Homework instructions

FANR 6750: Experimental Methods in Forestry and Natural Resources Research

updated on 2023-11-07

All homework assignments for this course will be completed R Markdown files. To make the distribution, completion, and grading easier, each homework will follow the same workflow.

Homework steps

Step 1: Create a new directory to store your homework files

  1. Create a new directory (or ideally a subdirectoy of your FANR6750\homework directory) and call it LastNameFirstName-Homework#, replacing LastNameFirstName with your last and first names and # with the appropriate homework number

Step 2: Create a new R Markdown file

2a) Click on File -> New File -> R Markdown...

2b) In the Title: window type Lab # assignment, substituting the correct lab number.

2c) In the Author window, type your name

2d) Click Ok

2e) Save the R Markdown file as LastnameFirstname-homework# in the directory you created in step 1, replacing LastNameFirstName with your last and first names and # with the appropriate homework number

Step 3: Complete the assignment

  1. Complete the assignment, following the instructions in the lab document as you go

Step 4: Submit your assignment

4a) Before submitting your assignment, always click the “Knit” button to be sure your .Rmd file can be rendered as a HTML page. If you have any problems rendering the file, please contact your TA prior to the submission deadline.

4b) Once you know your file can be rendered, upload both the LastnameFirstname-homework#.Rmd and the LastnameFirstname-homework#.html files to eLC under the correct assignment folder

Assignments that fail to follow this instructions will not be graded