Test Usability (Activity)
| Title | An HFOSS Learning Module for a CS2 Course |
| Overview | Students will learn HFOSS concepts and principles and then perform and document usability tests of the OpenMRS user interface |
| Prerequisite Knowledge | All prequisite knowledge will be provided within the module itself |
| Learning Objectives | Students will understand how to contribute to open source communities, to do usability tests, to understand the relationship between interfaces and underlying objects |
Background:
Is there background reading material?
Because we assume students know nothing about HFOSS, we will provide a sequence of readings to give them background knowledge.
The background reading will start with articles describing:
- what open source is
- the concept of community
- the various ways in which one can contribute
- the concepts of issues, bugs, and tickets
- (maybe other things we will discover as we work this out)
Are there other activities the student should have done first?
Students will not have to do any activities prior to the assigned ones.
What is the rationale for this activity?
Students in a typical CS2 course have little or no knowledge of FOSS or HFOSS and only elementary coding and software design ability, and do not necessarily know the programming languages in which various (H)FOSS projects are written, but we would like to give them a sufficiently interesting and productive experience in HFOSS so that they will be motivated to become more active in HFOSS projects as they progress in their careers. We believe that introducing HFOSS in a CS2 course
is beneficial because they will then be prepared and hopefully motivated in more advanced courses to contribute in more advanced ways.
Include helpful hints to faculty here.
Directions:
What should the student do?
Deliverables:
What will the student hand in?
Assessment:
How will the activity be graded?
How will learning will be measured?
Include sample assessment questions/rubrics.
| Criteria | Level 1 (fail) | Level 2 (pass) | Level 3 (good) | Level 4 (exceptional) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The purpose of the project | ||||
| Why the project is open source |
Comments:
What should the instructor know before using this activity?
What are some likely difficulties that an instructor may encounter using this activity?
Additional Information:
| ACM Knowledge Area/Knowledge Unit | What ACM Computing Curricula 2013 knowledge area and units does this activity cover? ACM_Body_of_Knowledge |
| ACM Topic | What specific topics are addressed? The Computing Curriucula 2013 provides a list of topics - https://www.acm.org/education/CS2013-final-report.pdf |
| Level of Difficulty | Is this activity easy, medium or challenging? |
| Estimated Time to Completion | How long should it take for the student to complete the activity? |
| Materials/Environment | What does the student need? Internet access, IRC client, Git Hub account, LINUX machine, etc.? |
| Author | Who wrote this activity? |
| Source | Is there another activity on which this activity is based? If so, please provide a link to the original resource. |
| License | Under which license is this material made available? (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/) |
Suggestions for Open Source Community:
Suggestions for an open source community member who is working in conjunction with the instructor.
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