LabArchives

Electronic Lab Notebook

Description

LabArchives Electronic Lab Notebook is a digital notebook that can be used to organize and record research information. LabArchives makes it easier for people to collaborate, and provides a streamlined experience for instructors to review students’ work.

You might use this to:

• Organize research
• Increase collaboration between students
• Provide real-time feedback to students regardless of location

LabArchives is also useful for non-STEM courses that need a place to collect and organize information and media. 

Getting Started With LabArchives

To help get you started using LabArchives in conjunction with UCI Canvas, we have put together guides for both Instructors and Students.

Instructor Getting Started Guide

Student Getting Started Guide

Training Webinars

LabArchives hosts weekly introductory webinars. Learn more or register. 

Additional Information

To learn more about how others are using LabArchives, take a look at these blog posts provided by the vendor:

Imperial College London: Chemical Kitchen
University of Sydney: Remote Education Workaround: The Data Generator
North Carolina State University: Make It Work Mode
University of California, Irvine: 1 Instructor, 40 TAs, 1000 Students: ALL Online
Juniata College: The Switch To Teaching Digitally CAN Be Simple
University of Minnesota: Staying Organized With 1500 GenChem Students

LabArchives Data Retention

As long as you are able to log into UCI systems with your UCInetID and Password, you should have access to any content you have created in your own LabArchives notebooks, provided UCI still has a contract with LabArchives. As soon as your UCI account has been decommissioned, and have thus lost access to UCI systems, you will also lose the ability to login to LabArchives. Because of this, we recommend making a backup copy of any LabArchives Notebooks before separating from the University.

For more information, please see LabArchives’ guide on creating an Offline Notebook.

In the event you were not able to create a backup before leaving the University, we recommend contacting the EEE Support Team to request temporary access to recover your Notebooks.