Select two projects that do not already have two evaluations (pull requests). For example, in the image above, there are 0 pull requests, so this repository would be available for you to review. If there are already 2 pull requests, select another repository.
Go to the github page linked in the assignment and download the repository as a zip file (click on the button).
Unzip the file after it downloads
Open the project or index.Rmd in RStudio and click Build Website in the Build tab in the upper right.
After you reproduce the project, you will provide feedback via pull request.
The following video will walk you through the steps of providing feedback via a pull request.
In the “Code” tab of the github page for the project, click on the file you want to provide feedback on (typically this will be index.Rmd)
Click the pencil icon on the right side to edit the file
You can make changes or comment on the code
To make changes, simply edit the text
To comment, you must still make some sort of change on the lines where you want to cmment. The easiest thing is simply to add a space at the end of the line (as I do in the video above).
At the bottom of the file, there is a section called “Commit Changes”, select the button for Create a new branch for this commit and start a pull request. and name the new branch project_feedback_githubusername
Click “Propose File change”
Click on the button “Files Changed #1” near the middle of the next page
Hover over lines you would like to comment on and click the little blue plus button. Then enter your comment and select “Add single comment”
Repeat steps 2-6 for any additional files you want to comment on
Be sure to install any required libraries (do not complain if it fails because you don’t have a library installed).