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Overview

This section gives you everything you need to get up and running with Ingest and deposit your data with confidence. Find information about live training sessions, step-by-step guidance, and ongoing drop-in support.

Where Do I Start?

If you're new to Ingest, try some of these following steps:

Read through our Online Guidance Start at the beginning of our Online Guidance and work through step by step, building from basic concepts to more advanced features, 👉 View Getting Started Pages

Attend an Introduction to Ingest session Our live online training session walks you through the system step by step, including a live demonstration and hands-on practice. 👉 View more information and register below 👇

Try a practice deposit Use our training dataset to complete a practice deposit before working with your own data. 👉 Download our training dataset

Get further help at a Q&A Drop-in session Once you've completed basic training, join one of our fortnightly drop-in sessions to ask questions specific to your datasets and workflows. 👉 View more information and register below 👇

Upcoming Sessions

Introduction to Ingest

A 1.5-hour online training session for new users. Pre-registration required.

Date Day Registration
7 May 2026 Thursday Register
28 May 2026 Thursday Register
18 June 2026 Thursday Register
9 July 2026 Thursday Register

👉 View further information on the 'Introduction to Ingest' webpage


Ingest Q&A Drop-in Sessions

A 1-hour open Q&A for users who have completed basic training. Pre-registration required.

Date Day Registration
14 May 2026 Thursday Register
4 June 2026 Thursday Register
25 June 2026 Thursday Register
16 July 2026 Thursday Register

👉 View further information on the 'Q&A Drop-in Session' webpage


Not Sure Where to Start?

If you're not sure which resource is right for you, get in touch and we'll point you in the right direction.

📧 help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk