Instructor contacts:

The course instructors will hold office hours during the remaining time of every class (~1.5 hours), and are also available via email.

Caitlin Allen Akselrud

Research Fisheries Biologist

GitHub: @CaitlinAkselrud-NOAA

Emily Markowitz

Research Fisheries Biologist

GitHub: @EmilyMarkowitz-NOAA

Course info

This course is being taught January-Feburary 2021 virtually over WebEx. For WebEx information, please contact the course instructors. Lessons will be recorded and shared as soon as they become available via links from google drive.

Course content

A github website and repositories will be set up for each lesson. More details will be shared soon and during our first lesson.

Fun fact you might have already guessed: this whole website was built using R! (Check out the code we used to create it here).

How to access course materials

Follow this guide to help you download course materials from GitHub so you can follow along with the course. Feel free to comment or suggest edits to make this more helpful and straight forward for other classmates.

We post material on GitHub because it is an easy way to push and pull changes directly from R. This is beyond the scope of the course, be we are more than happy to talk more about how great GitHub is during office hours or outside of class.

Course structure:

Assignments

Assignments are for the student’s benefit and no grades will be collected. Assignments are intended to give students the opportunity to practice and explore the material and reinforce lesson material. Ideally, homeworks should take 30 minutes or less to complete. Time will be available after each lesson to assist with questions.

Course pep-talk

We want you to be able to really learn in this course! We want this to be a safe space to ask questions, help one another, and have no one feel like they are being left behind. If you feel like it is moving too fast, come to office hours or please let us know. We (and the other students) are some of your many resources. R is not intuitive or easy to learn, but once you get over the hump, opportunities are boundless. Please, do not hesitate to reach out! If you ever want to let us know how you are doing anonymously, please share your thoughts in this feedback form.

Oh no, not what we want:

Woah-cakes, what?

Woah-cakes, what?

Yes, this is what we want!

Why we are really here, amiright?

Why we are really here, amiright?

Inclusion, access, and accommodations:

We strive to create a learning environment that supports a diversity of thoughts, perspectives, and experiences. If something was said in class (by anyone) that made you feel uncomfortable, please talk to us about it or reach out to the AFSC Team for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (TIDE) directly (email contact: ) or anonymously. Additional resources are also available on the TIDE intranet site: https://sites.google.com/a/noaa.gov/afsc-home/home/diversity-inclusion. There is also a copy of the AFSC Code of Conduct in the Resources folder of our shared Google Drive.

All attendees deserve access to the full range of learning experiences, and we are committed to creating inclusive and accessible learning environments consistent with federal laws. Please communicate your accommodation requirements to us at your earliest convenience so we can discuss your needs for this course.

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