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= Exercise 1 - Group 1 =

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!LEARNING OUTCOME
!ACTIVITY(IES) 
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| Identify at least five (5) existing H-FOSS projects.
| Survey existing projects via HumIT, SourceForge, GitHub, etc.
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| Identify the needs of the served communities of each project.
| Review the mission statements and publicity of each identified H-FOSS project.
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| [choose 1 project to which you would like to contribute]
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| Identify the needs of the development community.
| review the primary developer forum.  Identify the major threads.  what are the active areas of development and/or concern?
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| Develop an understanding of the tools used by one (1) development community.
| setting up the development environment.
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| Evaluate the quality of existing development efforts
| Download the code base for one (1) project
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| Conduct a code review. Use the same (or similar) rubric to that used to evaluate student contributes to H-FOSS projects.
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| Identify resources for new developers
| Otherwise, how do you find whom to approach to ask about how a new-comer can contribute?
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| Identify at least three (3) active developers you could approach
| list the name, role, and contact information of the developers
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| justify why those three (3) developers were chosen
| write a short justification for why each developer would be a valuable contact or mentor
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| identify a task that is suitable for a student to undertake
| consult with the development community and active developers to identify which tasks are of the correct scope and technical difficulty for a student/student team to handle.
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| Create a task proposal
| propose the task scope for your course project
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| submit your your final work for code review
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===== List of topics for HumIT and other HFOSS learning activities =====

[[Category:History]] [[Category:HumIT]]