Team Assignment App

This R Shiny app allows users to create, manage, and randomly assign players to teams with a persistent name list saved locally. It includes features for editing teams manually and exporting the team structure to an Excel file.

Features

• Add and remove players to/from a persistent list (saved via RDS file)
• Random assignment of selected players to a configurable number of teams
• Drag-and-drop sorting of players within teams using shinyjqui
• Manual editing of teams (add/remove members per team)
• Export current teams to an .xlsx Excel file using writexl as well as an .pdf file
• Responsive UI with live updates
• Password protection using shinymanager

Use Cases

This app can be helpful for a wide range of scenarios, including:

• Conducting experiments: Distribute subjects randomly to either treatment or control groups. (Completely randomized design)
• University Seminars or Group Work: Easily divide students into teams for projects or discussion groups.
• Workshops and Trainings: Randomly assign participants to breakout groups.
• Sports and Hobby Groups: Randomize players for weekly games or tournaments (e.g., soccer, volleyball, chess).
• Hackathons and Ideation Events: Ensure balanced, randomized teams for fair collaboration.
• Language or Debate Clubs: Organize rotating teams for practice rounds or friendly competitions.
• Game Nights or Board Game Events: Shuffle groups for casual or competitive gameplay.

Requirements

• R (>= 4.0)
• The following R packages:
  • shiny
  • shinyjqui
  • writexl
  • gridextra
  • shinymanager

Final app is hosted via shinyapps.io

Install dependencies in R using:

install.packages(c("shiny", "shinyjqui", "writexl", "gridExtra", "shinymanager"))

Latest Update V0.2.0

• Adds password protection
• No deselect others when someone new joins
• Displays number of selected names
• Fixes bad handling via smartphones
• Option of saving results as a PDF