Check that they are not blocking any ports you need. On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Andrea Zonca <[email protected]> wrote:
> With locked-down machines, the learners already loose the opportunity to > have a working environment on their laptop at the end of the workshop. > At this point, the easiest I believe is to just setup Jupyterhub on a > server and then use the embedded shell (Terminado) to teach bash and git, > and then the Notebook for Python or R. So they only need a browser on the > local machines. > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:23 AM Matt Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You'll definitely need to work with the IT staff at the lab. A VM isn't >> useful if you can't install get VirtualBox installed, for example, and >> you'll want the VM pre-loaded so you don't have an entire lab trying to >> download hundreds of MB on the day of the workshop. On the other hand, many >> pieces of software work fine installed by a non-admin and it may not be an >> issue. I would see about getting touch with the lab IT staff and seeing >> what they think of the SWC installation instructions. >> >> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 9:44 AM Mike Smorul <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A VM is one option. We've run workshops (not SWC/DC) based on VM's that >>> have been pretty successful. You end up w/ a lot fewer setup issues, but >>> there's less take-away for students unless you run them through EC2 or >>> similar where they can walk away w/ a working VM/image. >>> >>> If it's a locked down lab you're teaching in, most sites tend to have >>> some procedure for getting new software installed. Your host may have a >>> better idea about this. Be prepared to hand them a complete set of >>> instructions for installation and more importantly a set of tests they can >>> run locally to ensure everything is installed (ie, open r studio, run >>> x,y,z, or open this software, click click click and you should see x,y,z) >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Discuss [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Adam Obeng >>> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 12:31 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [Discuss] Workshop with locked-down machines >>> >>> Dear colleagues, >>> >>> >>> A workshop next month is using machines on which the users don't have >>> admin access. As far as I can tell, that means that if there are any >>> installation issues that we can't anticipate, they'll be stuck. >>> >>> Do you have any experience of similar circumstances, or any advice on >>> how to proceed in this situation? Use a VM, perhaps? >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- [email protected]
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