eLabFTW for Teaching
Service description
Electronic lab notebooks are becoming increasingly important in everyday research.
In order to introduce students to the professional use of digital laboratory documentation at an early stage, ZIM at HHU provides an eLabFTW instance specifically for use in teaching.
This instance offers the same range of functions as the main instance. The two parallel services enable a clear separation of teaching and research.
Thus, students can learn how to use electronic lab books without worrying about jeopardising or even losing valuable scientific work.
The service is available free of charge to all teaching staff and their students.
Guidance on usage
Please note the terms of use listed here before using the eLabFTW teaching instance.
You also require a university username.
Please note that the use of the eLabFTW teaching instance is only permitted for teaching purposes. Use for pure research purposes is not permitted.
Authentication
The web application eLabFTW runs on the HHU servers and is open source software.
You can apply for a new team here:
Once you have successfully registered, you can log in here with your university ID:
New users can be added by team admins in eLabFTW using the admin panel.
To do this, the person must be added to the team and then the university username of the person must be specified in a subsequent step. More detailed instructions can be found in HHU’s Wiki:
Deletion of content
Unlike in the main instance of eLabFTW, it is generally possible to delete content in the teaching instance.
If you would like to familiarise yourself with the software first, please use the publicly accessible demo version of eLabFTW:
Access and personal data
Team admins are obliged to deactivate accesses that are no longer required.
Users will not be charged any fees for the service.
Official documentation and FAQ for eLabFTW:
Help pages in HHU’s Wiki:
‘Inside ELN’ - HHU user group in the wiki:
Tutorial videos:
- In the HHU media library: https://mediathek.hhu.de/playlist/410
- ORCA.nrw: https://www.orca.nrw/elabftw
Why you should use an ELN: