Program tips – GCMAS2022

Watching Session Videos Post Conference

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022
by timniiler

So the conference is over, and you half remember something one of the presenters said which might help in your research or aid with a patient. In most conferences, you would be out of luck. But in this case, sessions were recorded and it is possible to review videos. In fact, once you’re logged in, you can go right to the Program tab in the nav menu to view recordings. To see new content since the conference, be certain to hard reload the page as described here or you may not see the video links.

Recordings come in several forms. First are videos which were pre-recorded by authors because they felt more comfortable doing so (vs presenting live via Zoom) or else were trying to get ahead of technical issues. These videos, when they have been done, appear along side the title of the talk:

*Note the video icon at the lower right.*

Note that NOT ALL talks were pre-recorded so this approach to viewing will only get you so far.

This type of pre-recorded video is also available for posters via the following links:

*It’s the same icon as before, only crowded in with several others.*

But some of you are probably here for full session videos which include the Q&A sessions after the presentations. All podium sessions involving submitted abstracts are now available as videos (Podium Sessions 1-9). These can be found by going to the session header:

*Note that in this case, you can see both the entire session as well as a single video of the first paper.*

The remaining videos for Keynotes and Tutorials will be available on or about June 18th. If you try to see them right now, you’ll see something like this:

In these cases, the video icon will show up on June 18th where it currently says “video to be posted…”.

This year, videos are hosted on Vimeo rather than Google Drive, since many institutions apparently block the latter.

Good luck in your viewing, and let me know if you encounter any problems!

All the best,

Tim N

Program tips

Navigating GCMAS2022

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022
by timniiler

This post is a followup to an earlier post titled: Important Information for Participating Online. I’ve recorded this as a video in the event that you have an easier time seeing the Program page in action. So have a watch if you have any questions, and if you’re not seeing the latest, greatest schedules, don’t forget the hard reload of your Program page described here.

Program tips

Where is the current schedule?

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022
by timniiler

One of the things that many websites do to improve performance is caching. This means that the information to download can be stored either in some third party proxy somewhere on the internet to save download time, or else, when the page is downloaded, the server gives instructions to your browser to save a copy and not bother the server for something fresh for a certain period of time. While this can improve your load times and save on server bandwidth, it can also mean that if a page like the Program is updated frequently you won’t see the latest version. Some browsers like Chrome also cache more aggressively than others (Firefox) and have to be cajoled into fetching a new page.

Since our Program page (found in the nav menu at the upper right) is updated daily with links to documents, videos, and sometimes corrections, this can be an issue for us. For our part, we turned off our server caching for program related pages and scripts at the end of last week. So if you haven’t been engaging much in GCMAS2022, you probably won’t notice this problem.

But if you have been visiting frequently prior to the end of last week, your cache is probably old and you won’t see the new material until your cache expires or unless you take certain steps. You can do a hard refresh on the page by pushing a key combination. These are summarized below by operating system (Windows on the left, and Mac on the right) and by common browsers.

Thanks to Fabricdigital for the graphic – click to see their take on hard reloads.

The good news is that once you’ve done that, given the updated server settings, you should be good to go. If you suspect you’re missing something, here or elsewhere, don’t forget the hard reload tip!

Category: Program tips

Watching Session Videos Post Conference

Navigating GCMAS2022

Where is the current schedule?