# Announcements

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## [Highlighting the Blog category](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/highlighting-the-blog-category/26844)

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**Author:** [@wakecarter](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/wakecarter)\
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**Last updated:** [January 15, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/highlighting-the-blog-category/26844 "2022-01-15T20:29:37Z")

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I’ve just moved a few of the forum’s top posts that look like people might want to refer back to into the blog category. If there’s a post that you often find yourself searching for, let me know, so it can be considered…

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## [PsychoPy 2021.1.0 released](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-2021-1-0-released/20671)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-2021-1-0-released/20671 "2021-09-22T11:29:57Z")

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Brings lots of fixes, better layout of component params and a new Button Component to make it easy to execute callback code from a text button Do be careful, as always with a .0 release (i.e 1st release in a new series)…

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## [3-day workshop tickets available! US and UK timezones](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/3-day-workshop-tickets-available-us-and-uk-timezones/24807)

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**Author:** [@Becca](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Becca)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/3-day-workshop-tickets-available-us-and-uk-timezones/24807 "2021-09-03T10:36:49Z")

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Tickets are now available for our 3-day course on US east coast timezone you can read more about course content and purchase tickets here. If you would like a departmental session or more specific training please conta…

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## [Version 2021.2.3 is online, and it's really a good time to upgrade!](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/version-2021-2-3-is-online-and-its-really-a-good-time-to-upgrade/24539)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/version-2021-2-3-is-online-and-its-really-a-good-time-to-upgrade/24539 "2021-08-13T10:34:15Z")

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Just to let you know that 2021.2.3 is released. Notable fixes: that annoying thing on macOS where the app appears to freeze until you click on it in the dock an issue with useVersion that meant not all of the old code …

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## [Workshop tickets available! (US timezone)](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/workshop-tickets-available-us-timezone/22881)

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**Author:** [@Becca](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Becca)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/workshop-tickets-available-us-timezone/22881 "2021-07-06T11:23:26Z")

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Hi There, We have some spaces available for our upcoming session next week! Please see below for details on training events: 3-day workshops Our next set of 3-day workshops are scheduled for May 19th-21st (Eastern Stan…

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## [New PsychoPy publication 2019 (cite this for Builder studies)](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/new-psychopy-publication-2019-cite-this-for-builder-studies/6610)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/new-psychopy-publication-2019-cite-this-for-builder-studies/6610 "2021-04-28T14:30:41Z")

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We finally published an updated PsychoPy paper, finally described the Builder interface in a journal article! If you use recent versions of PsychoPy, especially the Builder then you should cite this instead of the outda…

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## [Workshop tickets available!](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/workshop-tickets-available/21887)

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**Author:** [@Becca](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Becca)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/workshop-tickets-available/21887 "2021-04-05T10:17:24Z")

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Hi There, Now that pavlovia is back up and going I am pleased to share info on upcoming training events! We have spaced left for our event next week - please get in touch if interested. See all details below …

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## [SERVER NEWS: final merge](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/server-news-final-merge/21640)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 40\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 8:55am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/server-news-final-merge/21640 "2021-03-26T08:55:52Z")

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Pavlovia is currently offline while the final merge goes ahead. The final merge of data from pre/post fire is currently under way. We’ll be back online as soon as possible - should be up and running this afternoon. Upda…

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## [SERVER NEWS: Pavlovia back online, data merged, all systems operational](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/server-news-pavlovia-back-online-data-merged-all-systems-operational/21711)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/server-news-pavlovia-back-online-data-merged-all-systems-operational/21711 "2021-03-25T18:56:06Z")

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Writing to let you know that Pavlovia is fully back online. All data/accounts from pre/post fire are now merged and all systems are operational again. Huge thanks to Alain in all he achieved mitigating the consequences o…

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## [SERVER NEWS: Data from pre-fire now available at tmplovia.org](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/server-news-data-from-pre-fire-now-available-at-tmplovia-org/21552)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/server-news-data-from-pre-fire-now-available-at-tmplovia-org/21552 "2021-03-25T18:55:11Z")

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Good news! We have access to the Strasbourg server data again, right up to the point where the power was cut. We’ve made that data available for immediate download again. For data being saved as csv files (and any chang…

