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== Venue logistics ==
How to get there, by public transit: (These directions start at Union Station in DC.) Take the Red Line train (toward Glenmont); transfer at the Fort Totten station to the Green Line train (toward Greenbelt); get off at the College Park/U of MD station. Then take the university shuttle bus that picks up university-bound passengers on the EAST side of the metrorail station. This shuttle comes every 20 minutes, starting at 9am weekends [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:j3IukD5FCF0J:www.transportation.umd.edu/images/Shuttle/Schedules%2520pdfs/current/104_CPM.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShly0gmLaS28In7zgS_apQ4KEnjzQUaNKsJauVBGu_3AuumdaaEptZgMxw93gApABqvBTEb93QhA5Fp9bGw-y_KMuNtvFZzQWYzaXjHqeRiWH3FFq1dke-nX6r_7CEyUniK6hDO&sig=AHIEtbRXMfCzz18TMHmCMenstPZzF-sHZg].
How to get there, by car, or for more details: See the [http://www.admissions.umd.edu/visit/directions/index.cfm official UMD Visitor's Guide]
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About this page
Hi, staff! This wiki page is intended mostly as a reference for staff so that you can see, before-hand, what will happen at the Open Source Comes to Campus event at UMD.
Venue logistics
How to get there, by public transit: (These directions start at Union Station in DC.) Take the Red Line train (toward Glenmont); transfer at the Fort Totten station to the Green Line train (toward Greenbelt); get off at the College Park/U of MD station. Then take the university shuttle bus that picks up university-bound passengers on the EAST side of the metrorail station. This shuttle comes every 20 minutes, starting at 9am weekends [1].
How to get there, by car, or for more details: See the official UMD Visitor's Guide
Once on campus, you'll have to find the Computer Sciences building <http://classrooms.umd.edu/buildings/csi.html>. Note that we have reserved the entire third floor of this building, for both days.
Concept behind the weekend
The website about these events in general explains:
A typical Open Source Comes to Campus event has two parts: a workshop where we teach you how to use the tools and lingo associated with open source software development, and a project day where you and your fellow students choose an open source software project to work on, find a bug to tackle, and (hopefully) write your first patch, make your first documentation fix, or otherwise make a contribution to open source software.
- Sat, Feb 25 is the workshop day.
- Sun, Feb 26 is the project day.
Schedule
Detailed Saturday schedule. We're fairly confident it will stick to this.
- 10:00 AM: Laptop setup begins (if you are done early, you can Q&A with instructors)
- 10:30: Brief opening ceremonies -- explain structure + goals
- Led by Asheesh
- 10:45 - 11: More laptop setup (if you are done early, you can Q&A with instructors)
- 11 - 11:30 AM: Communicating as a user: finding the community and getting help
- Led by Jessica McKellar
- 11:30 - 12 PM: History and ethics of free, open source software
- Led by Asheesh
- 12 PM: Break + lunch.
- 1 PM: Split into groups of max size 10, with 2 staff in each group. Students stay put; staff rotate between rooms.
- 1 PM - 2 PM: Module 1 (1h)
- 2:05 - 2:55 PM: Module 2 (50min)
- 3:00 - 3:45 PM: Module 3 (45min)
- 3:45 PM: Come back into the full group
- 3:55 PM: Wrap-up: feedback, and next steps
Students rotate between the following three modules:
- More about the command line
- Getting, modifying, and verifying open source software
- Project organization (bug trackers; git format-patch; github; people's roles in a project)
List of TAs
- Venkatesh Srinivas