Intro to FOSS, RPI, Turner

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A Course is an actual academic course that involves HFOSS, typically by using Pathways and Learning Activities.

Using This Format

The format shown below contains sections which describe the items that should be included when creating a Course. To use this format:

1. Create a new page with the course name, institution, and author. For example: Software Engineering, Muhlenberg, Kussmaul
2. Copy the source for this format into your new page.
3. Follow instructions to fill in the sections below.
   • Overview uses Template:Course Overview.
4. Categorize the page using tags at the bottom of the page.
   • Include [[Category:Courses]]
   • Add relevant subcategory(s) from the list in, e.g. [[Category:CS1]]
   • Remove [[Category:Format]], since this page is a format, but your new page is not.
5. Use the Discussion tab (upper left of the page) to leave feedback to the author(s) of the course, such as usage or suggestions for enhancements.

FORMAT

Overview

Course	CSCI-4961 Introduction to Open Source
Institution	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Instructor(s)	Wesley D. Turner
Term	Summer Semester 2018
Course Overview	Goals: Familiarize with open source software development, be familiar and eager to learn new technology stacks, Reading and Understanding Good Code. Patch an existing open source project. Work on a team collaborative project. Become aware of/conversant in team project and diversity issues. Prepare a new RCOS project for the following semester. The goal of this course is to provide a strong foundation in open source software development in preparation for jobs in industry or for more advanced courses.
Course Length	summer semester
Student Characteristics	typical class size, student background, etc
Prerequisites
Infrastructure	classroom, technology, support, textbooks, course paths, etc.

Learning Objectives

• objectives & prerequisites should be active, student-centered, specific, and measurable
  • the student will be able to...
• for the entire course, and/or for FOSS-specific parts of the course
• might include content & process skills
• might consider all levels of Bloom's taxonomy

• Understand of Open Source Software Tools and Community
• Understand of Open Source Licensing.
• Understand of Testing, Version Control.
• Understand of Open Source Software Stack.

Assessment Methods

• what will students do in this course, and how will it be evaluated
  • Exams, assignments, projects, etc.
• should be tied to learning objectives

• 2 Quizzes (10 points each) - 20%
• Open Source Project Analysis - 10%
• 10 Labs (3 points each) - 30%
• Project - 40%

Course Outline

• major topics, events, milestones
• learning activities that can be adopted or adapted
• new learning activities that should or could be developed
• include links to foss2serve Learning Activities where appropriate
• reading assignments and supporting materials
• or link to course website

see https://github.com/rcos/CSCI-4961-01-Summer-2018

Notes to Instructor

• Tips, suggestions, lessons learned (warnings)...

Moving Forward

• what next steps are desirable or possible for this course

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