I have received a positive answer from everyone who answered (all but one, so far), so let us make a remote lecture tomorrow. So please:
- Connect to https://zoom.us/j/7911012202 with a web browser between 2:45pm and 3pm, so that you can check that your connection, web browser, etc. works ahead of time.
- If you have not used zoom before, you will be asked to download and install one application.
- If all goes well, you will be connected to the virtual room. If not, try again. I will online there from 2:45 onwards.
Zoom works in most OSs and on Firefox, Chrome (and derivatives), Edge, IE, and Safari. iOS and Android need a specific app. If you use Ubuntu Linux do not use a session using Wayland as window server; start an X11 session.
I will ask you to use Rodin during the lecture, so please make sure you have it in working condition.
See you tomorrow.
Cheers,
Manuel
Manuel Carro manuel.carro@imdea.org writes:
Hi, everyone. There have been several updates since I wrote the message quoted below. It is not unlikely that the 2 week quarantine may be extended; that means continuing as we are now until past Easter, which is way too long. On the other hand, we have been urged to do all we can to provide online instruction.
So I am switching gears. While I think that the lecture I had planned next does not readily adapt itself to remote lecturing, giving it a try can be interesting. So my proposal is to lecture remotely. Moreover, I suggest having *tomorrow* (Thursday) the lecture that would have corresponded to today (Wednesday). There are reasons for doing it tomorrow, but I do not want to be verbose now.
You'll of course need a connection that is able to sustain video conference; I think that most current connections are.
Then, if scheduling a 3pm-5pm remote lecture tomorrow [*] is OK to you, please let me know. If it is *not OK*, please let me know as well, to consider calling it off. If the outcome is yes, I will send you further instructions.
[*] I am in principle shortening the lecture, as I a 3-hour computer lecture may be to much.
Best,
Manuel
Manuel Carro manuel.carro@imdea.org writes:
Dear all,
I assume you all are aware of the latest news related to the coronavirus in Madrid: Universities (and all the schools, actually) will be closed until March 26th, Thu. While we do not lecture at the University, I think that I should follow the order: coming to the campus also potentially exposes you to the virus due to public transportation.
So we won't have lectures for at least three weeks. I was planning to do hands-on sessions with Rodin with lots of explanations on the process. Since that does not lend itself to self-study, I will make slides on other parts of the course that can be independently studied to, at least, be able to advance somewhat. I will let you know when they are ready.
Best,