Chapter 3 StatPrep Annie

StatPrep Annie is a persona created to depict a real-world StatPREP instructor who is setting up their statistics course.

Figure 3.1: StatPrep Annie

She’s got a website for her course, a couple of interactive lessons, and so on.

One way to get a quick start on your own website, lessons, etc. is to copy Annie’s project to your own accounts. Then customize it for your own purposes.

3.1 Copying Annie’s StartUsingR project

1. Using your browser, login to your account on rstudio.cloud. The main page for your “workspace” will be displayed.

2. Open a new tab in the browser. Cut and paste exactly this URL into that new tab.

   https://rstudio.cloud/project/40418

   Annie’s template will be copied into your workspace. It will open with a red “Temporary” in the top line.

3. Press “Save a permanent copy” so that you have your own, fully independent copy of Annie’s StartUsingR project.

To transform StatPrep Annie’s web site to your own, just edit the docs/index.Rmd file in your copy of the project. Chapter [#Your_course_web_site] shows how to publish the website.

3.1.1 Note for those using desktop RStudio

Copying Annie’s StartUsingR project can be done with the “new project” menu in RStudio. Choose to create a new project from a GitHub repo using this address for cloning:

https://github.com/StatPrep-Annie/StartingR.git

3.2 Editing docs/index.Rmd

This will have instructions for editing docs/index.Rmd

3.3 Writing your own tutorial

The file tutorials/first-tutorial/first-tutorial.Rmd has a template for a tutorial lesson.