Creating Data Dashboards for Open Science Using the R Programming Language

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About this Lesson

An introduction to Shiny, a package for writing and publishing web applications in R. Enables researchers to develop interactive web applications and data dashboards without extensive web development experience.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the importance of web applications and dashboards for applied research.
  • Learn the basic syntax and vocabulary of the Shiny package.
  • Develop interactive Shiny applications that respond to user inputs.
  • Create data dashboards using the shinydashboard package.
  • Publish Shiny applications.

Keywords

dashboardsRshinydata visualizationweb applications

Workshop History

Date Location Format Instructor
5/12/2025 CRDDS, CU Boulder Virtual Workshop Aditya Ranganath

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APA Format:

Ranganath, A. (2026). Creating Data Dashboards for Open Science Using the R Programming Language. UCLA IMLS Open Science. https://ucla-imls-open-sci.info/lessons/creating-data-dashboards-for-open-science-using-the-r-programming-language

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@misc{creating_data_dashboards_for_open_science_using_the_r_programming_language_2026,
  author = {Aditya Ranganath},
  title = {Creating Data Dashboards for Open Science Using the R Programming Language},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {UCLA IMLS Open Science},
  url = {https://ucla-imls-open-sci.info/lessons/creating-data-dashboards-for-open-science-using-the-r-programming-language}
}
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  • Last updated: January 2026
  • Contributors: 2 people
  • Open discussions: 2
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Authors

Aditya Ranganath
Aditya Ranganath
Data Librarian, University of Colorado Boulder