> >> Now that I am on the other side (the teaching one), I decided to share > >> my enthusiasm with students. Like I know some of the LyX users have > >> very little knowledge of LaTeX, I am confused: shall I start teach > >> LaTeX or LyX ?
I have been taching lyx for years. My approach is to first introduce the basics of latex (what latex is, how it works, how does a latex file look like, concepts of lable, reference, bibtex etc, how to edit a latex file, what comands to use etc). I will force them to modify a latex file, compile and view it. After they have been tortured enough (nearly hate latex), I will start teaching lyx and everything seems to be easy until I show them 'what to do if lyx fails to compile'. http://www.stat.rice.edu/~helpdesk/howto/lyxguide.pdf is what I have been using. Bo
