[sage-edu] Re: Sage-based course for about 120 students

2011-08-08 Thread dimpase
For the integration with (our) AD, one just needs python's ldap module. Rado and Keshav hacked the corresponding patch in couple of hours, once it became clear that this will suffice (we spent time looking at AD-based stuff, at Kerberos-based stuff etc, but then it was realized that these are an

Re: [sage-edu] Sage Tutorial

2011-08-08 Thread v_2e
Hello! On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 15:01:51 -0700 (PDT) Mike OS wrote: > Months ago we posted a first draft of a Sage tutorial, written mainly > by David Monarres, with some from me and with support from San Diego > State University. > We now have it in much better from, using reStructured Text. > T

[sage-edu] Re: Sage Tutorial

2011-08-08 Thread D.C. Ernst
On Aug 7, 6:04 pm, Mike OS wrote: > http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~mosulliv/Courses/sdsu-sage-tutorial/about This looks great! There are a few spots with typeset mathematics (e.g., a=56) that look pretty awful on my screen because they are shifted down half of a line. Could you incorporate Mat

Re: [sage-edu] Re: Sage Tutorial

2011-08-08 Thread David Joyner
This looks excellent, IMHO. My only suggestion would be to replace italicized "Sage as a Calculator" by actualy links to subsections. Have you thought about making the 1st paragraph in the "About.." section slightly more detailed? You could explain the "Helpful Tips" subsection very briefly, for e