In my previous workshop we had a classroom of windows computers that were preinstalled with virtualbox running an ubuntu image. All had full root access to their computers and could install anything when the need arised. There were no hassles during the workshop and I believe it worked out very well.
Regards, Olav On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:10 PM, C. Titus Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > what about mybinder? > > tl; dr: my binder provides an almost completely configurable Jupyter-based > system that runs in anonymous Docker containers on Google Compute Engine. > > mybinder.org > ivory.idyll.org/blog/2016-mybinder.html - blog post on mybinder > > I’ve used mybinder for several workshops recently, including: > > Introduction to Jupyter — https://github.com/ngs-docs/2016-mar-jupyter/ > Oslo workshop on reproducibility — > https://2016-oslo-repeatability.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ > Short-read sequence trimming — > https://2016-short-read-trimming.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ > > The only real problem we’ve run into is that copy/paste into the Jupyter > terminal window from other apps doesn’t work 10-20% of the time, but it can > be overcome. > > I’ve been letting the mybinder folk know when I use it for classes, but > the experience has been nearly flawless in terms of using > already-configured containers. > > I would be happy to host a Google Hangout to talk through it with people > if there’s interest. > > cheers, > —titus > > On Mar 28, 2016, at 11:53 AM, 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >
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