Shibboleth 2022, April 4-8

[Erin Murtha <>]

InCommon Shibboleth Workshop

Virtual Training

 

April 4 - 8, 2022

Meet the Class: Monday at 2:00 - 3:00 ET

Live Office Hours: Tuesday – Friday from 2:00 - 4:00 ET

 

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You are receiving this note because you registered for the virtual InCommon Shibboleth Training Workshop, April 4 - 8, 2022. Here is some important information to make your experience productive and enjoyable. 

 

Our Zoom link for the week: https://internet2.zoom.us/j/96707423362?pwd=UWNDNFNqRGxiRjRYaGVxUUE4OEtUdz09 

 

 

Access to Content

This training workshop’s content is hosted in Canvas.

 

1. Log into Canvas:

Please follow these instructions to enroll in the class:

 

1) Begin the enrollment process by navigating to Canvas at https://incommon.org/training

2) Select your Organization, or Google if your organization is not part of InCommon.

3) Login with your organizational credentials

4) Once this step is complete, you will be added to the Canvas class the next day.

 

Initially, you will only be able to see the course home page. We schedule module releases to keep the course conversation on schedule for all participants, so check in nightly at 8:00 pm ET for module releases.

 

Please note you will not have access to any of the modules until Monday, April 4th! Please let us know if you run into any problems with the process.

 

 

2. Key Access Dates:

Below is a list of access dates and activities:

 

No later than March 28th:

• Access to a dedicated Slack channel for the course (feel free to begin chatting right away!). Look for your invitation in your email.
• Follow the Canvas login instructions from above so we can add you to the class prior to the first day.

 

Monday, April 4th

• Access to course materials
• Access to virtual machine
• Begin self-paced learning in modules 0 and 1
• Attend a class welcome from 2:00 - 3:00 ET

 

Tuesday, April 5 - Friday, April 8

• Check the syllabus for work to complete before virtual office hours. 
• NOTE: modules will automatically unlock at 8 pm the evening before our sessions.
• Attend virtual office hours with the instructors daily from 2:00 - 4:00 ET

 

Friday, April 29

• Access to VM terminates

 

Friday, July 1 

• Access to Canvas course materials terminates
• A dedicated Slack channel for the course terminates

 

Collaboration Tools:

 

Slack 

You will receive an invitation to join the class’s dedicated Slack channel. This is our primary mode of communication and our instructors watch this channel closely. Please feel free to ask questions there, provide course feedback, or share a picture of your lunch. The options are endless!

 

Office Hours

This course is primarily self-paced but please know that you’re never alone. In addition to our Slack channel, join us on Monday, April 4th at 2:00 pm ET to meet our instructors and one another. Our instructors will host office hours daily on Tuesday - Friday from 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET. Please come prepared to discuss the assignments as scheduled in the course syllabus and ask any and all of your questions! Look for a calendar invitation that includes the link to the Zoom session (or access it on the course homepage in Canvas) for each of these sessions!

 

If you have any questions about the workshop or its technical content, please send a note to . You can also use the Slack channel named shibtraining-april2022 for an even faster response. :) 

 

We have three fantastic instructors (Paul Caskey, Paul Riddle, and Kathy Wright) who are very much looking forward to meeting you all!

 

 

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Erin Murtha

Director, InCommon Academy