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## [SERVER NEWS: Pavlovia downtime for final merge](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/server-news-pavlovia-downtime-for-final-merge/21600)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/server-news-pavlovia-downtime-for-final-merge/21600 "2021-03-23T22:13:37Z")

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Thanks for your patience and support during the unbelievable last week we’ve had. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about then see this post about the fire in our datacenter provider last week). I’m writing to let you…

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## [Getting studies running again on Pavlovia](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/getting-studies-running-again-on-pavlovia/21261)

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**Author:** [@thomas\_pronk](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/thomas_pronk)\
**Replies:** 40\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/getting-studies-running-again-on-pavlovia/21261 "2021-03-23T08:50:47Z")

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This thread contains some advice on running studies on Pavlovia, given recent developments. Recap of developments (details here and here) Wed 10 March, 3:30 AM (UTC), a fire broke out in a data center, causing pavlovi…

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## [How to stay informed about our progress in restoring Pavlovia](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/how-to-stay-informed-about-our-progress-in-restoring-pavlovia/21530)

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**Author:** [@thomas\_pronk](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/thomas_pronk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/how-to-stay-informed-about-our-progress-in-restoring-pavlovia/21530 "2021-03-20T16:59:54Z")

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In the near future, we’ll make announcements whenever something important happens in relation to restoring/merging the Pavlovia database of the 4th of March (when the fire at our datacenter happened). If you’d like to r…

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## [Pavlovia is currently down: fire at datacenter](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/pavlovia-is-currently-down-fire-at-datacenter/21156)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 38\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/pavlovia-is-currently-down-fire-at-datacenter/21156 "2021-03-11T17:07:27Z")

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Update: We can confirm that the pavlovia server was fortunately in a building that was not affected by the fire. We are currently waiting to hear when OVH will be able to turn the power back on and we will update you as …

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## [Tickets available for PsychoPy workshop next week](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/tickets-available-for-psychopy-workshop-next-week/19419)

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**Author:** [@Becca](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Becca)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/tickets-available-for-psychopy-workshop-next-week/19419 "2021-01-11T18:33:50Z")

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Dear all, There are some tickets available for our 3-day PsychoPy workshops next week which will be run on US (East coast) time-zone. Tickets can be purchased here :point\_right: https://pavlovia.org/store If you have …

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## [Tickets available for 3-day workshop (Next week)](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/tickets-available-for-3-day-workshop-next-week/18770)

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**Author:** [@Becca](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Becca)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/tickets-available-for-3-day-workshop-next-week/18770 "2021-01-04T14:29:28Z")

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Dear all, We still have some availability on our 3-day workshop next week for anyone wishing to receive in-depth ‘hands-on’ training with the team. Tickets can be purchased here https://pavlovia.org/store/workshops/202…

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## [Introducing Todd Parsons](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/introducing-todd-parsons/13066)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/introducing-todd-parsons/13066 "2020-11-28T08:46:56Z")

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Welcome to our new member of staff, @TParsons . Todd is funded for the next year from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant and will be working on the Python code, both the application, the Python library, and the output…

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## [Tickets available for 3-day workshop (November)](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/tickets-available-for-3-day-workshop-november/17841)

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**Author:** [@Becca](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Becca)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/tickets-available-for-3-day-workshop-november/17841 "2020-11-16T18:43:09Z")

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Dear all, We still have some tickets available for our upcoming 3-day workshop (Nov 18th-20th UK timezone) for anyone working with a budget who would like hands on support with the team https://pavlovia.org/store/worksh…

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## [New release 2020.2.5](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/new-release-2020-2-5/17521)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/new-release-2020-2-5/17521 "2020-10-25T17:49:50Z")

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PsychoPy 2020.2.5 is now out. This is a bug-fix release with a lot of fixes. Thanks so much to our new team of developers, as well as the wonderful volunteer contributors, that are squashing bugs faster than ever! https…

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## [Tickets for PsychoPy workshops available](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/tickets-for-psychopy-workshops-available/16482)

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**Author:** [@Becca](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Becca)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/tickets-for-psychopy-workshops-available/16482 "2020-10-16T15:03:08Z")

