HFOSS Course, Western Oregon, Morgan

This page has the activities and assignments for a 10 week course (the 11th week is finals) on participation in a FOSS project.

Overview

Course	HFOSS Course
Institution	Western Oregon University
Instructor(s)	Becka Morgan
Term
Course Overview
Course Length	{{{courselength}}}
Student Characteristics
Prerequisites
Infrastructure

Lesson Plan

Week	Assignment/Activity	Homework
1	Intro to Class/(HF)OSS – Pre test evaluation	The Cathedral and the Bazaar OpenMRS Wiki:Read through the Welcome and Introduction to OpenMRS pages and links contained on each page
	Intro to wiki**Focus on OpenMRS wiki Welcome Introduction to OpenMRS Implementer Documentation User Guide Introduce yourself on OpenMRS Talk	File:Intro to Wiki.docx
	Intro to IRC open the OpenMRS IRC create an IRC channel in class and have students chat Form teams /Set up team IRC channels and nicks/Determine group meeting schedule outside of class (via IRC, logs to be turned in)	File:IRCWeeklyMeetings.docx Ted Talks
2	Blog activity (Add a page to my Wiki and, using wiki markup, add a link to their blog)	14 Ways to Contribute to Open Source without Being a Programming Genius or a Rock Star How to Contribute to Open Source Without Coding
	FOSS field trip Black Duck Open Hub - find projects of interest	BLOG (Ongoing Blog about experiences) OpenMRS Chapters 5 and 6 Karl Fogel's chapter on bug trackers Wikipedia's page on Bug Tracking Systems
	Bug-Tracker Activity	Watch videos about git Video One Video Two Video Three Video Four Complete tutorial then take a screen shot of the last screen of the tutorial to turn in: TUTORIAL
3	Source Code Management/Control Git Activity	BLOG (Ongoing Blog about experiences) OpenMRS Chapters 7 and 8
	Wiki for OpenMRS read through: •Developer Guide •Troubleshooting •Technical Road Map •Modules •Design •Documentation Playground	Continue Reading •Developer Guide •Troubleshooting •Technical Road Map •Modules •Design •Documentation Playground
	Catch up and Reflection	Read all for contribute links: http://openmrs.org/help/ OpenMRS Chapters 9
4 & 5	Getting Started OpenMRS 1. Set up openMRS dev environment on lab computers or lap tops 2. If using laptops duel boot Linux Mint
6	Create your first module OpenMRS Chapter 11	OpenMRS Chapters 12 – 14 +Appendices
		https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Testing
7	Testing Code Generate a test plugin	http://openmrs.org/help/document/ http://openmrs.org/help/translate/
	Documentation and Translation	https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Different+Types+of+OpenMRS+Developers
	Work on a Ticket
8, 9, and 10	Contribution Path
11	Final Reflection