Resources

Technology resources

Software

• RStudio Cloud: https://rstudio.cloud/

• EDINA (Link TBA) for access to R and Python

Code repository, version control, and collaboration

• GitHub: https://www.github.com

• GitLab: https://about.gitlab.com

• Happy Git with R: https://happygitwithr.com/

Interctive visualisations and dashboards

• Shiny:

  • All things Shiny: https://shiny.rstudio.com/ (including a sample COVID-19 dashboard)
  • Deploy Shiny app on shinyapps.io: https://docs.rstudio.com/shinyapps.io/getting-started.html
  • Shiny tutorial (video): https://shiny.rstudio.com/tutorial/
  • Shiny tutorial (slides): https://rstudio-education.github.io/shiny-jsm18/

• Tableau:

  • Tableau Public: https://public.tableau.com/s/
  • Tableau Desktop - free student license: https://www.tableau.com/academic

Video Recording

• Apple Quicktime for screen recording: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/quicktime-player/qtp97b08e666/mac
• Windows 10 built-in screen recording functionality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfPbr1mRDuo
• Kap for screen recording: https://getkap.co/
• You can record presentation in Zoom. This is especially helpful for team presentations where all team members are available to join the Zoom meeting at the same time.
  • Instructions for recording presentations in Zoom: https://kb.siue.edu/61721