HI Maneesha, We've had that at a recent workshop. We tried to prepare for this by making sure that all lesson repos and datasets are copied onto a number of flashdrives - including all software installers for the 3 operating systems (should there be installation issues at the beginning of the workshop). We also try to encourage participants to install the required R packages during tea/lunch time or somewhere during the course of the day rather than while we're busy with the workshop.
We lost access to the etherpad, but at least the lessons can progress smoothly. It's of course another story if you want to run the github part of the git lesson. We just ran a demo of the git lesson's local repo setup, add, commit, status, etc. We decided to use some of the time originally allocated to the git lesson for more R, which meant we got a little bit further with R in exchange for only running a git demo. Hope this helps. Anelda -----Original Message----- From: Discuss [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maneesha Sane Sent: 02 December 2015 09:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Discuss] Running workshop w/limited or unreliable internet 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
