Contributing

How It Works

Walkthroughs are short (~30 minutes) demonstrations, taught by volunteers from within the Tech group. The sessions are then written up and shared here for future reference as blog posts.

Target Audience

Our primary audience is NBIS staff and affiliates, both bioinformaticians and managers.

• For Learners: Provides regular, practical training on our core technology stack.
• For Managers: Highlights the importance of regular training and informs them of the teams’ collective capabilities.

Contributing & Suggesting Walkthroughs

We use GitHub Issues to manage the walkthrough pipeline:

1. Suggest a Topic: Create a new Issue to propose a tool or topic you’d like to see covered.
2. Vote on Topics: Use the reactions feature 👍 to upvote topics you’re interested in.
3. Volunteer to Teach: Anyone can volunteer to prepare and demonstrate a walkthrough. You don’t need to be an expert - just be willing to learn and share!
4. Write it Up: After the demo, the walkthrough should be written up as a blog post, which will be reviewed and published here. Anyone can contribute to the write-up.

Further Discussion

Start a discussion on our Discussions page or reach out on the #tech-group-rse-tools channel on NBIS Slack.