We've talked about this at a few debriefing sessions (in circumstances where the internet went out). In addition to installers on USB drives, remember to have additional packages (in R, that might be dplyr, ggplot2, etc) as well as the data (zip file) used for lessons. Also remember that the Git portions involving GitHub would be affected, as well as the use of the etherpad and any other web-based resources (Socrative, etc).
If you know ahead of time that internet connectivity for all students might be a problem, then I would probably do some of the Git collaboration exercises as a demo (rather than having students follow along). I would reinforce for students to do their installs ahead of time, and also think of different ways of distributing resources (like compile links for a follow-up email to students). It would be challenging, but doable. On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Matt Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Bringing a few USB keys with all the necessary installers (Anaconda, Git, > Mac OS X command line tools, SWC windows installers, etc) is the big one I > think. Once the workshop gets going there isn't so much demand on the > network. > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 11:22 AM Maneesha Sane < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi - >> >> I have a question for those of you who may have been instructors, >> organizers, or hosts at workshops where you had limited internet >> connectivity. It's come up at some sites I've talked to where the host >> isn't sure they can get a space where 20+ people can be on line at the >> same time. If you've been in this situation how have you handled it? >> All suggestions welcome. Thanks! >> >> -- >> Best, >> Maneesha Sane >> Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry >> Program Coordinator >> https://software-carpentry.org/ >> http://www.datacarpentry.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org > -- Kate L. Hertweck, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology The University of Texas at Tyler 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, TX 75799 Email: [email protected] Office: BEP 103, 903.565.5882 https://www.uttyler.edu/biology/
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