Ximera workshops are true working workshops where users and developers at all levels of experience come together to create something new.

Past workshops

Ximera Workshop 10 (5/12/2025–5/14/2025)

Location: Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Dates: May 12–14, 2025
Presentations: Cockins Hall 240 (CH 240)
Workgroups: CH 240 and Math Tower 724 (MW 724)

The Ximera Workshop 10 was a hands-on, collaborative event bringing together creators, educators, and developers to improve and expand the Ximera platform. We spent our mornings learning and discussing major topics, and our afternoons working together to build content, prototype tools, and draft new resources.

Daily Schedule

Monday, May 12:

• 9:00–9:30 Arrival (CH 240)
• 9:30–10:20 Introduction to Ximera – Snapp (OSU)
• 10:20–10:30 Break
• 10:30–11:20 Deploying in Ximera – Obbels (KU Leuven)
• 11:20–11:30 Break
• 11:30–12:20 Modulus Demo – Infonomic
• 12:20–12:30 Organize Lunch
• 12:30–2:00 Lunch (in groups)
• 2:00–3:20 Working Groups (MW 724)
• 3:20–3:30 Break
• 3:30–4:30 Wrap-up

Tuesday, May 13:

• 9:00–9:30 Arrival (CH 240)
• 9:30–10:20 Advanced Validators – Nowell (UF)
• 10:20–10:30 Break
• 10:30–11:20 Desmos – Kuczmarski (Shoreline Community College), Davis (OSU), Guindon (Desmos)
• 11:20–11:30 Break
• 11:30–12:20 Server – Fowler (OSU)
• 12:20–12:30 Organize Lunch
• 12:30–2:00 Lunch (in groups)
• 2:00–3:20 Working Groups (CH 240)
• 3:20–3:30 Break
• 3:30–4:30 Wrap-up

Wednesday, May 14:

• 9:00–9:30 Arrival (CH 240)
• 9:30–10:20 Accessibility – Kuan (OSU/TailorSwiftBot) (captions were manually checked and the transcript can be downloaded)
• 10:20–10:30 Break
• 10:30–11:20 Interactive Elements and Ximera – Findell and Davis (OSU)
• 11:20–11:30 Break
• 11:30–12:20 Next Steps and Discussion
• 12:20–12:30 Organize Lunch
• 12:30–2:00 Lunch (in groups)
• 2:00–3:20 Working Groups (MW 724)
• 3:20–3:30 Break
• 3:30–4:30 Wrap-up

Workshop Goals:

• All participants deploying Ximera content to local and remote servers
• Finalize a new edition of the Ximera User Manual
• Merge LuaXake with the master branch of Ximera LaTeX
• Submit updated LaTeX materials to CTAN
• Begin to develop LTI 1.3 integration at OSU and beyond
• Prototype a new customizable, accessible server
• Draft Calculus translations in Portuguese and Spanish

Ximera Workshop 9

The Ximera Workshop 9 was a virtual workshop (Ximera Virtual Workshop 1) held spring of 2024. We had 5 participants. Major accomplishments included: The Ximera document class was submitted to CTAN.

Ximera Workshop 8

The Ximera Workshop 8 was held spring of 2019 in Columbus Ohio at Ohio State University. We had around 10 participants. All participants were deploying with Xake by the end of the workshop.

Ximera Workshop 7

The Ximera Workshop 7 was held fall of 2018 in Columbus Ohio at Columbus State Community College. We had around 10 participants. All participants were deploying with Xake by the end of the workshop.

Ximera Workshop 6

The Ximera Workshop 6 was held fall of 2018 in Gainesville Florida at the University of Florida. We had around 15 participants. All participants were deploying with Xake by the end of the workshop.

Ximera Workshop 5

The Ximera Workshop 5 was held summer of 2018 in Columbus Ohio. Major accomplishments included: Major rewrites of Xake; major rewrite of the Ximera LaTeX document class; documentation for LTI support.

Ximera Workshop 4

The Ximera Workshop 4 was held summer of 2017 in Columbus Ohio. Major accomplishments included: Documentation was rewritten; directions for deploying from different machines; LTI support.

Ximera Workshop 3

The Ximera Workshop 3 was held summer of 2016 in Columbus Ohio. It was funded by NSF Grant DUE-1245433. Major accomplishments included: Xake was developed; Sage integration; Desmos integration.

Ximera Workshop 2

The Ximera Workshop 2 was held summer of 2015 in Columbus Ohio. It was funded by NSF Grant DUE-1245433. Major accomplishments included: Multimedia integration; GeoGebra integration; and the Xourse document class was developed.

Ximera Workshop 1

The Ximera Workshop 1 was held summer of 2014 in Columbus Ohio. It was funded by NSF Grant DUE-1245433 and a Shuttleworth Flash Grant. Major accomplishments included: The basis of the documentation found here; the first standardized method for deploying was developed; and the Ximera document class was drafted.