Document pedagogical design decisions in LaTeX materials using \ltnote commands.
npx skills add https://github.com/dbosk/claude-skills --skill didactic-notes
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: didactic-notes Source: https://github.com/dbosk/claude-skills/tree/main/didactic-notes Command: npx skills add https://github.com/dbosk/claude-skills --skill didactic-notes
Educators often create materials without explicitly documenting the pedagogical reasoning behind their design choices. This skill helps you embed "didactic notes" directly into LaTeX educational content, making the "why" of teaching explicit for future instructors, authors, and researchers, saving time in understanding and adapting materials.
\ltnote{...} command from the didactic LaTeX package to document learning objectives, theoretical connections, and design rationale.\ltnoteon/\ltnoteoff) for different audiences (instructors vs. students), streamlining content delivery.\ltnote next to an activity to explain, "This activity uses try-first pedagogy to activate prior knowledge before we formally define the concept."I am writing a LaTeX document for a course. Guide me on how to add didactic notes using the \ltnote command to explain my pedagogical design choices.
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Use the `\ltnote{...}` command from the didactic LaTeX package to embed pedagogical notes explaining your design choices, learning objectives, and theoretical connections directly into your educational content. Notes appear as margin annotations and can be toggled on or off for different audiences.
Load the didactic package with `\usepackage[marginparmargin=outer]{didactic}`, then wrap pedagogical explanations in `\ltnote{...}` commands next to activities, exercises, or content. Use `\ltnoteon` and `\ltnoteoff` to control visibility for instructors versus students.
Yes. The didactic package supports `\ltnoteon` and `\ltnoteoff` commands to enable or disable pedagogical notes globally, letting you show detailed design rationale to instructors while presenting clean student-facing materials without notes.
Didactic notes support connections to established frameworks including Variation Theory, Try-First Pedagogy, and Cognitive Load Theory. Document which principle justifies your sequencing, example choice, or exercise design by citing the theory explicitly in your `\ltnote{...}` annotations.
You need working LaTeX knowledge to edit educational documents and include packages. The didactic package itself requires only basic command syntax—adding `\ltnote{...}` and toggling commands—making it accessible once you're comfortable with your LaTeX workflow.
Separating pedagogical justification into `\ltnote{...}` margin notes preserves clean student materials while creating an explicit record of your design rationale for future instructors, authors, and researchers—reducing time spent reverse-engineering why content is structured a particular way.
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