Update project submission info based on

feedback from TAs

Author: lcolladotor

projects.qmd

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 ### Submitting Quarto documents to CoursePlus
 
-Some of you might choose to use Quarto for making your HTML project files instead of Rmarkdown. If so, keep in mind that Quarto will create a directory that has to be shared along with the HTML file ^[RMarkdown generates self-contained HTML files whereas Quarto does not.]. That is, you will have to make a ZIP file that contains both the (A) HTML file made with Quarto, and (B) the *_quarto_files directory that Quarto also made. Then upload the ZIP file to CoursePlus.
+Some of you might choose to use Quarto for making your HTML project files instead of Rmarkdown. If so, keep in mind that Quarto will create a directory that has to be shared along with the HTML file ^[RMarkdown generates self-contained HTML files whereas Quarto does not.]. 
 
-Taking <https://github.com/lcolladotor/StatComputing_ProjectDemo> as an example, the ZIP file would have to contain:
+In this case, open the HTML file on your browser, then create a PDF by printing the HTML file to PDF from your browser. You can then upload the PDF file to CoursePlus.
 
-* The HTML file <https://github.com/lcolladotor/StatComputing_ProjectDemo/blob/gh-pages/2025-09-02_demo_quarto.html>
-* The `"*_quarto_files"` directory <https://github.com/lcolladotor/StatComputing_ProjectDemo/tree/gh-pages/2025-09-02_demo_quarto_files>
+Previously I had stated that you could submit a ZIP file, but we found this to add unnecessary complexity to the submission process. So please submit a PDF file instead for Quarto documents.
 
+Deprecated instructions:
+
+> That is, you will have to make a ZIP file that contains both the (A) HTML file made with Quarto, and (B) the *_quarto_files directory that Quarto also made. Then upload the ZIP file to CoursePlus.
+> 
+> Taking <https://github.com/lcolladotor/StatComputing_ProjectDemo> as an example, the ZIP file would have to contain:
+> 
+> * The HTML file <https://github.com/lcolladotor/StatComputing_ProjectDemo/blob/gh-pages/2025-09-02_demo_quarto.html>
+> * The `"*_quarto_files"` directory <https://github.com/lcolladotor/StatComputing_ProjectDemo/tree/gh-pages/2025-09-02_demo_quarto_files>
+:::
+
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+### Verifying your project submission
+
+Download your own project submission from CoursePlus to verify that it looks as you intended. To do so, I recommend downloading your submission to your `~/Desktop` or `~/Downloads` directory (one that is separate from where you did the initial work). Then open the HTML file on your browser to verify that it does indeed look as you intended (or PDF file for Quarto documents). That is, verify that the HTML file has:
+
+* code chunks with the code you evaluated
+* figures that were generated by your code
+* results that were generated by your code
+* text that you wrote describing the results
 
-If needed, you can download your own project submission from CoursePlus to verify that it looks as you intended. To do so, I recommend downloading your submission to your `~/Desktop` or `~/Downloads` directory (one that is separate from where you did the initial work). Then open the HTML file on your browser to verify that it does indeed look as you intended.
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