update the pre-course template with the r3admin section templates

preamble/pre-course.qmd

@@ -50,76 +50,23 @@ objectives for this page:
 
 1.  TODO: List objectives
 
-## Reading the course website
-
-We will explain this a bit during the course, but read this to start
-learning how the website is structured and how to read certain things.
-Specifically, there are a few "syntax" type formatting of the text in
-this website to be aware of:
-
--   Folder names always end with a `/`, for example `data/` means the
-    data folder.
--   R variables are always shown as is. For instance, for the code
-    `x <- 10`, `x` is a variable because it was assigned with 10.
--   Functions always end with `()`, for instance `mean()` or
-    `read_csv()`.
--   Sometimes functions have their package name appended with `::` to
-    indicate to run the code from the specific package, since we likely
-    haven't loaded the package with `library()`. For instance, to
-    install packages from GitHub using the `{remotes}` package we use
-    `remotes::install_github()`. You'll learn about this more later.
--   Reading tasks always start with a statement "Reading task" and are
-    enclosed in a "callout block". Read within this block. We will
-    usually go over the section again to reinforce the concepts and
-    address any questions.
-
-## Installing the latest programs
-
-The first thing to do is to install these programs. You may already have
-some of them installed and if you do, please make sure that they are at
-least the minimum versions listed below. If not, you will need to update
-them.
-
-TODO: Link to Guides for installation?
-
-All these programs are required for the course, even Git. Git, which is
-a software program to formally manage versions of files, is used because
-of it's popularity and the amount of documentation available for it. At
-the end of the course, you will be using Git and GitHub to manage your
-group assignment. Check out the online book [Happy Git with
-R](https://happygitwithr.com/), especially the "Why Git" section, for an
-understanding on why we are teaching Git. Windows users tend to have
-more trouble with installing Git than macOS or Linux users. See the
-section on [Installing Git for
-Windows](https://happygitwithr.com/install-git.html#install-git-windows)
-for help.
-
-> *A note to those who have or use work laptops with restrictive
-> administrative privileges*: You may encounter problems installing
-> software due to administrative reasons (e.g. you don't have permission
-> to install things). Even if you have issues installing or updating the
-> latest version of R or RStudio, you will likely be able to continue
-> with the course as long as you have the minimum version listed above
-> for R and for RStudio. If you have versions of R and RStudio that are
-> older than that, you may need to ask your IT department to update your
-> software if you can't do this yourself. Unfortunately, Git (and
-> Quarto) is not a commonly used software for some organizations, so you
-> may not have it installed and you *will* need to ask IT to install it.
-> We *require* it for the course, so please make sure to give IT enough
-> time to be able to install it for you prior to the course.
-
-*If you encounter any troubles during these pre-course tasks*, try as
-best as you can to complete the task and then let us know about the
-issues in the pre-course survey. If you continue having problems,
-indicate on the survey that you need help and we can try to book a quick
-video call to fix the problem. Otherwise, you can come to the course
-15-20 minutes earlier to get help.
-
-If you're unable to complete the setup procedure due to unfixable
-technical issues, you can use Posit Cloud (to use RStudio on the cloud)
-as a final solution in order to participate in the course. For help
-setting up Posit Cloud for this course, refer to the [Posit Cloud setup
-guide](https://guides.rostools.org/posit-cloud.html).
+## Reading the course website {#sec-reading-website}
+
+```{r}
+#| echo: false
+#| eval: true
+#| results: asis
+cat(r3admin::read_common("reading-website.md"), sep = "\n")
+```
+
+## Installing the latest programs {#sec-install-programs}
+
+```{r}
+#| echo: false
+#| eval: true
+#| results: asis
+cat(r3admin::read_common("installing-programs.md"), sep = "\n")
+```
 
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