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 Heidi Ellis (ellis@wne.edu).

Part A: Due August 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. Introduction to FOSS – 60 minutes
2. Join TOS - 30 minutes
   • Participants sign up for TOS list and enter themselves in the "People" area
3. Introduction to Wikis - 30-45 minutes
   • Provides an overview of wikis and short exercise in which participants create their own page and post an introduction
4. Introduction to IRC - 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 - 60 minutes - week of July 27th, day and time to be determined
   • Introductions
   • Discussion of HFOSS projects
     • Monday, July 27 -- Log
     • Monday, July 27 -- Minutes
     • Tuesday, July 28 -- Log
     • Tuesday, July 28 -- Minutes
     • Thursday, July 30 -- Log
     • Thursday, July 30 -- Minutes
6. Anatomy of a FOSS Project - 60 minutes
   • A walk through of the major tools and interactions found in a FOSS project.

Part B: Due August 24th

Approximately 5-5.5 hours

1. FOSS Field Trip - 60 minutes
2. Project Evaluation Activity - 60-90 minutes - Post results to wiki
   • Pared down evaluation of HFOSS project based on the evaluation metric.
3. Blogging Activity - 60 minutes
   • Create a blog on wordpress, post a blog entry about the FOSS Field Trip activity, add your blog to the wiki
4. FOSS in Courses Planning 1 - 60 minutes, post your selected activity to your wiki page.
5. IRC Meeting - 60 minutes - week of August 17th, day and time to be determined
   • Monday, Aug 17 -- Log
   • Monday, Aug 17 -- Minutes
   • Thursday, Aug 20 -- Log
   • Thursday, Aug 20 -- Minutes
   • Friday, Aug 21 -- Log
   • Friday, Aug 21 -- Minutes

Part C: Due September 9th

Approximately 5 hours

1. IRC Meeting - 60 minutes - the week of August 31st (day/time to be determined)
   • Tuesday, Sept 1 -- Log
   • Tuesday, Sept 1 -- Minutes
2. Bug-Tracker Activity - 60 minutes
3. Source Code Management/Control Activity - 60 minutes
4. FOSS in Courses Planning 2 - 60-90 minutes, post your selected activity to your wiki page.
5. 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
   • We'll trouble shoot installation during stage 2 so don't worry if you don't get it installed. Simply make the effort.