Another strategy that works really well with beginners is to use jupter notebooks via https://mybinder.org/ links. We put all the materials on github, and then send the workshop participants a link[2] that launches a remote jupyter lab, so they don't have to install anything at all.

That works well, but make sure to download your notebook in the end of the session because they are ephemeral (will disconnect if no commands for 20 minutes).

[2] Example mybinder link that launches a notebook from a github repo: https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/minireference/noBSstatsnotebooks/...