2026-04-30 in person workshop #57

Will be teaching this with @Scottan - here's a checklist of things to do for the workshop itself.

• book a teaching room - I have booked the Turing seminar room in the Coupland 1 building, even though it's apparently only bookable by Health Sciences staff - it might be worth coming up with a backup just in case).
• create new events in the training catalogue: Programming with Python
• update the custom reminder email with room details (this is sent 1 week before the course)
• advertise the course as widely as possible given the time constraint (note: there is an introduction to python running on April 16th where I would hope we could get some further interest):
  • RSE Training
  • CADIR groups
  • Research IT newsletter - message sent to Gillian
  • Intro to Python - Jonny says he will
• move applicants from the waiting list onto the new event
  • @andrewgait to email those who have been automatically added to get them to confirm attendance
• find helpers for the course:
  • @BenitoMatischen
  • @jfecroftRSE
  • Make a Teams chat for trainers
• create an Outlook calendar event and invite helpers and ResearchITNews@manchester.ac.uk
• check for last-minute applicants (< 1 week before the event) and email them the details from the custom reminder email
• Send email with details 1 day before the event
• Prepare materials for the course (extension leads, sticky notes etc.)
• Prepare a powerpoint presentation for the opening bit of the course. #103
  • @douglowe has some slides at https://slides.com/douglowe/advanced-python-remote-teaching/ and https://slides.com/douglowe/programming-python-remote-teaching which we can take and update (need instructions for being in person, make sure feedback form is correct, check details)
• Decide how to split teaching between trainers.:
  • Andrew morning
  • Scott afternoon

We will also run through the current issues list in the repo and deal with any that are straightforward to do in the next few weeks ahead of the workshop.