G'day all of you wonderful BCC2020 Instructors,
Firstly, we want to thank you for all of your hard work and amazing
workshops during the training days. It was wonderful to see so many people
from such broad backgrounds taking part in them.
So we can capture your feedback in order to make future experiences better
for both you and your participants, could you please fill in a short survey
on your experiences instructing at BCC2020?
The link to the survey is: https://forms.gle/3X8LYCCg2DLArvNx7
Thanks again,
Dave C and Simon G.
Hi All,
We have a request that we meant to send out sooner than 20 minutes before
the first set of trainings start:
Please record the lecture parts of your training. Remo will ask you if you
want to record whenever you go into presenter mode.
We realize that connecting just the lecture parts of your training may not
lead to a fully coherent story, but there is strong community interest in
having recordings.
Thanks,
Dave C
--
https://bcc2020.github.io/https://galaxyproject.org/
Hi All,
I described some of this on Discord, but here it is with more careful
typing:
We were going to add participants as guests to each training room. We are
all set to do that!
*But, yesterday, Remo's invite guests function broke. So, time for plan b.*
Plan B is to send the email below to everyone who is registered for each
course. Participants will be BCC, while instructors will be CC. I will
send you the BCC list right after sending the first email.
The email basically says
- Welcome
- Here's your URL!
- It will open / you will be invited at least an hour before the workshop
starts.
- we are still figuring remo out.
I will start sending these out in 20 Minutes. If I know your workshop is
not using Remo, then I won't send any email.
If, by chance the invite mechanism is fixed in time, we will use that.
Otherwise we will make each room public when we open it. This runs the
risk of people sharing it. However, the fact that they can't get in today
when they try will give them the impression that they can't.
So, I believe that this is our best hope for the universe.
Dave C
Hello BCC2020 Workshop Participants!
Thanks for registering for
Workshop
The URL for this workshop is
URL
That URL will open about an hour before the workshop starts. Between now
and then you will get either a "not on guest list" message, or a "room not
open yet" message from Remo.
And, you should have received a general conference email with links to lots
of resources for participating in the conference, including instructions on
how to use Remo.
Finally, you may also receive additional information from instructors
before this session starts.
Thanks again for your interest,
Dave C
--
https://bcc2020.github.io/https://galaxyproject.org/
G’day Trainers and Instructors!
Hopefully you received the timetable for various sessions for us showing
you all how Remo works. (Remo is the technology platform that we will be
using for the conference.)
The link to use for the sessions is:
https://live.remo.co/e/instructor-training
We have also prepared a short video and associated slides as an
introduction. The video can be found at: https://youtu.be/IHcITUNSRo0
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/fxmgC5QZOxCZ6KQPmfzk2fw?domain=youtu.be>
and the slides are attached.
Note: You only need to come to one of the sessions and not all of them! We
are running several so hopefully we can capture you all at a time that
suits.
Important: Can each group/team of instructors please put forward one person
from your group to be the “event manager.” This person will have the power
to modify your training room to add things like a schedule or training
documents etc. We will cover all of this during the training session.
By now you should have received an email from Remo.co with a link to the
training room. It will have very different times listed (maybe starting in
the early am in your timezone.) Please ignore the times stated and come
along to your chosen session.
Thanks again!
Simon G, Karsten, and Dave C.
Yes. I sent the message 2 hours ago but i guess it just got approved…
Sgh!
Nomi
> On Jul 8, 2020, at 1:43 PM, Scott Cain <scott(a)scottcain.net> wrote:
>
> Nomi,
>
> Isn't 14:00 pacific in 15 minutes or so?
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 1:41 PM Nomi Harris <nlharris(a)gmail.com <mailto:nlharris@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Dear Trainers,
>
> There were some glitches in the training timetable for some time zones. Here are the upcoming sessions! The one later today is in slightly under 2 hours (hope I got that right!).
>
> Trainers, BoF leaders, CoFest organizers
> WEST:
> Training URL: https://live.remo.co/e/instructor-training <https://live.remo.co/e/instructor-training>
> Date
> Timezone
> Trainers
> Central Europe UK North America Eastern North America Pacific
> Wed 8th July 17:00 16:00 11:00 08:00 Karsten and Dave finished
> Wed 8th July 23:00 22:00 17:00 14:00 Karsten and Simon next up
> Mon 13th July 17:00 16:00 11:00 08:00 Karsten and Dave
> Mon 13th July 23:00 22:00 17:00 14:00 Karsten and Simon
>
>
>> On Jul 6, 2020, at 6:25 PM, Simon Gladman <simon.gladman(a)unimelb.edu.au <mailto:simon.gladman@unimelb.edu.au>> wrote:
>>
>> G’day Trainers and Instructors!
>>
>> Hopefully you received the timetable for various sessions for us showing you all how Remo works. (Remo is the technology platform that we will be using for the conference.)
>>
>> The link to use for the sessions is: https://live.remo.co/e/instructor-training <https://live.remo.co/e/instructor-training>
>> We have also prepared a short video and associated slides as an introduction. The video can be found at: https://youtu.be/IHcITUNSRo0 <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/fxmgC5QZOxCZ6KQPmfzk2fw?domain=youtu.be> and the slides are attached.
>>
>> Note: You only need to come to one of the sessions and not all of them! We are running several so hopefully we can capture you all at a time that suits.
>>
>> Important: Can each group/team of instructors please put forward one person from your group to be the “event manager.” This person will have the power to modify your training room to add things like a schedule or training documents etc. We will cover all of this during the training session.
>>
>> By now you should have received an email from Remo.co <http://remo.co/> with a link to the training room. It will have very different times listed (maybe starting in the early am in your timezone.) Please ignore the times stated and come along to your chosen session.
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> Simon G, Karsten, and Dave C.
>>
>>
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> Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Hello Trainers and instructors,
Apologies for yet another email, however there was a mistake in the session
times for the platform training for instructors. Please see the table below
for the alterations. The corrected times have been highlighted.
Cheers,
Simon G and Dave C.
Training Session Times:
In the Western Hemisphere:
Date
Time
Central Europe
UK
East Coast US
West Coast US
Wed 8th July
5pm
4pm
11am
8am
Wed 8th July
11pm
10pm
5pm
2pm
Mon 13th July
5pm
4pm
11am
8am
Mon 13th July
11pm
10pm
5pm
2pm
In the Eastern Hemisphere:
Date
Time
Aus East Coast
Aus West Coast
India
UK
Wed 8th July
5pm
3pm
12:30pm
8am
Mon 13th July
5pm
3pm
12:30pm
8am
--
Simon Gladman | Bioinformatician
Melbourne Bioinformatics
187 Grattan Street, The University of Melbourne | Victoria 3010 Australia
T +61 3 9035 5822 | M 0418 421 077
Mail: simon.gladman(a)unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.melbournebioinformatics.org.au
Hello to all of you wonderful BCC2020 instructors,
This is another update for you and it’s a big one!
IMPORTANT: Instruction platform
The conference organisers have changed the technology platform to be used.
We will now be using Remo for the entire conference.
Remo can be found at: https://www.remo.co
Remo has a range of short video clips: https://remo.co/remo-tutorials/
We will set up a Remo room/event space on Remo for each training session,
so you don’t have to.
The conference committee is of the opinion that it will look and feel a bit
more natural and actually like a conference.
We will be training you all in the use of Remo over the next two weeks.
You should be receiving an invite link soon via the email address you used
when you registered for the conference. Please make sure you have
registered! These Remo training sessions will run for about 30 minutes plus
any questions.
Training Session Times:
In the Western Hemisphere:
Date
Time
Central Europe
UK
East Coast US
West Coast US
Wed 8th July
5pm
4pm
11am
8am
Wed 8th July
11pm
10pm
5pm
2pm
Mon 13th July
5pm
4pm
11am
8am
Mon 13th July
11pm
4pm
11am
8am
In the Eastern Hemisphere:
Date
Time
Aus East Coast
Aus West Coast
India
UK
Wed 8th July
5pm
3pm
12:30pm
8am
Mon 13th July
5pm
3pm
12:30pm
8am
You may use another platform if you feel the added benefits justify
participants’ added learning curve. If you chose to do this then
1.
Please let us know
2.
You are responsible for all setup and fees, and we strongly encourage
you to help your participants get set up on the platform ahead of time.
Online training tips and lessons
We have found some useful tips and lessons learnt for online, hands-on
training.
-
Tips for online training from the “Carpentries”:
https://static.carpentries.org/blog/2020/06/virtual-software-carpentry-work…
-
Some lessons learnt about online training from Darya Vanichkina of
Sydney University’s Bioinformatics Hub:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0DHye2M1IM.
-
In this video, Darya makes some really good points, including that
online training is really sloooooowwww. It really is worth watching.
Conference Discord Server
We have created a conference discord server and set up some generic
channels for discussions. There is a special channel for instructors to
join (trainers-green-room). This channel can be used to ask us any
questions about the training setups etc. You can join this channel at the
following URL: https://discord.gg/mePRjxC.
Contact with your participants before the conference
We are encouraging each training session to produce a short introduction
video letting potential participants know about any prerequisites that
might be needed for your training. E.g. Familiarity with linux terminal or
access to certain software etc.
If you have made a video, please post it to youtube and send us the link so
we can add it to the Schedule and the mailout for your session.
We also encourage you to make yourselves available on the Discord server to
answer any questions that your participants may have from a day or so
before the sessions.
Your own training room on Remo will be available for about a week before
and after your training so feel free to practice, play with it and even
invite your participants to check it out before hand.
We can also provide you with an advance list of your participants and their
email addresses.
Please contact us for details of where to put your short introduction
videos.
Registration
As an instructor, you will need to register for the conference, but your
registration for training, and all other events, is free. To register,
please use this link:
https://bcc2020-register.eventbrite.com?discount=BCC2020-Instructor-0087
And please don’t redistribute that.
Cap your participants?
We have capped participation in every session at 90 (or less if
requested). We can limit the number of tickets for any training session to
less than that, and have done that for 5-6 sessions already. Please let us
know if you want participation capped. The 90 limit comes from Remo.
Additional Instructors
Online training requires more instructors than the equivalent in-person
material. Please consider additional instructors for your sessions, and
please let us know who you want to add.
Advertise!
We encourage you to advertise your session. If you are on Twitter, please
use the hashtag #BCC2020. We also encourage using/referencing @OBF_BOSC and
#UseGalaxy. The conference organizers are tweeting about each training
topic, starting last week.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding the training sessions at BCC, please
feel free to contact us via email for now, and on Discord once we have the
instructor channel up.
Thanks for everything,
Simon G and Dave C
--
Simon Gladman | Bioinformatician
Melbourne Bioinformatics
187 Grattan Street, The University of Melbourne | Victoria 3010 Australia
T +61 3 9035 5822 | M 0418 421 077
Mail: simon.gladman(a)unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.melbournebioinformatics.org.au