Does your research incorporate images or photographs? Join us for a hands-on introduction to editing your visual materials with Photoshop, and preparing them for presentations, embedding, etc. The workshop will cover basic image corrections, cropping, layers, and more. No previous experience required. Led by Jessica Brodsky.   Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gc-itp-skills-labs-tickets-70981735281

Raw data come in many shapes and forms. Wrangling these into an interpretable format is often a formidable task, where time for data prep exceeds time for analysis. The tidyverse, an ecosystem of opinionated R packages, can streamline this process and open up new avenues for insight. The developers’ emphasis on human-readable code reduces the …

This lab is an introduction to command line and basic regular expressions. Come learn a new way to interact with your computer! Skills we will cover in this workshop include: navigating & creating folders; listing, searching & moving batches of files; editing & running shell scripts. No previous experience needed. Led by Kathryn Mercier.   …

Participants will connect learning theories to student-centered praxis, explore several classroom examples, and take away resources to develop their own teaching materials. This skills lab is a hands-on lesson planning and supportive peer review workshop. Bring your ideas, big or small, and we'll learn by doing...and doing...and doing again. Led by Kahdeidra Martin.   Register …

In this workshop, we will explore practical aspects of designing a choose-your-own-adventure style interactive text. We will use Twine, a free, online tool for creating choice-based games. We will cover not only the "how" of using Twine, but also a bit of the "why," in terms of game design in general and game-based learning in …