Key milestones

We send you emails throughout your internship to ensure you are aware of what is coming up.

The key milestones are:

Week 1

1. read documentation to answer the key questions provided to you at the start of your internship as we will be testing you in week 2,
2. schedule regular weekly meetings with your supervisors,
3. schedule two regular weekly meetings with your team members and sister project interns (ie. without your supervisor),
4. Setup Workday (if applicable - Open Source Volunteers will not be able to do this).

Week 2

1. create a weekly template email to send to your supervisor one day before the weekly meeting,
2. start your two weekly non-supervisor co-working sessions,
3. setup technical diaries for each student, and
4. get ready to answer the key questions this week.

Week 4

1. Draw up the high level problem on the virtual whiteboard and proivde a project plan to the satisfaction of your supervisors. Here is an example of drawing up the high level problem on a virtual whiteboard WEHI email access only.

Week 10

1. Create final presentation document in Sharepoint and link to wiki onboarding page, and
2. Create one page summary report document (see previous examples here).

Second last week

To find out actual dates for your intake, go to the Student intake dates page.

1. Share practice presentation,
2. Practice presentation in the weekly project meeting, and
3. Submit a pull request for the summary report.

Last week

To find out actual dates for your intake, go to the Student intake dates page.

1. Do the final presentation.

Previous email notifications (out of date)

• the Monday before you start (Link to the email)Add commentMore actions
• the Monday of week 1 (Link to the email)
• the Monday of week 2 (Link to the email)
• the Monday of week 3 (Link to the email)
• The Monday of week 4 (Link to the email)
• The Monday of week 5 (Link to the email)
• The Monday of week 10 (Link to the email)
• The last week of your internship (Link to the email)