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Reproducible Templates for Analysis and Dissemination

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Reproducible Templates for Analysis and Dissemination

Instructor: Melinda Higgins

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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2 weeks to complete

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Flexible schedule

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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Beginner level

No prior experience required

2 weeks to complete

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Learn at your own pace

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This course will assist you with recreating work that a previous coworker completed, revisiting a project you abandoned some time ago, or simply reproducing a document with a consistent format and workflow. Incomplete information about how the work was done, where the files are, and which is the most recent version can give rise to many complications. This course focuses on the proper documentation creation process, allowing you and your colleagues to easily reproduce the components of your workflow. Throughout this course, you'll receive helpful demonstrations of RStudio and the R Markdown language and engage in active learning opportunities to help you build a professional online portfolio.

Module details

This module provides an introduction to the concepts surrounding reproducibility and the Open Science movement, RStudio and GitHub, and foundational cases and authors in the field.

What's included

11 videos6 readings2 assignments

11 videosTotal 75 minutes

Welcome and an Introduction to the Course3 minutes
Welcome to Week 1!4 minutes
History and Importance of Reproducibility5 minutes
Dynamic Documentation and Literate Programming6 minutes
Components and Examples of Reproducibility8 minutes
R and RStudio Introduction8 minutes
Git and Github - Part 112 minutes
Git and Github - Part 214 minutes
Git and Github - Part 36 minutes
Creating Your First Document9 minutes
Wrap-Up1 minute

6 readingsTotal 146 minutes

Course Outline and Grading Information5 minutes
Articles, Resources, and File Organization Examples60 minutes
[Lecture Prep] - Links for R and RStudio1 minute
R and RStudio Resources30 minutes
[Lecture Prep] - GIT and GitHub5 minutes
Books on Reproducibility and Tools of the Trade45 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Practice30 minutes
Week 130 minutes

This module explores the R Markdown syntax to format and customize the layout of presentations or reports and will also look at inserting and creating objects such as tables, images, or video within documents.

What's included

8 videos11 readings2 assignments

8 videosTotal 83 minutes

Welcome to Week 2!2 minutes
Introduction to R Markdown and the YAML Header11 minutes
R Markdown Syntax13 minutes
Figures, Tables, and Equations14 minutes
Images, Videos, and Footnotes10 minutes
Presentation Formats16 minutes
Book Format16 minutes
Wrap-Up1 minute

11 readingsTotal 122 minutes

[Lecture Prep] - Links for R Markdown and YAML1 minute
[Lecture Prep] - R Markdown File1 minute
R Markdown Resources30 minutes
Resources for Tables and Equations25 minutes
[Lecture Prep] - Media and R Markdown Files1 minute
Resource for Embedding Videos5 minutes
[Lecture Prep] - R Markdown File1 minute
Resources for the Presentation Format25 minutes
[Lecture Prep] - Link for Bookdown Demo3 minutes
Resources for the Book Format25 minutes
[Graded Quiz Prep] - Week 2 Instructions5 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 70 minutes

Practice30 minutes
Week 240 minutes

This module goes further with R Markdown to help turn documents, reports, and presentations into templates for easier automation, reproducibility, and customization.

What's included

9 videos6 readings2 assignments

9 videosTotal 93 minutes

Week 3 Introduction2 minutes
Customizing an HTML Document21 minutes
Customizing a WORD Document9 minutes
Customizing Other Document Formats11 minutes
Working with R Packages12 minutes
Building a Document Template, Part 113 minutes
Building a Document Template, Part 210 minutes
Adding Parameters in a Document Template15 minutes
Wrap-Up1 minute

6 readingsTotal 106 minutes

[Lecture Prep] - CSS File1 minute
Note on MD files3 minutes
Resources for Customizing Documents40 minutes
[Lecture Prep] - R Script File1 minute
[Lecture Prep] - Code File1 minute
Resources for Parameters and Template Development60 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Practice30 minutes
Week 330 minutes

This module delves into custom templates available for websites, books, and scientific publishers, such as Elsevier and the IEEE, with the chance to create your first R Package.

What's included

6 videos3 readings2 assignments

6 videosTotal 47 minutes

Week 4 Introduction2 minutes
Examples and Demo of Existing Templates11 minutes
Exploring R Packages and Their Components and Files13 minutes
Create an R Markdown Template and Share It11 minutes
Create an R Package with an R Markdown Template11 minutes
Wrap-Up1 minute

3 readingsTotal 91 minutes

Custom Template Packages and References60 minutes
Resources for Packages and Forking Repositories30 minutes
[Lecture Prep] - Code File1 minute

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Practice30 minutes
Week 430 minutes

This module focuses on helpful tips for sharing and using the templates you create, as well as methods for organizing content. We'll also look at a few web-publishing services.