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๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ Teach academic courses

Oct 24, 2023ยท
Ria Stevens
Ria Stevens
ยท 3 min read
Embed rich media such as videos and LaTeX math
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HugoBlox Kit is designed to give technical content creators a seamless experience. You can focus on the content and the HugoBlox Kit which this template is built upon handles the rest.

Embed videos, podcasts, code, LaTeX math, and even test students!

On this page, you’ll find some examples of the types of technical content that can be rendered with Hugo Blox.

Citation

Here’s an example of citing a publication using the cite shortcode:

You can also use the default view by omitting the view parameter:

Video

Teach your course by sharing videos with your students. Choose from one of the following approaches:

Youtube:

{{< youtube D2vj0WcvH5c >}}

Bilibili:

{{< bilibili BV1WV4y1r7DF >}}

Video file

Videos may be added to a page by either placing them in your assets/media/ media library or in your page’s folder, and then embedding them with the video shortcode:

{{< video src="my_video.mp4" controls="yes" >}}

Podcast

You can add a podcast or music to a page by placing the MP3 file in the page’s folder or the media library folder and then embedding the audio on your page with the audio shortcode:

{{< audio src="ambient-piano.mp3" >}}

Try it out:

Test students

Provide a simple yet fun self-assessment by revealing the solutions to challenges with the spoiler shortcode:

{{< spoiler text="๐Ÿ‘‰ Click to view the solution" >}}
You found me!
{{< /spoiler >}}

renders as

๐Ÿ‘‰ Click to view the solution
You found me ๐ŸŽ‰

Math

HugoBlox Kit supports a Markdown extension for $\LaTeX$ math. Enable math by setting the math: true option in your page’s front matter, or enable math for your entire site by toggling math in your config/_default/params.yaml file:

features:
  math:
    enable: true

To render inline or block math, wrap your LaTeX math with $...$ or $$...$$, respectively.

Example math block:

$$
\gamma_{n} = \frac{ \left | \left (\mathbf x_{n} - \mathbf x_{n-1} \right )^T \left [\nabla F (\mathbf x_{n}) - \nabla F (\mathbf x_{n-1}) \right ] \right |}{\left \|\nabla F(\mathbf{x}_{n}) - \nabla F(\mathbf{x}_{n-1}) \right \|^2}
$$

renders as

$$\gamma_{n} = \frac{ \left | \left (\mathbf x_{n} - \mathbf x_{n-1} \right )^T \left [\nabla F (\mathbf x_{n}) - \nabla F (\mathbf x_{n-1}) \right ] \right |}{\left \|\nabla F(\mathbf{x}_{n}) - \nabla F(\mathbf{x}_{n-1}) \right \|^2}$$

Example inline math $\nabla F(\mathbf{x}_{n})$ renders as $\nabla F(\mathbf{x}_{n})$.

Example multi-line math using the math linebreak (\\):

$$f(k;p_{0}^{*}) = \begin{cases}p_{0}^{*} & \text{if }k=1, \\
1-p_{0}^{*} & \text{if }k=0.\end{cases}$$

renders as

$$ f(k;p_{0}^{*}) = \begin{cases}p_{0}^{*} & \text{if }k=1, \\ 1-p_{0}^{*} & \text{if }k=0.\end{cases} $$

Code

HugoBlox Kit utilises Hugo’s Markdown extension for highlighting code syntax. The code theme can be selected in the config/_default/params.yaml file.

```python
import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_csv("data.csv")
data.head()
```

renders as

import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_csv("data.csv")
data.head()

Inline Images

{{< icon name="python" >}} Python

renders as

python Python

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Ria Stevens
Authors
Ria Stevens (she/her)
PhD Candidate

I am a fourth-year Computer Science PhD student at Rice University, advised by Dr. Maryam Aliakbarpour and Dr. Tasos Kyrillidis. My research interests lie in theoretical computer science and statistical learning theory. I am particularly interested in problems involving differential privacy. For the winter 2026 semester, I am a visiting graduate student in the Federated and Collaborative Learning program at the Simons Institute in UC Berkeley. I am also passionate about teaching and recently developed and taught a discrete math course for incoming freshmen in Rice’s CS-RESP program.

Before coming to Rice, I completed my Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Statistics at McGill University, where I was fortunate to be advised by Drs. Elliot and Courtney Paquette.

Outside of my research, I enjoy playing sports, travelling and discovering new coffee shops. I play ultimate frisbee for Torque, Rice’s women’s club team, and I previously played varsity ice hockey for the McGill Martlets.