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 May 9th

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 1 - 60 minutes - week of May 2nd, day and time to be determined
   • Introductions
   • Discussion of HFOSS projects
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 May 31st

Approximately 5-5.5 hours

1. FOSS Field Trip - 60 minutes
   • The results of this will be discussed during the third IRC meeting
2. Project Evaluation Activity - 60-90 minutes - Post results to wiki
   • 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. 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.
   • The results of this will be used in stage 2
5. IRC Meeting 2 - 60 minutes - week of May 23rd, day and time to be determined
6. Sign up for Stage 2 groups here

Part C: Due June 15th

Approximately 4 hours

1. IRC Meeting 3 - 60 minutes - the week of June 6th (day/time to be determined)
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.
   • The results of this will be used in stage 2

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