And if you are teaching R and need contributed packages, the miniCRAN package is excellent. It's well documented, and makes it easy to install R packages and their dependencies from a USB drive.
Ben On 3 Dec 2015 6:28 a.m., Matt Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bringing a few USB keys with all the necessary installers (Anaconda, Git, Mac > OS X command line tools, SWC windows installers, etc) is the big one I think. > Once the workshop gets going there isn't so much demand on the network. > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 11:22 AM Maneesha Sane <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi - >> >> I have a question for those of you who may have been instructors, >> organizers, or hosts at workshops where you had limited internet >> connectivity. It's come up at some sites I've talked to where the host >> isn't sure they can get a space where 20+ people can be on line at the >> same time. If you've been in this situation how have you handled it? >> All suggestions welcome. Thanks! >> >> -- >> Best, >> Maneesha Sane >> Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry >> Program Coordinator >> https://software-carpentry.org/ >> http://www.datacarpentry.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
