Slidecrafting Workshop

Making beautiful slides with reveal.js and Quarto

Author

Emil Hvitfeldt

Welcome

Welcome to the Slidecrafting workshop at LatinR 2026! Over the next three hours, in person, we will learn how to craft functional and aesthetically pleasing slides using Quarto reveal.js presentations.

Note

This workshop is a hands-on companion to the Slidecrafting book.

Logistics

When: Wednesday 11 November 2026, morning tutorial block (8:30 to 12:00)
Where: Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia (check the LatinR site for your room)
Language: English
Bring: a laptop with the setup steps done, and its charger

What you will learn

How a reveal.js .qmd file is put together, and the YAML options worth knowing
How to theme slides with sass variables for fonts, colors, and sizes
How to position elements on a slide and modify the standard ones
How to use fragments, write your own, and match elements with auto-animate
How to install and use Quarto reveal.js extensions

Before you arrive

Please complete the setup steps before the workshop. Conference wifi can be slow when a room full of people downloads at once, so install and clone ahead of time.

Schedule

See the schedule for the full run of show.

Code of conduct

This workshop follows the LatinR code of conduct.