OSU Carpentries

University Libraries and TDAI have partnered to lead the delivery of the Carpentries at the Ohio State University.  The Carpentries are an international organization that delivers a collection of lessons aimed at introducing data and coding skills to spread data and programming literacy.  As part of the membership, the Libraries and TDAI have the ability to designate individuals to receive Carpentries instructor training and certification.  This represents a unique opportunity to provide our communities membership in a globally recognized teaching community.

For 2020-21, the OSU Carpentries team aims to provide 4 workshops that are led by Carpentries instructors and coordinated by the Carpentries, augmenting the TDAI Data Literacy workshops and various data-centered Libraries workshops.  In addition to these Carpentries-organized workshops, TDAI and the Libraries may self-organize workshops using the Carpentries developed material.

Carpentries Workshops for 2021

Workshop Schedule

This workshop will be held on all 4 days from 1 - 5:00 PM ET virtually via Zoom. Schedule and lesson plan available here.

Registration is closed for this event.

Preparation and Requirements

  1. This workshop requires you to supply your own laptop and install specific software in advance of the workshop.  You will need administrative privileges on your laptop to install the packages required for the training.  Please ensure that these packages are installed PRIOR to attending the workshop.  We will be using spreadsheet software, OpenRefine and Python for this workshop.
    1. Spreadsheet software:  If you do not already have Excel available, LibreOffice is open-source software which includes a spreadsheet application
    2. OpenRefine:  Installation instructions may be found here.  Please install the latest version of OpenRefine.  Note that you may need to install Java on your system if it is not already installed
    3. Python:  Use the bundled Python installer called Anaconda.

Hints:

  • Use the 64-bit installer (it should work for most recent systems)
  • The default installation options are fine (you can uncheck the Tutorial and Getting Started at the last screen)
  • Once the installation completes, open the Anaconda3 prompt or console and enter “conda install -c conda-forge plotnine”

Detailed installation notes can be found here:  https://datacarpentry.org/socialsci-workshop/setup-python-workshop.html

If you are having problems with the installation, please consult your IT department or OCIO.  The BuckeyeBar is also a good resource for computer help.  You can also reach out to us at tdai@osu.edu.

Workshop Schedule

This workshop will be held on all 4 days from 1 - 5:00 PM ET

Registration is closed for this event.

Content and Format

This workshop will be held online, using the Zoom platform. The Zoom meeting link will be sent to registrants that have confirmed prerequisite software installation. A full schedule and syllabus for the training may be found here:  https://annajiat.github.io/2021-06-21-osu-online/

Preparation and Requirements

  1. This workshop requires you to supply your own laptop and install specific software in advance of the workshop.  You will need administrative privileges on your laptop to install the packages required for the training.  Please ensure that these packages are installed PRIOR to attending the workshop.  We will be using spreadsheet software, OpenRefine and Python for this workshop.
    1. Spreadsheet software:  If you do not already have Excel available, LibreOffice is open-source software which includes a spreadsheet application
    2. OpenRefine:  Installation instructions may be found here.  Please install the latest version of OpenRefine.  Note that you may need to install Java on your system if it is not already installed
    3. Python:  Use the bundled Python installer called Anaconda.

Hints:

  • Use the 64-bit installer (it should work for most recent systems)
  • The default installation options are fine (you can uncheck the Tutorial and Getting Started at the last screen)
  • Once the installation completes, open the Anaconda3 prompt or console and enter “conda install -c conda-forge plotnine”

Detailed installation notes can be found here:  https://datacarpentry.org/socialsci-workshop/setup-python-workshop.html

If you are having problems with the installation, please consult your IT department or OCIO.  The BuckeyeBar is also a good resource for computer help.  You can also reach out to us at tdai@osu.edu.

For more workshop details, including a daily schedule, see the Workshop Carpentry page.

Workshop Schedule

This workshop is from 1:00 - 4:30 ET on all 4 days (May 24, 25, 27, 28)

Registration is closed for this event.

Content and Format

This workshop will focus on lessons from the Library Carpentry curriculum.  Topics include:  OpenRefine, Introduction to Git, Tidy Data, and Webscraping.

This workshop will be held online via Zoom.

Preparation and Requirements

This workshop requires you to supply your own laptop and install specific software in advance of the workshop.  You will need administrative privileges on your laptop to install the packages required for the training.  Please ensure that these packages are installed PRIOR to attending the workshop.

  1. Git (also provides BASH for Windows users):  This requires administrative privileges to install, so check with your IT department if you do not have administrative privileges on your system
  2. OpenRefine:  Installation instructions may be found here.  Please install the latest version of OpenRefine.  Note that you may need to install Java on your system if it is not already installed
  3. Spreadsheet Software:  If you do not already have Excel or other spreadsheet software available, LibreOffice is open-source software which includes a spreadsheet application
  4. Chrome:  We will be using the Chrome Browser for web scraping.  Start Chrome, and install the Scraper extension

Workshop Schedule

This workshop is from 9 - 4:30 EST

Registration is closed for this event.

Day 1

Before starting Pre-workshop survey
Morning OpenRefine for Data Cleaning
Afternoon Introduction to Python
Evening END

 

Content and Format

This workshop will be held online, using the Zoom platform. The Zoom meeting link will be sent to registrants that have confirmed prerequisite software installation. A full schedule and syllabus for the training may be found here:  https://annajiat.github.io/2021-02-18-osu-online/

Preparation and Requirements

  1. This workshop requires you to supply your own laptop and install specific software in advance of the workshop.  You will need administrative privileges on your laptop to install the packages required for the training.  Please ensure that these packages are installed PRIOR to attending the workshop.  We will be using spreadsheet software, OpenRefine and Python for this workshop.
    1. Spreadsheet software:  If you do not already have Excel available, LibreOffice is open-source software which includes a spreadsheet application
    2. OpenRefine:  Installation instructions may be found here.  Please install the latest version of OpenRefine.  Note that you may need to install Java on your system if it is not already installed
    3. Python:  Use the bundled Python installer called Anaconda.

Hints:

  • Use the 64-bit installer (it should work for most recent systems)
  • The default installation options are fine (you can uncheck the Tutorial and Getting Started at the last screen)
  • Once the installation completes, open the Anaconda3 prompt or console and enter “conda install -c conda-forge plotnine”

Detailed installation notes can be found here:  https://datacarpentry.org/socialsci-workshop/setup-python-workshop.html

If you are having problems with the installation, please consult your IT department or OCIO.  The BuckeyeBar is also a good resource for computer help.  You can also reach out to us at tdai@osu.edu.

Code of Conduct

Everyone who participates in Carpentries activities is required to conform to the Code of Conduct.  This document also outlines how to report an incident if needed

Accessibility

The Carpentry lessons focus on using open source or freeware software tools that may not have been evaluated by Accessibility coordinators at the University.

If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in Carpentry events, please email tdai@osu.edu as soon as possible prior to the event. Requests made at least one week prior to the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

Attending Online Workshops

Here are a couple helpful links on attending an online workshop that will help make your experience as positive as possible:

https://carpentries.org/blog/2020/06/online-workshop-logistics-and_screen-layouts/

https://carpentries.org/blog/2020/04/great-online-learning-student/

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