Course Template

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This repository provides LaTeX classes for creating structured academic documents, including lectures, exercises, and exams. The template is designed to standardize and simplify document creation for courses, with built-in formatting and styling.

LaTeX Classes Overview

Lecture Class (lectureClass.cls)

Provides a clean and professional layout for lecture notes, with support for:

• Author information
• Titles
• Footnotes
• A consistent structure for academic content

Exercise Class (exerciseClass.cls)

Designed for exercise sheets, this class enables easy structuring of:

• Problems
• Solutions
• Formatting features such as sectioning and problem numbering

Exam Class (examClass.cls)

This class assists in the formatting of exams by providing:

• Automatic question numbering
• Consistent spacing
• Header formatting for exam information

Usage

• Clone the repository:

  git clone https://github.com/IAS-Uni-Siegen/course_template.git

• Use the LaTeX .cls files in your documents:

  \documentclass{lectureClass}  % or exerciseClass, examClass

• Compile your .tex files as usual with pdflatex, xelatex, or your preferred LaTeX compiler.

Adding Course Template as a Submodule

To integrate this repository into your existing project as a submodule, follow these steps:

• Navigate to your project directory in the terminal.

• Add the course template repository as a submodule:

  git submodule add https://github.com/IAS-Uni-Siegen/course_template.git

• Initialize and update the submodule to ensure it is ready for use:

  git submodule init
  git submodule update

This allows you to use the LaTeX classes provided in the course template repository directly within your project.