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| − | |'''Description''' || Learners will become members of the Teaching Open Source mailing list and add themselves to the People page. | + | |'''Description''' || Introduce participant to common tools and processes used in FOSS projects. |
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| − | |'''Source''' ||[http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Main_Page Teaching Open Source web site] | + | |'''Source''' || |
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| − | |'''Prerequisite Knowledge''' || None. | + | |'''Prerequisite Knowledge''' || None |
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| − | |'''Estimated Time to Completion''' || 20-30 minutes | + | |'''Estimated Time to Completion''' || 60 minutes |
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| − | |'''Learning Objectives''' ||Ability to: 1) receive TOS list serv mailings, 2) Add your name and contact information to the TOS roll call page. | + | |'''Learning Objectives''' || |
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| − | |'''Materials/Environment''' || Access to Internet/Web and web browser and email client. | + | |'''Materials/Environment''' || Access to Internet/Web and web browser. |
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| | |'''Additional Information''' || ? | | |'''Additional Information''' || ? |
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| | === Background: === | | === Background: === |
| − | Teaching Open Source is the primary website for academics interested in open source and involving their students in open source projects. TeachingOpenSource.org was set up in March 2009. The goal of the site is for collaboration and members are both academics and industry members.
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| | === Directions: === | | === Directions: === |
| − | ==== Part 1 - Joining the Teaching Open Source Mailing List ====
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| − | Teaching Open Source (TOS)- http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Main_Page - is a "neutral collaboration point for professors, institutions, communities, and companies to come together and make the teaching of Open Source a global success." You will visit this site and sign up for the list serv.
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| − | Do the following:
| + | ==== Part 1 - BLAH BLAH ==== |
| − | # Go to: http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Main_Page
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| − | # Locate the '''Get Involved''' section.
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| − | # Click the '''Join the mailing list''' link.
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| − | # Read through the information on the resulting page. Click the '''mailing list''' link.
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| − | # Complete the information in the form and click the '''Submit''' button.
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| − | ==== Part 2 - Adding Yourself to the People Page on Teaching Open Source ==== | + | |
| − | One tool used by members of the open source world is wiki pages. During this part of the activity you will participate in the TOS community by creating a wiki page and introducing yourself to the community.
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| − | # Go to: http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Main_Page
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| − | # Locate the '''Get Involved''' section.
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| − | # Click the '''Add yourself to the roll call''' link.
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| − | # Read through the page and see how people describe themselves on this page.
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| − | # Locate '''Heidi Ellis''' in the roll call. Notice that her email is via '''reCAPTCHA'''. Click on this link. You are redirected to a captcha (for more information on captchas look at:[http://www.captcha.net/ www.captcha.net]) . When you put in the two words, the Heidi’s email is shown.
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| − | # As you are looking at the entries in the roll call, notice that many of them include a link to google’s recaptcha mailhide. This link is what allowed Heidi’s email to be hidden on the site and only be shown by using the captcha. The goal of this is to help reduce spam. If you would like to have your email address be revealed through a captcha, go to [http://www.google.com/recaptcha/mailhide/ http://www.google.com/recaptcha/mailhide/] and follow the directions to get a URL for your email address. Copy/paste this address you will need it when you add yourself to the roll call page.
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| − | # Return to the top of the page and click the '''create an account''' link.
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| − | # This will bring you to the page for editing the wiki. Read down to the '''Join the Wiki''' section. Click the '''create an account''' link from this page.
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| − | # Click the '''create an account''' link.
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| − | # Complete the information requested. After you submit, you will receive a confirmation email.
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| − | # Once you have successfully logged in, you can edit the Wiki page to add yourself to the Roll Call. Click '''edit''' on the right side of '''Professors''' to edit this page to add yourself.
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| − | # The format of your entry should be, '''your name, your email, your institution/company/project, and whatever information you believe to be relevant about your work.''' For example, '''<pre>Lori Postner, </pre><pre>[http://www.google.com/recaptcha/mailhide/d?k=01Rtfg9ZLZQjNmYicvEWSQfA==&c=KlmpA7OQR5-G_yA7RRSa_-yALTitdnnlyUB1Yg2y234= Email Address via reCAPTACH™ Mailhide] </pre><pre>Associate Professor at [http://www.matcmp.ncc.edu/~postnel Nassau Community College], </pre><pre>I am working with the foss2serve team to learn how to incorporate HFOSS into my Computer Science courses.</pre>''' Substitute your reCAPTACH URL in the code above to link to your email address. Your entry should begin with an asterisk (*)
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| − | # Click '''Save'''. You will be directed to a captcha where you need to count the cats. Click on each cat and then go to the bottom of the page and click '''Save''' again. Your changes should now be saved and you should appear in the roll call.
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| | [[Category: Foss2serve]] | | [[Category: Foss2serve]] |
| | [[Category: Learning_Activity]] | | [[Category: Learning_Activity]] |
