In this guide, you will find instructions about the Google Colab service.
Google Workspace for Education is not yet fully implemented in University of Tartu. This means that the services are available only partially and access is restricted. Furthermore, current manuals are continously being updated and subjects to change.
Google Colab is not part of Workspace services but is an additional Google service usable within Workspace. General Google Terms of Service are applied. Therefore it is necessary to make an agreement to some rules described in this page.
Saving Notebooks
- Notebooks must be saved in Google Drive
- By default they are saved in My Drive in the Colab Notebooks folder: "File → Save (Ctrl+S)"
- By selecting "File → Save a copy in Drive", a copy of the current Notebook is created in My Drive
- If you wish to share a Notebook with others, it must be moved to a Shared drive
- On https://drive.google.com page move the file(s) from the personal drive to a shared drive
- "File → Move → navigate to a desired location on a shared drive → Select"
Executing code cells
- By default the code is run in a VM environment created automatically by Google
- In that case you are not allowed to use actual personal information in the code
- If there is a need to work with personal data, you must set up a VM environment on your local computer
- From the upper right corner: Connect → Connect to a local runtime
- Clicking these instructions link opens instructions on how to set up the environment
- When sharing a Notebook with others, local runtime is not shared - everyone must set up their own
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