SASA2025_MDAG
Multivariate Data Analysis Group (MDAG) workshop
Beyond multivariate applications: Quarto for reproducible interactive documents
This workshop will focus on aspects of the open-source scientific and technical publishing system, Quarto. Various output formats and best practices of each will be considered to firstly create static output for documents, followed by principles to adapt static documents to dynamic output such as HTML presentations. Strategies to optimally use qmd documents collaboratively with GitHub will be given. Finally, tips will be provided to construct personal websites using Quarto and GitHub with automatic updating capabilities.
Organisers:
Sean van der Merwe, Raeesa Ganey and Johané Nienkemper-Swanepoel
Target audience
- R users who would like to enhance their documents and presentations with interactive code and dynamic content.
- People who are interested in creating personal websites for academic purposes.
Before the workshop
- Ensure that you have a recently updated version of R Studio on your laptop.
- Create a personal GitHub account before the workshop. Refer to Part 4 preparation.
Workshop programme
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:45 | Part 1 Background and possibilities | Sean |
| 09:45-10:30 | Part 2 Important details, specifications and examples | Sean |
| 10:30-11:00 | BREAK | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Part 3 Hands-on practical examples for presentations | Sean and Raeesa |
| 11:45-12:30 | Part 4 Creating your own academic website | Johané |
Links to workshop folders are provided in the table when clicking on the specific Part.
Workshop documents and slides
- Part 1 - Sean van der Merwe
- Part 2 - Sean van der Merwe
- Part 3 - Raeesa Ganey
- Part 4 - Johané Nienkemper-Swanepoel