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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. (On Friday, Feb 24, Asheesh will add a note to this page with more details about the building's location on campus.)

Concept behind the weekend

The website about these events in general explains.

  • Sat, Feb 25 is the workshop day:

a workshop where we teach you how to use the tools and lingo associated with open source software development

  • Sun, Feb 26 is the project day.

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

Who's responsible for what

  • Asheesh Laroia (585 506 8865) is where the buck stops.
  • Deonna is our local contact with UMD AWC.

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
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