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We will now be running our 3-day workshops more frequently and on different time-zones! Tickets for the first dates are available here: 23rd – 25th Sept (UK time) 7th – 9th Oct (USA eastern) Please note that …

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## [Release 2020.2.3 fixing launch issues for macOS Catalina/Mojave](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/release-2020-2-3-fixing-launch-issues-for-macos-catalina-mojave/15886)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/release-2020-2-3-fixing-launch-issues-for-macos-catalina-mojave/15886 "2020-08-28T12:46:59Z")

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Hi folks, I’ve spent most of this week battling with Apple’s “Gatekeeper”. This used to be a relatively minor annoyance - it used to complain that we weren’t a known developer so you’d have to agree to the app running. T…

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## [Important: policy change on Pavlovia for](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/important-policy-change-on-pavlovia-for/14778)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/important-policy-change-on-pavlovia-for/14778 "2020-08-24T08:06:44Z")

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We recently sent an email out (copied below) letting people know of an important change in policy on Pavlovia whereby you can now choose what to do with partial data (store and consume a credit or don’t store). Sadly it …

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## [PsychoPy 2020.2.1 released](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-2020-2-1-released/15560)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-2020-2-1-released/15560 "2020-08-22T17:22:17Z")

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Hi there! This is a huge and exciting release, including (Beta release) editable textboxes (with unicode keyboard inputs) (Beta release) forms that can be used online a whole new (themable) look and feel including dar…

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## [Timing mega-study is now published at PeerJ. Share the tweet! :-)](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/timing-mega-study-is-now-published-at-peerj-share-the-tweet/15170)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
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**Last updated:** [July 20, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/timing-mega-study-is-now-published-at-peerj-share-the-tweet/15170 "2020-07-20T15:57:28Z")

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The Timing Mega-study is now published at PeerJ. Share the tweet: https://twitter.com/psychopy/status/1285170288867647488 Or the original study: https://peerj.com/articles/9414

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## [Do you need a (virtual) PsychoPy workshop?](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/do-you-need-a-virtual-psychopy-workshop/13688)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/do-you-need-a-virtual-psychopy-workshop/13688 "2020-07-14T18:24:10Z")

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After our recent workshop using Zoom, which seemed to work reasonably well, we are working on expanding the range and frequency of how we provide virtual workshops in future. Streaming methods mean, of course, that we c…

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## [Introducing Thomas and Sotiri](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/introducing-thomas-and-sotiri/14887)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/introducing-thomas-and-sotiri/14887 "2020-07-10T09:58:25Z")

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Just wanted to introduce you to @sotiri and @thomas\_pronk who recently joined the team. Both are experienced JavaScript developer who will work specifically on the PsychoJS library (but not the scripts being generated fr…

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## [New release 3.2.0](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/new-release-3-2-0/8931)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/new-release-3-2-0/8931 "2020-06-04T10:55:35Z")

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Happy days!! PsychoPy 3.2.0 is out! https://github.com/psychopy/psychopy/releases As with all major releases you should check carefully that your experiment still runs as expected. In particular for this release check…

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## [PsychoPy Workshops in 2020](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-workshops-in-2020/10413)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-workshops-in-2020/10413 "2020-04-12T07:05:45Z")

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Come along to the PsychoPy official workshops at Nottingham. This year we’re running 2 workshops: 3 days of Creating Experiments in PsychoPy/Python in April 4 days Programming and Methods in Psych Research (PaMPR) in S…

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## [Our first ever remote (Zoom) workshop](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/our-first-ever-remote-zoom-workshop/11815)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/our-first-ever-remote-zoom-workshop/11815 "2020-04-02T22:20:26Z")

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We’re going to run our firstever remote PsychoPy workshop! We’ll run in UK time (if this works we might run some other time zones in the future) for 3 days: 28, 29, 30th Apr teaching combo of Builder, Coder and Online s…

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## [Pavlovia down for maintenance](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/pavlovia-down-for-maintenance/11839)

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**Author:** [@jon](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jon)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/pavlovia-down-for-maintenance/11839 "2020-03-31T20:46:35Z")

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Just to confirm, as stated in the email sent a few days ago, Pavlovia.org will be offline for maintenance for much of tomorrow (Sunday 29th) while we migrate it to a more substantial hardware. Apologies for the inconven…

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