Help

Office Hours

Office hours are all held in Samson Hall.

Office Hours by Day
Day Time Person / Resource Location
Monday 12:00–16:00 DATS Help Desk: Rasika & Aakash Rm. 304
Tuesday 11:20–13:20 TA: Haeyeon Jeong Rm. 304
11:00–15:00 DATS Help Desk: Rasika Rm. 304
16:00–17:30 TA: Sai Rachana Kandikattu Rm. 304
Wednesday 9:00–11:00 Prof. Sarah Cassie Burnett Rm. 302
12:00–16:00 DATS Help Desk: Rahul & Aakash Rm. 304
Thursday 11:00–12:30 TA: Rasika Nilatkar Rm. 304
12:00–16:00 DATS Help Desk: Rahul Rm. 304

GW Academic Commons Tutoring

The GW Academic Commons is your one-stop shop for academic support resources.

Peer-Led Learning

  • FREE tutoring in many 1000–2000 level courses.
  • Sessions available at Gelman Library or virtually.
  • Course-based review sessions.

They offer peer tutoring for this course!
- Schedule your session at go.gwu.edu/Tutoring (mobile app also available).
- Tutors are hired with faculty input and trained in best practices.
- Tutoring is free and easily accessible.

Skills for Academic Success

  • Asynchronous online modules.
  • Topics include time management and note-taking.

Find modules at: Skills for Academic Success.

Writing and Research Support

  • Research help and consultations.
  • Access to library space and resources.
  • Partnership with the GW Writing Center.

See their slidedeck for more information.

RStudio not working on your computer?

Accessing RStudio Elsewhere

  • All on-campus computer labs (Library, Rome Hall basement, etc.) have RStudio installed.
  • The DATS help desk computers will also have RStudio installed.
  • Alternatively, RStudio has an online version called Posit Cloud:
    • Free with limited storage
    • $5/month for students if you need more


Setting up RStudio in Posit Cloud
  1. Create an account and log in to Posit Cloud.
  2. In your Workspace, click New Project → New RStudio Project.
    • This creates a project and sets you up with RStudio in your browser.


Uploading the Blog Template

Since Posit Cloud doesn’t provide the blog template options directly, you’ll need to upload the provided .zip file. You can download a .zip of the template by clicking here.

  1. Go to the Files pane and click Upload.
    Upload screenshot

  2. Find the .zip file on your computer and select it to upload.
    File select screenshot

  3. You should now see the myblog folder. Click on it to view the assignment files.
    Myblog folder screenshot


Rendering
  • To render correctly, click on the gear icon and choose Preview in Viewer Pane.
  • If you don’t, you may receive an error.


Submitting Your Work
  1. When done, download the assignment files:
    • Select the files to submit.
    • Export them from Posit Cloud.
      Export screenshot
  2. You can name the .zip file anything you like (doesn’t matter).
    • Save it somewhere on your computer.
    • Don’t extract it — just drag the .zip directly into Gradescope to submit.
      Gradescope upload screenshot