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Dates: Feb 15-19, 2021 More info: [Course website]

First of all, thank you for volunteering to help out with this workshop! This event is only possible because of our amazing community of instructors, so THANK YOU!

This course will run non-stop in all time zones, and we will need a lot of instructors online to pull this off. Instructors offer support to participants via chat (Slack) and can start 1-on-1 video calls for participants to share their screen if useful.

I would like to help out as an instructor!

Thank you!!!!

To join this event as an instructor, please:

  1. Register Here TODO
  2. Join [the Slack]({{ site.config.support_join }}) a. Join the #instructors channel

Some more information about the workshop logistics are listed below, and if you have any further questions, please ask us in Slack!

I would like to present a training at this workshop!

Awesome! This workshop will feature numerous modules, where we offer a large number of training sessions, and participants can choose which ones to follow.

Please see the Speaker Information if you are interested in offering a training session for this workshop.

Course Logistics

We will have an instructors call at the end of January, to go over the course logistics and where you can ask any questions you may have, but below is some information:

Slack

We have a [Slack channel]({{ site.config.support_link }}) for the workshop, that we wil use both for communication and preparation before the course. During the week of the workshop, the participants will join Slack as well to ask their questions.

Each training session has a dedicated Slack channel:

  • Participants will ask questions here
  • Channels are prefixed by the module and session,
    • E.g. **#1-1_galaxy-intro **is the Slack channel for day 1, session 1.
  • Instructors can start 1-on-1 video calls with participants
    • Participants can share their screen, if needed
  • Each channel has a dedicated FAQ document associated with it (see below)

FAQ documents

Each training session has a FAQ (frequently asked question) document associated with it.

  • These are pinned to each Slack channel.
    • Access pinned messages via "i" icon on top-right of channel
  • Before workshop: fill this FAQ document with common questions you anticipate
  • During workshop: add to this FAQ document
    • If you receive questions that others might have as well
    • This will help both participants, as well as other instructors

Registration

Registration is not yet open

Administrative Contact

Instructors, if you notice what you suspect is a server-side issue, please join/post to the #admins channel for vetting/review. For confirmed issues, we will notify @all at the #instructors channel with summary details, status, and potential work-arounds.

Note: Please have students try at least ONE rerun for tool failures to eliminate transient server/cluster issues first. Also keep in mind that most tool failures, regardless of the reported failure reason stated on the "bug" icon report or within a red error dataset (the stderr), are related to input problems. The current problem could also be related to problems with upstream steps (prior empty results were input, etc). Use the "rerun" icon and the "i" job details icon to review the original inputs/settings. Teaching students how to troubleshoot their own input/parameter issues using rerun/job-details could also be part of your course.

When reporting technical issues for vetting, please include:

  1. Your #training-session-channel

  2. The server URL where the issue is presenting

    • UseGalaxy.org
    • UseGalaxy.eu
    • UseGalaxy.org.eu
    • Other

  3. Full tool name, including the version (copied from the top of the tool form)

  4. Or, explain what is going wrong (functionality, other)

  5. A history share link that contains an example error, and note which dataset number to review. The rerun should be in that same history. Please leave inputs/outputs undeleted.

  6. Include screenshots as appropriate. Please make sure these capture the browser URL, the full tool form as executed ("rerun" icon), and the expanded input/output datasets in the history panel for the quickest feedback.

After the Workshop

The workshop materials will remain online for people to follow on their own (until they become too outdated). We will direct questions to our Gitter channel instead of Slack then.