Hi folks,

Just saw this post thanks to the Carpentry Clippings link.

Using the Software Carpentry Infrastructure 
<https://github.com/AgileBioFoundry/2019-02.26-28-cell-factory-design-course/tree/gh-pages>,
 I recently taught a concurrent, multi-site 2-day cell factory design workshop 
<https://agilebiofoundry.github.io/2019-02.26-28-cell-factory-design-course/> 
as a guest lecturer for a  graduate course in Biochemical Engineering at 
Washington State University.
The setup was:
 * Half the class was in Richland, WA 
 * the other half was in Pullman, WA , 
 * we had helpers in both locations, 
 *  the WSU A/V team provided  video cameras  so we could all see each other 
 * my computer screen was shared to both locations
 To minimize installation issues, students were encouraged to use Binder 
<https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/agilebiofoundry/2019-02.26-28-cell-factory-design-course/master>,
 although as a backup, I built and installed a conda virtual environment  
<https://agilebiofoundry.github.io/2019-02.26-28-cell-factory-design-course/setup/>on
 one of the student's laptops prior to the workshop.   

The WSU A/V team was available to addresss the two technical issues that came 
up.
 * One had to do with a Mac HDCP 2.2 incompatibilty 
<https://www.howtogeek.com/208917/htg-explains-how-hdcp-breaks-your-hdtv-and-how-to-fix-it/>
 that we worked around by chaining the dongles to convert HDMI -> VGA -> HDMI 
 * The other was that the internet went down at WSU Pullman for about 5 
minutes,but they were able to get back online and we picked up right where we 
left off.  
Despite these issues, the students had a great time, provided really positive 
feedback and I have been invited to teach it again next semester.

Sincerely,

Jeremy

------------------------------------------
The Carpentries: discuss
Permalink: 
https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tdbb06d88211480b5-M83a8bb14d3afec41c34d7029
Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription

Reply via email to