great point about zooming in for projecting exercises. I've added that note
to the discussion on the issue for reference.


*Sarah M Brown, PhD*
sarahmbrown.org
Data Sciences Postdoctoral Research Associate
Brown University


On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 6:44 AM <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I usually teach R data carpentry workshops and often we find exercises a
> bit clunky indeed.
>
> What we usually did was just go on the course page and zoom-in on the
> relevant exercise (e.g.
> https://datacarpentry.org/R-ecology-lesson/03-dplyr.html#challenge). But
> as you zoom-in more the top panels take over the page, which is really not
> ideal.
>
> Another solution we came up with was to just screenshot the exercise bit
> and then just pull out the PNG of the exercise screenshot to show students.
> That works alright, but you need to remember to do these screenshots
> beforehand.
>
> In a more recent workshop I've started compiling some exercises on a
> separate document:
> https://rawgit.com/tavareshugo/data_carpentry_extras/master/slides_with_exercises/exercises.html
>
> I've only tested this once, but it worked quite well, and I think
> something along those lines would be a nice additional resource for
> trainers.
>
> hugo
> (University of Cambridge)
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