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Quick Start Guide

Once you’ve registered, you’re ready to begin exploring the NDP. This Quick Start Guide will walk you through the essential steps to get started:

  1. Explore your Dashboard

  2. Create your first Research Project

  3. Set up your first Group

After completing this guide, you’ll be directed to the Workspace Setup Tutorial, where you’ll learn how to create and work within your first workspace.

Note: To complete this guide, you must have at least one registered partner.

Dashboard

Your Dashboard is your central hub for organizing your work on NDP. It includes three main sections:

  • Workspaces: Displays all the workspaces you’re part of. To learn more about how workspaces function, see Workspace Overview.

  • Research Projects: Shows the research projects you’ve created or joined. These projects support collaboration with research groups and help you develop and share workspaces. You’ll create your first research project in the next section.

  • Education: Lists the Classrooms and Data Challenges you’re involved in. If you have educator credentials, this section will also include the ones you’re hosting. For more details, visit Education Hub.

Creating your first Research Project

1 - Click Add and select New Research Project

2 - Fill in the project creation form, including a title, description, and the participating institution(s).

3 - If the project is funded, select Yes to add lead investigator and funding organization information.

4 - Click Set up Project.

Groups

Groups enable collaboration within research projects. All group members share access to the same workspaces and a 5GB shared storage space in JupyterHub. You can have multiple groups under a single research project, but you can only contribute to groups you are a member of.

5 - Click Add a Group.

6 - Provide a name for your group. Avoid special characters and date formats, as this name will be used to create a folder in JupyterHub.

7 - Enter your email and the emails of other group members (you’ll need at least one registered partner). If any email is not registered, an error will appear.

8 - Click Add group to save it. You can edit group members later if needed.

9 - Click Add a Workspace. You’ll see that there are no active workspaces yet (this is expected). You’ll set up your first workspace in the next tutorial. Click Cancel.

10 - Click Save Project to finalize your project setup.

11 - Once saved, continue to the Workspace Setup Tutorial to create and launch your first workspace. Before you do, make sure to review the important notes below.

Important Notes

  • Only the project creator can add new groups to a research project.

  • As a group creator, you can add or remove members. Group members (who didn’t create the group) can add new members but cannot remove existing ones.

  • If your group requires more than the default 5GB of shared storage, please contact the NDP team. We also recommend reviewing the PVC Policy for storage guidelines and retention rules.

  • You can create and edit workspaces within any group you belong to.