Benchling Training Kit for Educators

If you’re an educator who’s interested in teaching your course with Benchling, then check these articles out.

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The Basics of Benchling

Learn about all of the basic features of Benchling and learn helpful tips for first-time users.

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Setting up your course on Benchling

Create an Organization for your class and invite your students to join

Training Kit for Educators | Part 1: Discover how Organizations are used on Benchling and how they can power your course.

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Set up Projects for your course to organize and share files

Training Kit for Educators | Part 2: Learn about the best ways to create Projects to organize your course.

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Project and Folder structures for different teaching loads

Training Kit for Educators | Part 3: Explore various Project / Folder structures that accommodates multiple courses or sections

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Create and edit course assignments for students

Training Kit for Educators | Part 4: Make assignments on Benchling through shared read-only files or Notebook Templates.

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Review and evaluate your students’ assignments

Training Kit for Educators | Part 5: Review students’ work and leave comments for them on or off Benchling

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Molecular Biology Lessons

Educator Resources and Notes

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PCR and Primer Design

Teach students how to design primers for PCR, write out protocols and perform calculations to gain practical laboratory experience.

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Gel Electrophoresis and Restriction Enzymes

Educate your students about the concepts of gel electrophoresis through simulating restriction digests and gel analysis on Benchling.

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Molecular Cloning Methods

Have students learn and master fundamental cloning methods such as Type II restriction, Gibson, and Golden Gate.

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CRISPR Knockouts

Inspire students with cutting-edge CRISPR technology and teach them how scientists use it to do gene-editing in organisms.

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