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BCC2020 Intructors feedback
by Simon Gladman 27 Jul '20

27 Jul '20

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.

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Please record your training lectures
by Dave Clements 17 Jul '20

17 Jul '20

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/

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Remo update: Read Right now
by Dave Clements 16 Jul '20

16 Jul '20

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/

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More info on BCC2020 Online Platform training
by Simon Gladman 14 Jul '20

14 Jul '20

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.

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Re: [bcc2020-org] More info on BCC2020 Online Platform training
by Nomi Harris 08 Jul '20

08 Jul '20

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. >> >> >> <Remo_basics_for_instructors.pdf>_______________________________________________ >> bcc2020-org mailing list -- bcc2020-org(a)lists.galaxyproject.org <mailto:bcc2020-org@lists.galaxyproject.org> >> To unsubscribe send an email to bcc2020-org-leave(a)lists.galaxyproject.org <mailto:bcc2020-org-leave@lists.galaxyproject.org> > > _______________________________________________ > Bcc2020-instructors mailing list -- bcc2020-instructors(a)lists.galaxyproject.org <mailto:bcc2020-instructors@lists.galaxyproject.org> > To unsubscribe send an email to bcc2020-instructors-leave(a)lists.galaxyproject.org <mailto:bcc2020-instructors-leave@lists.galaxyproject.org> > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Scott Cain, Ph. D. scott at scottcain dot net > GMOD Coordinator (http://gmod.org/ <http://gmod.org/>) 216-392-3087 > Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

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Correction to training sesssion times
by Simon Gladman 05 Jul '20

05 Jul '20

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

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***UNCHECKED*** Training at BCC update - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
by Simon Gladman 03 Jul '20

03 Jul '20

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

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BCC2020 update for trainers/instructors
by Simon Gladman 21 Jun '20

21 Jun '20

Hello to all of you wonderful BCC2020 instructors, This is another update for you. There is less than a month to go before the workshops! 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. 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. We will be creating a channel specific to your training session a week out for you to use for your group. Instruction platform We have decided to use Zoom as the conference platform and this includes the training sessions. Here are some of the details: - Each training session will be allocated a Zoom meeting with it’s own URL. - There will be breakout rooms available in each session if you need one of your instructors to start a subsession with a participant. 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. Technology platform training We will be offering training sessions for all instructors on the technology platforms a couple of weeks before the conference. During these sessions we will walk you through the operations of Zoom and Discord, and who to contact if you have any issues during your session. Details and session times will be emailed out in the coming weeks. 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. 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. 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 can limit the number of tickets for any training session, and have done that for 5-6 sessions already. Please let us know if you want participation capped. 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

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BCC2020 Training Update
by Simon Gladman 11 Jun '20

11 Jun '20

Hello BCC2020 instructors, This is just an update for you all. The training schedule now has a topic in every slot (that’s 225 hours of training). We have a couple of new instructors on the list and so this update will repeat some earlier information again. bcc2020.sched.com You should have received an email inviting you to login and edit your profile. Please do log in and add a pic and maybe even a biography. Let us know if you haven’t received an invite. Thank you to those that have already done this. Instruction platform We have decided to use Zoom as the conference platform and this includes the training sessions. Here are some of the details: - Each training session will be allocated a Zoom meeting with it’s own URL. - There will be breakout rooms available in each session if you need one of your instructors to start a subsession with a participant. 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. Conference Discord server We are in the process of creating a conference discord server (a free, open source chat server). If you wish you can have a channel dedicated to your training session. We envisage that this will replace the earlier advertised Gitter channel. More details will follow very soon. Technology platform training We will be offering training sessions for all instructors on the technology platforms a couple of weeks before the conference. During these sessions we will walk you through the operations of Zoom and Discord, and who to contact if you have any issues during your session. Details and session times will be emailed out in the coming weeks. 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. We would 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. We can also provide you with an advance list of your participants and their email addresses. Details about the Discord server and prerequisite video will be emailed out soon. 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 can limit the number of tickets for any training session, and have done that for 5-6 sessions already. Please let us know if you want participation capped. 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 will also tweet about each training topic in the next few weeks. 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

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2020/05/14 (or 15): Email update
by Simon Gladman 14 May '20

14 May '20

Hello BCC2020 Instructors! It’s been a few weeks since our last email: We now have only 2 open slots in the BCC West training schedule. This means we have a lot of new instructors on the list, so this update will repeat some earlier information. bcc2020.sched.com You should have received an email inviting you to login and edit your profile. Please do log in and add a pic and maybe even a biography. Let us know if you haven’t received an invite. Instructor Gitter Channel There is one! <https://gitter.im/bcc2020/Instructors> Please send us your GitHub (or GitLab or Twitter) ID, and we’ll add you. This is a good place for discussion. 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 can limit the number of tickets for any training session, and have done that for 5-6 sessions already. Please let us know if you want participation capped. 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. Instruction Platform We have not decided this, and we likely won’t decide this until June. Thanks for everything, Dave C and Simon G

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