# Package Introduction
# Description
Each student will be expected to introduce a package (or two) that is relevant to their research interests in a 5 minute presentation during a class session. The objectives are:
* Learn how to find/download/install a new package and learn how to use it
* Teach your peers about existing R packages that may be useful in their research
The presentation must include:
1. Brief introduction: what does the package do and why is it useful? (**1-2 slides, 1 minute**)
2. Author introduction: a short background (affiliation and other packages, etc.) on at least one of the package authors (**1 slide, 1 minute**)
2. Simple demonstration of package code: example input/output from the examples or custom coded examples (**2-3 slides, 3 minutes**)
There will not be time to actually run any code *on-the-fly* during your presentation. Instead, copy the code and output into a presentation (powerpoint, etc.) so that you can simply display it. See an [example presentation here](assets/PackagePresentation.pptx).
To select a package, I recommend starting with the [views on CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/) for a topic of interest.