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* Mediawiki has well tested, powerful features. (It runs Wikipedia.)
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* '''I find it very easy to develop then deliver lectures with Mediawiki'''
* '''I find it very easy to develop then deliver lectures with Wikipedia'''
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* Can copy and paste text and images from other Mediawiki websites (e.g. Wikipedia) provided the license allows (generally OK with Wikipedia text, often OK with images, but see license)
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* Mediawiki has well tested, powerful features, (It runs Wikipedia),
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Including:
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* Tex formula, e.g. fundamental theorem of calculus (copied from [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fundamental_theorem_of_calculus&oldid=417680255 here]):
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Let ''ƒ'' be a continuous real-valued function defined on a closed interval [''a'', ''b'']. Let ''F'' be the function defined, for all ''x'' in [''a'', ''b''], by
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<math>F(x) = \int_a^x f(t)\, dt\,.</math>
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Then, ''F'' is continuous on [''a'', ''b''], differentiable on the open interval (''a'',&nbsp;''b''), and
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<math>F'(x) = f(x)\,</math>
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for all ''x'' in (''a'', ''b'').
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* Images  [[Image:FTC geometric.png|200px|thumb|center|The area shaded in red stripes can be estimated as ''h'' times ''&fnof;''(''x''). Alternatively, if the function ''A''(''x'') were known, it could be computed as ''A''(''x''&nbsp;+&nbsp;''h'')&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;''A''(''x''). These two values are approximately equal, particularly for small ''h''. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FTC_geometric.png&oldid=376032010 Copyright]]]
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* Links to other websites (e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_theorem_of_calculus Fundamental Theorem of Calculus])
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* Links to other pages within Class notes (e.g. [[Survey01|surveys]]).
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* Powerpoint slides (e.g. [[Media:Lab_W.pdf|homework]])
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* Code (to download or cut and paste into Matlab, Maple, or Mathematica, etc. [[Bayesian Filtering|See my lecture on Bayesian Filtering]])
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Additionally, Mediawiki is
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* Free and open source
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* Collaborative (e.g. Instructor and TAs can have, but students need not have, edit privileges)

Latest revision as of 17:04, 1 December 2011

  • I find it very easy to develop then deliver lectures with Mediawiki
  • Can copy and paste text and images from other Mediawiki websites (e.g. Wikipedia) provided the license allows (generally OK with Wikipedia text, often OK with images, but see license)
  • Mediawiki has well tested, powerful features, (It runs Wikipedia),

Including:

  • Tex formula, e.g. fundamental theorem of calculus (copied from here):
Let ƒ be a continuous real-valued function defined on a closed interval [a, b]. Let F be the function defined, for all x in [a, b], by
F(x) = \int_a^x f(t)\, dt\,.
Then, F is continuous on [a, b], differentiable on the open interval (ab), and
F'(x) = f(x)\,
for all x in (a, b).

  • Images
    The area shaded in red stripes can be estimated as h times ƒ(x). Alternatively, if the function A(x) were known, it could be computed as A(x + h) − A(x). These two values are approximately equal, particularly for small h. Copyright
  • Links to other websites (e.g. Fundamental Theorem of Calculus)
  • Links to other pages within Class notes (e.g. surveys).
  • Powerpoint slides (e.g. homework)
  • Code (to download or cut and paste into Matlab, Maple, or Mathematica, etc. See my lecture on Bayesian Filtering)

Additionally, Mediawiki is

  • Free and open source
  • Collaborative (e.g. Instructor and TAs can have, but students need not have, edit privileges)