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Welcome to the class! This is the home page for the Introduction to Biocomputing class. From this page, you can link to all of the content needed to work through the course.

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Logistics:

We will meet  at FNT 1.104 from Tuesday May 27 to Friday May 30 at 1:30-4:30pm for our class.

In-person attendance is recommended, because the course is designed to be interactive, and following code remotely is sometimes difficult. However, if you would like to attend virtually, use this zoom link: 

https://utexas.zoom.us/j/96012546979?pwd=Xx4Je9KHZVKSFJFhAQwuwWGihL1kyS.1

Zoom Instructions:

Please make sure your zoom version is updated ( and that you have a zoom account )

-- this is  required to join a UT-sponsored Zoom session. See this link for more details about zoom requirements:  https://zoom.its.utexas.edu/home

Other setup:

Please make sure you have an ssh client installed on your computer. All macs come with terminal, so no installation is required. For windows laptops, install putty and winSCP.

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For now, just copy the appropriate line above, paste it into your Terminal window (after logging on), then press Enter.

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Logging in via RStudio web

If you're attending remotely or do not have access to the UT VPN, you can use the Terminal functionality in the RStudio web application.

To access the Terminal built into RStudio Server.

  • Click on this link: 

  • Enter your studentNN account name and our password, then click the Sign In button

  • In the RStudio web application, select the Terminal tab above the text entry window on the left.

You should now see a command line in the RStudio window.

In the RStudio Terminal, if the default color for directories is difficult to see against its white background, execute this line to display directory names in blue.

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