Starting from SEED Labs 2.0, all the labs based on Ubuntu 20.04can be conducted using one virtual machine on the cloud. The minimal configuration is 1 CPU and 2 GB of memory.

Setup:Setting up the SEED VM on the cloud is not complicated. It involves two major steps: (1) create a VM instance on the cloud; (2) install software packages and conduct configuration on the VM.Please use the following manual:

Benefit: The cloud significantly increases the accessibility of the SEED labs.Students can work on the SEED Labs on any computer anywhere. There is no special hardware and software requirement on computers. Just for a proof of concept and also for fun, a smartphone, tablet, and Raspberry Pi are used to work on SEED labs in these pictures:phone, tablet,pi.These devices are simplyVNC clients, and the actual work was done on the cloud.

Potential cost:There is a cost charged by the cloud companies, but normally itis not high. A typical lab requires less than 10 hours;on Google cloud, that costs about $0.25. Manyclouds have special discounts for students, so the actual cost is lower (in many cases, it is pretty much free).

Feedback are appreciated:To help us understand how well the cloud approach works, we appreciate it if you can tell us about your experience using the following form: