Hi Rob, Note that for the DC R Ecology lesson, there is a code handout (generated automatically from the lesson): http://datacarpentry.org/R-ecology-lesson/code-handout.R that includes an outline of the lesson, and the text for the exercises. It is meant to be shared with the learners.
Best, -- François On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 2:49 PM Robert M. Flight <[email protected]> wrote: > After reading the blog post, I was thinking it would be good to put all > the exercises in .txt, .R, or .py files as appropriate and have a zip file > for the students to download. I will be trying this in an upcoming ecology > datacarpentry workshop. > > -Robert > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2019, 6:40 AM Bianca Peterson < > [email protected] wrote: > >> >> Hi Sarah, >> >> We recently taught at a Data Carpentry workshop, and Katrin Tirok had a >> great idea - she put the challenges/exercises for the R Ecology lesson in >> .R scripts and I uploaded it to my Google Drive. The idea was to ask the >> participants to download these scripts (provide the links in the etherpad) >> and then write the code directly in them, which they can then save and >> refer back to after the workshop. However, I totally forgot to use them. I >> do think it will work well, but would like to try it at a next workshop. >> >> Best wishes, >> Bianca >> >> Bianca Peterson, Ph.D. Environmental Sciences (Genetics) >> Post-doctoral Research Fellow: Pharmaceutics >> Potchefstroom Campus >> North-West University >> South Africa >> 2531 >> <https://twitter.com/BinxiePeterson?lang=en> [image: >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/bianca-peterson-007b5b117/] >> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bianca-peterson-007b5b117/> [image: >> https://github.com/BinxiePeterson] <https://github.com/BinxiePeterson> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 10:22 PM Sarah Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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) >>>> >>> *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / > see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + > participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + > delivery > options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> > Permalink > <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T8b630c45394d6e25-M1ff41c162549c31df8ad5d7e> > ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T8b630c45394d6e25-M63aca621f02512114a81a9d2 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
