Merge pull request #42 from Azure-Samples/tyclintw/update_readme

Update time and readme

Author: tyclintw

demos/workshop-demo/README.md

@@ -6,17 +6,24 @@ Microsoft recently announced the Azure Cognitive Service, Personalizer, aimed at
 In this workshop you will learn the theory behind contextual bandits and how this applies to content personalization. We will walk you through setting up the service, writing your first application, and optimizing the policy using offline optimization.
 
 ## Workshop Instructions
-1. [Create free Azure/Microsoft account](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/)
-2. Provision free instance of Personalizer
+1. Provision a free instance of Personalizer
     1. Go to [Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com)
-    2. Search for "Cogitive Services"
-    3. On Cognitive Services page click "Add"
-    4. Search for "Personalizer" and click "Create"
-3. Install Python Client
+    1. Click "Create a resource"
+    1. Search the market place for "Cogitive Services Personalizer"
+    1. Click the "Personalizer" panel
+    1. Click the "Create" button
+    1. Fill out the form and click "Create"
+1. Install Python Client
    ```pip install azure.cognitiveservices.personalizer```
-3. Paste your endpoint into [line 34 of ./demo/demo.py](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/cognitive-services-personalizer-samples/blob/master/demos/workshop-demo/demo.py#L34)
-4. Paste your key into [line 35 of ./demo/demo.py](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/cognitive-services-personalizer-samples/blob/master/demos/workshop-demo/demo.py#L35)
-5. run `python ./demo/demo.py`
+1. Paste your endpoint into [line 34 of ./demo/demo.py](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/cognitive-services-personalizer-samples/blob/master/demos/workshop-demo/demo.py#L34)
+1. Paste your key into [line 35 of ./demo/demo.py](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/cognitive-services-personalizer-samples/blob/master/demos/workshop-demo/demo.py#L35)
+1. Change your Personalizer settings
+    1. Go to your provisioned Personalizer instance
+    1. Click the "Configuration" tab
+    1. Change the "Reward wait time" to 5 seconds
+    1. Change the "Model update frequency" to 30 seconds
+    1. Click "Save"
+1. Run `python ./demo/demo.py`
 
 ## Next steps
 - [Personalizer](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-services/personalizer/)

demos/workshop-demo/demo.py

@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ def main():
                 ([Anna, Monday], 'sports'),
                 ([Anna, Sunday], 'politics')]
 
-    run(scenario, actions, client, 5400)
+    run(scenario, actions, client, 10 * 60)
 
     # Olympics started and both Tom and Anna are following sport news during weekend
     scenario = [([Tom, Monday], 'politics'),
                 ([Tom, Sunday], 'sports'),
                 ([Anna, Monday], 'sports'),
                 ([Anna, Sunday], 'sports')]
-    run(scenario, actions, client, 5400)
+    run(scenario, actions, client, 10 * 60)
 
 if __name__== '__main__':
   main()