Stage 1 Activities

Below is the schedule for the pre-workshop activities. Participants should finish all activities in a timely fashion in order to be reimbursed for travel expenses to the face-to-face portion of the workshop. Please send all comments to Lori Postner (lori.postner@ncc.edu)and Greg Hislop (hislop@drexel.edu).

NOTE: Many of the activities below could take much more time than the estimate given. If you find yourself going over the time allotment, you may be going deeper than is needed to prepare for POSSE Stage 2. While deeper exploration is welcomed, once you pass the estimated time you should feel free to wrap up the activity, complete the deliverable, and move on.

Part A: Due May 6th

Approximately 5-5.5 hours

The activities in these first two weeks will start to introduce you to the world of FOSS projects, the community of faculty interested in student participation in FOSS projects, and a few of the basic communication tools commonly used in FOSS projects.

1. Intro to FOSS (Activity) – 60 minutes
2. Teaching Open Source (Activity) (Join TOS) - 30 minutes
   • Participants sign up for TOS list and explore the TOS community
3. Intro to Wiki (Activity) - 30-45 minutes
   • Provides an overview of wikis and short exercise in which participants create their own page and post an introduction
4. Intro to IRC (Activity) - 60-75 minutes
   • Provides an overview of IRC including features and function and an introduction to the role of IRC in FOSS projects
5. IRC Meeting 1 - 60 minutes - the week of April 30, day and time to be determined
   • Introductions
   • Discussion of HFOSS projects
6. Intro to FOSS Project Anatomy (Activity) - 60 minutes
   • A walk through of the major tools and interactions found in a FOSS project.

Part B: Due May 27th

Approximately 5-5.5 hours

1. FOSS Field Trip (Activity) - 60 minutes
   • The results of this will be discussed during the third IRC meeting
2. Project Evaluation (Activity) - 60-90 minutes - Post results to your wiki page
   • Pared down evaluation of HFOSS project based on the evaluation metric.
   • The results of this will be discussed during the third IRC meeting and also used during stage 2
3. Intro to Copyright and Licensing (Activity) - 40-60 minutes, post your responses to your wiki page.
4. FOSS in Courses 1 (Instructors) - 60 minutes, post your selected activity to your wiki page.
   • The results of this will be used in stage 2
5. IRC Meeting 2 - 60 minutes - the week of October 16th, day and time to be determined
6. Sign up for Stage 2 groups here. Sign up for one project-based group and one or two course-based groups.

Part C: Due June 17th

Approximately 4 hours

1. Intro to Bug Trackers (Activity) - 60 minutes
2. Intro to GitHub (Activity) - 60 minutes
3. FOSS in Courses 2 (Instructors) - 60-90 minutes, post your selected activity to your wiki page.
   • The results of this will be used in stage 2
4. IRC Meeting 3 - 60 minutes - the week of October 30th (day/time to be determined)

Optional: If you have time and are sure of your project:

1. Download/Install project of your choosing - 60 minutes
   • Go to HFOSS Communities and find your project
     • Follow download/install link for your project
   • Limit your efforts to 60 minutes or so