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If students encounter issues accessing the edupod.cns.utexas.edu virtual host (e.g. https://edupod.cns.utexas.edu to access the RStudio server), have them try accessing a specific server instead. For example:
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Desktop file system access via Samba
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Once a class is over, it is marked as "No longer active" in the EDU pod account management interface. Once a class is inactive, associated accounts are deleted and their Home directories directories archived to TACC's ranch tape archive system and removed from Edu POD EDU pod storage. Home directories for students that are still enrolled in other classes are not affected. Work area directories class and class/semester directories are also archived to ranch at the same time, but are not removed.
Software
The Edu POD will have all EDU pod has standard POD utilities and bioinformatics software installed . In addition, instructors wish to make use of both as well as web-based application servers: JupyterHub server with Python3 and R Studio server, so those will be installed on all EDU Edu compute servers..
The web-based applications are accessed from a menu at https://edupod.cns.utexas.edu.
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Instructors may also request that additional software be installed. Such requests should be made at least two weeks before the start of a class. However, since users cannot install Python packages in the JupyterHub server environment, requests to install of Python packages into the JupyterHub environment will generally be handled within one or two business days.
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There is a web-based UI for managing courses and enrollment, accessible by the Admin, by Instructors and by TAs:
This is a separate account management from the standard BRCF account management UI. Like the standard BRCF web application, the EUD POD course management application is accessible only from the UT campus network or with the UT VPN service active.
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- CNBR (required) - the class number identifier (e.g. Bio369i)
- Year (required) - calendar year for the course (e.g. 2021)
- Semester (required) - semester for the course (e.g. Fall, Spring, Summer)
- Unique ID (required) - unique number for one of the course sections
- any 5-digit number is ok
- Instructor (optional) - a single instructor account
- if there is more than one instructor, additional instructors can be listed as TAs
- TAs (optional) - TA account(s)
- Students (optional) - active student accounts
- Dropped students (optional) - students who were once active but are no longer in the class
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The UI provides bulk upload of student information for a course in the Edit Edu Course interface.
Initially, instructors will browse their local computers to upload a Roster file using the "Class Roster" field. Once this is done that roster can be selected from the Rosters listed on the "Class Roster" page.
The Class Roster uploaded should be in CSV format, with a column named EID or UTEID that lists the student UT EIDs. Other columns may be present but will be ignored. The CSV file lines must be terminated with a linefeed character (e.g. CR+LF, as on Windows, or just LF as in Unix). Note that some Mac applications use a single CR to terminate lines – this will not work.
Re-uploading will be allowedis supported, adding any new entries ( but not deleting any missing ones).
Individual account management
To add students to a course, the account first needs to be created if it is not already in the system (e.g., if the account does not appear in the TAs or Students lists).
The Edu Accounts page (https://rctf-account-request.icmb.utexas.edu/edu-pod/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=edupod_user) lists all existing known accounts, and the Add New Account page (https://rctf-account-request.icmb.utexas.edu/edu-pod/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=edupod_user) can be used to create new accountsadd EID accounts to the system, just by typing in the EID then Publishing the information.
Account information maintained for Edu POD accounts includes:
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