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Date	Title	Categories
June 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM	Zeroes and ✓−s in the gradebook	course details
June 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM	Session 2 FAQs Why do you use ✓s for grades? Why does `#` mean both headings and code comments? I will never do anything with graphic design—why did we have to learn these principles? How does CRAP relate to other things like the Gestalt Principles? Will following CRAP lead to the same final designs? Does CRAP only work for single-page things like graphs and posters? Or does it work for reports and books? I noticed Illustrator isn’t free for GSU students anymore. Are there other graphics editors? Is there a way to check that my color palettes are accessible if I’m not using a premade one? Where can I find fonts to use?	FAQs
June 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM	Copy, paste, and tweak	advice
June 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM	Making cleaner, nicer Quarto documents Render often Check for broken code chunks Check that your text looks okay Don’t install packages in your document Clean up warnings and messages Global chunk options Fancy document settings Chunk names	advice
June 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM	Session 1 tips and FAQs What’s the difference between Source and Visual mode in the editor window? What’s the difference between R Markdown and Quarto? Why don’t I have options to render to PDF (or Word or HTML)? I pasted that starter code for exercise 1 and it still doesn’t show different formats? Rendered document format for iCollege Why does it matter where we put files like `cars.csv`? How does `group_by()` work? Why did we have to group by `class` and not `cty` and `class`? How do we know which type of graph to use for different types of data? Do you have any tips for remembering all the different functions we’re learning? There are so many!	FAQs
June 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM	How to ask for help Don’t suffer in silence! Use Discord in public Help us help you High resolution questions Unanswered questions Discord question etiquette Calendly + Webex appointments	advice
June 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM	First day of class!	getting started
June 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM	Building community on Discord Class community Online community	advice
June 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM	Announcements and updates	getting started
June 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM	Important R stuff	getting started
June 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM	Welcome to class!	getting started