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How to get the posit cloud space up-and-runnng for "From R User to R Programmer"

The invitation is sent to [email protected], and the I sign in using my ijlyttle account, which uses [email protected].

The invitation is to a space, ours is called "From R User to R Programmer". Within that space, we can create a project; we will create "r-programming-exercises". We will create a code project.

It looks like I will:

  • create a project from a git repository
  • install our pre-req packages: install.packages(c("devtools", "tidyverse", "palmerpenguins", "here"))
  • make changes only by pulling in from the repo:
    • when I test things out myself, revert the changes
  • when it's ready to go:

It's not yet clear to me (I need to remind myself every year) how we will:

  • run an independent test of the functionality, i.e. "Today, I am a student"
  • make this availble to students on the day-of, if needed

It looks like I will:

  • open the project
  • go to settings (the wee gear icon)
  • make the project public
  • make the project an assignment

To share to students (via Alex), using the Posit Cloud web interface from the project:

  • Click the Members tab.
  • The easiest approach for most workshops is to use the Sharing Link option to create a Contributor invitation url link that can be shared before and at the start of the workshop.
  • When students click the link they will be sent to a login/signup page if they are not already logged in.
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