Introduction
How is the course set up?
As you can see from the programme, there is a mixture of live-streamed sessions and practicals with live support from trainers.
Applications
| Slack | To communicate outside of live sessions and during interactive sessions we will use Slack. Please read the Slack help sheet for more information. |
| Q&A document | Q&A document is often used for writing questions about any session. You may write your questions before or after the session. This document is useful especially when you are not able to ask your question during the live session. |
| Zoom | Zoom is a video communication platform that we will be using to host the course. Please review the Zoom help page for more information. |
Where can I ask questions?
- The trainers will let you know how best to ask questions during the session
- Research-related questions can be direct messaged to trainers, although there is no guarantee they will answer them.
- If you have any problems with accessing the course, please post them to the #technical-support Slack channel, which will be monitored by the team throughout the course (09:00 – 17:00). If you can’t access slack, you can email Christelle
Our advice for making the most of this course
- Turn off all other internet-using devices
- Embrace the community. There are many other trainees on this course who want to start using bioinformatics in their research, so do reach out to them
Participant expectations and course certificates
Participants are expected to attend all sessions. In order to receive a certificate of attendance, you must attend a minimum of 90% of the course. Exceptions may be made in exceptional circumstances at the course organisers’ discretion.