Merge pull request #9 from sadielbartholomew/new-course-practical

Add new course introductory/summary practical session Notebook

full_course/notebooks/cf-python_regridding.ipynb

@@ -208,7 +208,10 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": true
+    "collapsed": true,
+    "jupyter": {
+     "outputs_hidden": true
+    }
    },
    "source": [
     "### Example 2: regridding from a tripolar grid"
@@ -929,7 +932,10 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": true
+    "collapsed": true,
+    "jupyter": {
+     "outputs_hidden": true
+    }
    },
    "source": [
     "### Example 7: vertical regridding"
@@ -1108,9 +1114,7 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": 38,
-   "metadata": {
-    "scrolled": false
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
      "data": {
@@ -1179,7 +1183,7 @@
  "metadata": {
   "anaconda-cloud": {},
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "Python 3",
+   "display_name": "Python 3 (ipykernel)",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -1193,9 +1197,9 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.7.6"
+   "version": "3.12.0"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
- "nbformat_minor": 1
+ "nbformat_minor": 4
 }

new_course/README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,35 @@
 # New course
 
-Consisting of:
+**Note: this new course is being trialled and therefore may change after feedback, but should be
+self-contained and sufficient to work through as-is in its current form.**
 
-* introduction module as a notebook with a practical;
-* extention modules  of notebooks and corresponding practicals to cover certain
-   topics in depth and to show the libraries in real practical use cases.
+### Setup
+
+In the form of Jupyter Notebooks. At present the course only contains the introduction/summary
+content but extension modules will be added to cover certain topics in depth and to show the
+libraries in real practical use cases.
+
+Consisting of (at present - to be extended):
+
+* introduction module:
+  * a teaching Notebook `intro_to_ncas_cf_data_tools.ipynb`
+    of introduction, setup and six sections, designed to be lectured as a taught
+    walkthrough interleaved with the corresponding practical sessions from the practical
+    Notebook below after every 2-3 sections are taught, overall taking around 45 minutes to teach
+    (but can also be followed along with independently)
+  * a practical Notebook `practical_for_intro_to_ncas_cf_data_tools.ipynb`  with
+     introductory context and reminders then six sections of practical questions with solved answers
+     for the sections matching the teaching Notebook, designed to be worked through after the
+     corresponding taught sections are presented from the above teaching
+     Notebook but can also be worked through independently)
+
+
+### Setup
+
+As a computing environment requires (at least):
+
+* service or server capable of running Jupyter Notebook, locally or hosted at location of choice
+  which could be externally or in-browser;
+* cf-python v. 3.16.2 or higher;
+* cf-plot v. 3.3.0 or higher;
+* Python v.3.8.0., the minimum Python version that is compatible with the above cf* minimum versions.