notes in RMarkdown.
The workshop was intended for educators who currently use LaTeX to write their lecture material, but who were interested in learning an alternative markup language to be able to write accessible notes.
The aim of the workshop was for participants to make their first document in RMarkdown, which they could then use as a template to write future teaching material.
Timing: 10 am – 4 pm
Place: Glasgow Caledonian University
Date: 22nd of June 2023
Agenda:
· 10:00 - 10:30 Registration/welcome
· 10:30 - 11:00 Introduction to the topic of maths accessibility: what problem(s) are we trying to address?
· 11:00 - 11:30 Overview of Markdown markup languages: RMarkdown and Bookdown
· 11:30 - end Hands-on session: using RStudio to write documents in RMarkdown (including lunch break)
Here are the more detailed joining instructions sent out on June 20th 2023.