HDL3 - Overleaf
TEST PHASE!
Overleaf – key facts
- Web-based solution for text typesetting based on LaTeX
- Collaborative editing of documents including comment and chat function
- "Real-time preview" shows results in real time
- "WYSIWYG mode" for people who do not know LaTeX
- Templates for course assignments
- Part of the HU digital teaching and learning landscape
Overleaf is a web-based editor for typesetting documents using the LaTeX text typesetting system. Overleaf allows the collaborative creation and editing of documents, including real-time comments and chat function for exchange. Teachers can offer course assignments as templates that can be completed directly online by course participants. Functions such as real-time preview or the integrated WYSIWYG editor ("What you see is what you get") also allow LaTeX laypersons to create and edit documents.
Application scenarios:
- Creation of teaching materials and course documentation
- Joint creation and editing of documents
- Creation of academic documents
Restrictions:
- An HU account is required
- Complex documents require LaTeX knowledge
- No direct integration in HU-Moodle