From 82af3e840d424a738cb27bf643ba7641b9958d56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janiek <janiek.hooijman@wur.nl>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:04:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update copilot disabling explanation

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 index.Rmd               |  11 +++--------
 index.html              |  12 ++++++------
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 images/Copilot_icon.png

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diff --git a/index.Rmd b/index.Rmd
index c30de3f..c6586fa 100644
--- a/index.Rmd
+++ b/index.Rmd
@@ -249,18 +249,13 @@ VSCode directly recognizes the python file extension (.py) and does some suggest
   * Run and debug, showing results and the state during debugging
   * Extensions, for installing and maintaining extensions. 
   * Testing, for testing code (we will not use this throughout the course) 
+  
+<img src="images/VSCode/copilot_icon.png" alt="The Copilot icon" width="100%"></img>
 
 ```{block type="alert alert-danger"}
 **Warning for students taking the course**: VSCode comes with advanced integration of generative AI. It is recommended to not make use of GenAI while learning to code. Struggling through how to get a script working is how you learn, and that is what this course is about. Generating the correct result will not teach you anything.
 
-It is recommended to turn off automatic features that copilot offers. You can do this by
-1.  going  to File → Preferences → Settings (or press Ctrl+,). 
-2. In the search bar, type "Copilot".
-3. Find the settings for:
-    GitHub Copilot: Enable (controls code completions)
-    GitHub Copilot Chat: Enable (controls chat/agent features)
-Uncheck or set these to "false" to disable them globally.
-
+It is recommended to turn off automatic features that copilot offers. You can do this by clicking the shown icon in the image above. You can find this in the lower right corner of VS Code. Choose to turn off code completions for all your files. When you want to use code completion, you can use the "alt + backslash" shortcut.
 ```
 
 Open the `environment.yaml` and paste the following in there:
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index d728c75..a69df3a 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@
          <h4 class="author"><em>Arno Timmer, Jan Verbesselt, Jorge
 Mendes de Jesus, Aldo Bergsma, Johannes Eberenz, Dainius Masiliunas,
 David Swinkels, Judith Verstegen, Corné Vreugdenhil</em></h4>
-            <h4 class="date"><em>22 September, 2025</em></h4>
+            <h4 class="date"><em>13 October, 2025</em></h4>
       
       
    
@@ -1305,6 +1305,7 @@ <h2>Visual Studio Code</h2>
 <li>Testing, for testing code (we will not use this throughout the
 course)</li>
 </ul>
+<p><img role="img" aria-label="The Copilot icon" src="images/VSCode/copilot_icon.png" alt="The Copilot icon" width="100%" /></p>
 <div class="alert alert-danger">
 <p>
 <strong>Warning for students taking the course</strong>: VSCode comes
@@ -1315,11 +1316,10 @@ <h2>Visual Studio Code</h2>
 </p>
 <p>
 It is recommended to turn off automatic features that copilot offers.
-You can do this by 1. going to File → Preferences → Settings (or press
-Ctrl+,). 2. In the search bar, type “Copilot”. 3. Find the settings for:
-GitHub Copilot: Enable (controls code completions) GitHub Copilot Chat:
-Enable (controls chat/agent features) Uncheck or set these to “false” to
-disable them globally.
+You can do this by clicking the shown icon in the image above. You can
+find this in the lower right corner of VS Code. Choose to turn off code
+completions for all your files. When you want to use code completion,
+you can use the “alt + backslash” shortcut.
 </p>
 </div>
 <p>Open the <code>environment.yaml</code> and paste the following in