https://github.com/utdata/jedr-academy
A series of R tutorials based on Star Wars data
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A series of R tutorials based on Star Wars data
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/utdata/jedr-academy
- Owner: utdata
- Created: 2022-01-21T14:08:52.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-03-07T15:25:55.000Z (4 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-05-07T00:34:22.425Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: r
- Language: HTML
- Homepage: https://utdata.github.io/jedr-academy/
- Size: 26.1 MB
- Stars: 3
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 6
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# Welcome to JedR Academy
> “Always pass on what you have learned.” – Yoda
## What is JedR Academy?
To be clear, this isn’t a package.
This project is a series of [quarto live](https://r-wasm.github.io/quarto-live/)
interactive tutorials designed to develop and improve R skills with a
heavy lean on the [tidyverse](https://www.tidyverse.org/). There are
two main goals:
- To focus tutorials on feats of skill or tasks to accomplish instead of
on specific packages or functions.
- To use the same data whenever possible to avoid the cognitive load of
learning new data for each example.
There are two types of lessons:
- [**JedR Trials**](trials/index.html): Short tests over specific skills. These trials are used by students in our J 327D Reporting with Data class.
- [**JedR Training**](training/index.html): Tutorials focused on feats of skills instead of on
specific packages. For instance, “How to manage dates” vs “How to use
lubridate.”
## Installation
JedR Padawans can complete these lessons online through the provided links,
without additional setup. For those who prefer working locally, you can
[download the repo](https://github.com/utdata/jedr-academy) to Render each notebook
directly on your machine. The notebooks are organized in the `/trials` and
`/training` folders.
### Packages
Ensure that you have the following packages downloaded as they are required for JedR
Academy to function properly.
- tidyverse
- gradethis
### Quarto CLI
Download [Quarto CLI](https://quarto.org/docs/get-started/) for your corresponding operating system.
### Quarto-Live
Once you open the repository, to use the `quarto-live` extension in your own documents,
follow the steps below using a Quarto project as the working directory:
- Open the terminal in RStudio.
- Paste the following command and run it:
``` bash
quarto add r-wasm/quarto-live
```
- Follow the remaining prompts, and Quarto Live will be installed.
For more information, check out the [quarto-live](https://r-wasm.github.io/quarto-live/) documentation.
## Data sources
Our lessons are built around the Star Wars universe, primarily utilizing the
[starwars](https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/starwars.html) "characters"
data from the tidyverse package. To enhance these lessons, we've incorporated
additional Star Wars data, which can be found in the `/data` folder.
The starwars data from tidyverse offers a well-sized dataset that's both
approachable and intricate, making it a valuable learning tool. If you'd like to
read more about the data click [here](/resources/data-info.html).
## Credits
This project was the brainchild of [Christian
McDonald](https://journalism.utexas.edu/faculty/christian-mcdonald),
associate professor of practice at the School of Journalism and Media at
the University of Texas at Austin. He began collaborating soon
thereafter with [Dr. Jo
Lukito](https://journalism.utexas.edu/faculty/jo-lukito), an assistant
professor also at UT JaM.
Other contributors include:
- [Christian
Overgaard](https://journalism.utexas.edu/graduate/profiles/doctoral/christian-staal-bruun-overgaard),
Doctoral student. He helped think through the project and wrote the "Managing dates" tutorial.
- Tamara Rodriguez designed our JedR hex logo.
- Johan Villatoro, a UT Journalism undergraduate student, transitioned lessons and training into WebR.