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Tour of the Discovery Environment

learning-objectives

  • Sign up and log in to the Discovery Environment

  • Familiarize with the major menu items

  • Create a folder for data and analysis

Description: In this module, we will introduce the web interface of the Discovery Environment. This will be done by navigating through all the major menu items and familiarizing on what you can do for each menu. Lastly, we will try to create your own folder for your data and analysis which can be used for your data and subsequent modules.

Input Data:

Input

Description

Example

Self-guided Discovery Environment Tour

  1. Log into the CyVerse Discovery Environment.

  2. Familiarize with platform by hovering and clicking among the different options:

      1. Use the search bar where you can search for anything in the Data, Apps, and Analyses panels.

      1. Use the question bar to chat with CyVerse support.

      1. Use the bag feature to organize items you want to download (e.g. like an online shopping cart).

      1. Use notifications to see the history and status of analyses and data sharing, and other transactions.

  3. On the left-hand sidebar, click on the following to see what is available:

      1. Home - Discovery Environment dashboard

      1. Data - Interface to the Datastore including your personal and shared data

      1. Apps - Applications

      1. Analyses - Status and history of analysis jobs

      1. Cloud shell - Quicklaunch of a linux shell

      1. Teams - Organize collaborators and sharing

      1. Collections - Public collections of applications and data

      1. Help - Help and support

  4. Go back to the Data menu and familiarize with the options:

      1. Your home folder

      1. “Shared with me” folder

      1. “Community Data” folder

      1. “Trash”

    Try it!

    In your home folder create a “raw_data” and a “results” folder

Output/Results

Output

Description

Example

Description of output and results

Self Assessment Questions

Question

Q1. Which of the following is NOT part of the Menu options

  1. Data

  2. Apps

  3. Home

  4. Videos

Answer

Correct answer is D.

Question

Q2. Question

  1. Choice A

  2. Choice B

  3. Choice C

  4. Choice C

Answer

Correct answer is ANSWER

Question

Q3. Question

  1. Choice A

  2. Choice B

  3. Choice C

  4. Choice C

Answer

Correct answer is ANSWER

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