Computing Lab 2
BA Sanskrit
Course Category: Proficiency Schedule of Offering: Semester 4
Course Code: LL 441
Course Credit Structure: 1
Lecture : 0 Hours per week
Tutorial : 0 Hour per week
Practical : 2 Hours per week
Contact Hours per week: 2 Hours per week
Course Coordinator and Instructor: Dr. Pavankumar Satuluri
Introduction:
This course is designed to provide hands-on experience of computing tools for document processing
such as LaTeX and basic knowledge of HTML(HyperText Markup Language) and CSS(Cascading
Style Sheets) for creating the Websites. In LaTeX, the student would learn the concepts like
preparing documents and presentations, Text Formatting, Tabular environment and preparing
presentations and bibliography, etc. In HTML, the student will learn the concepts such as the basic
structure of HTML documents, Markup tags, Lists, Insertion of Hyperlinks and Multimedia etc. In
the case of CSS, the student will learn to create style sheets, color, and border properties.
Course Objectives:
The main objectives of this course are to:
Prepare high-quality documents using LaTeX
Prepare presentations using Beamer
Create documents using online editors such as Overleaf
Develop a website using HTML and CSS
Pre-requisites:
Before taking this course, the student should have passed the following courses:
Computing for Business and Society
Computing Lab 1
Reading Material:
Grätzer, George. Practical LaTeX, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2014
Van Dongen, Marc. LaTeX and Friends, Springer Science & Business Media, 2012.
Stefan, Kottwitz. LaTeX Beginner’s Guide, Packt Publishing Ltd, 2011.
Jon Duckett, HTML and CSS:Design and Build Websites, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Indiana, 2011.
Module-wise topics:
Module 1: Introduction to Latex
Basics, Document Hierarchy, Labels and cross-referencing
Text Formatting, Fonts, Colors, Special Characters, Adding Pictures, Footnotes,
Bibliography.
Creating Tables: Tabular environment, Specing, Spanning, Size
Module 2: Presentations Using Latex
Beamer
Overleaf (Online editor)
Module 3: Introduction to HTML
What is HTML ?
Basic structure of an HTML document
Creating an HTML document
Mark up Tags
Module 4: Introduction to elements of HTML .
Lists, Tables and Frames
Hyperlinks, Images and Multimedia
Forms and controls
Module 5: Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets
Concept of CSS
Creating Style Sheet
CSS Properties
CSS Styling(Background, Text Format, Controlling Fonts)
Lists and Tables
CSS Id and Class
Pedagogy
This course will run in practice mode, where the focus will be on hands-on experience of some
computing tools. There will be assignments supporting the learning and a group project to solve
some real-life problems.
Evaluation
Midterm Lab 20 Points
Controlled Lab 40 Points
Record 40 Points
Total 100 Points
