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Topic | Readings due | Individual HW DUE by start of class | Resources | Team HW DUE by start of class |
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T 13 Jan
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Introduction Choose Teams |
New Blog Entries of 500+/- words Required before each class Form Project Teams |
Publish Details to Team Wiki each Week before class | ||
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R 15 Jan
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Open Source Intro | TOS Chp 1 TOS Chp 2 read resource materials |
1) Create public, professional blog for this course at Blogger or Wordpress 2) Join class Wiki and list your name in lastName- alphabetical order hyperlinked to your blog |
wikis blogs planets listservs |
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| T 20 Jan | Projects | SD Preface and Chp 1 | Research and choose 3 open-source candidate projects you would like to participate in (preferably H/FOSS). Projects should be mature with online communities that welcome newcomers. We have some targeted projects as well. I may veto projects. Rank them.
Blog SubTitle = "My H/FOSS Preferences" |
fyi: more H/FOSS |
Get organized. Create Team wiki and list team and wiki on class Wiki and publish findings on Wiki in class exercise: Team Intro Choose Team Projects |
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R 22 Jan
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Plan team projects
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TOS Exercise 2.4.4 Blog SubTitle = "H/FOSS Experiences and Reflections" |
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| T 27 Jan | Open Source Issues | As applicable: 1) Select an IRC client and join the channel for your Team project; peruse the history and listen to current traffic; Blog about your experiences and readings Blog SubTitle = "Joining the Project" |
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R 29 Jan
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Get and build the Code |
Blog about experiences and compare and contrast the two systems Blog SubTitle = "I'm Git'n it" |
1) Publish a full report on your selected project, its members, history, etc. on the team wiki 2) Publish your ideas for contributing to this project including : select and describe one bug; find the bug in the code; describe how you will fix and test the bug; publish report 3) Download project code |
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| T 03 Feb | Team Reports Getting the Code |
TOS Chp 5 |
Do Freeciv example in TOS Chapter 5 Explore http://opensource.com/ Blog SubTitle = "Reflections on Open Source in Today's World" |
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| R 05 Feb | Engaging ! Team Reports |
Blog about your experiences Blog SubTitle = "Bug Juice" |
1) Choose a bug or set of bugs or an improvement or set of improvements that your team will focus on for the rest of the semester and which you will officially submit to your chosen project; publish report
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| T 10 Feb | Testing and Debugging the Code | TOS Chp 6 |
Do exercises in TOS 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7; Blog experience report about exercises Blog SubTitle = "This bugs me" |
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| R 12 Feb | Testing and Debugging the Code Team Reports |
Blog experience report about bug hunting Blog SubTitle = "Squashed?" |
Fix a bug and submit your fix to the project; publish report |
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| T 17 Feb | Alumni Symposium | Register here | Blog Blog SubTitle = "That could be me in x years!" |
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| R 19 Feb | Fixing the Code |
chosen article |
Do exercises in TOS 7.2.2, 7.8, 7.9; blog experience report Blog your reflections on the article you chose from Software, Computer, or CoACM magazines PLUS this article Blog SubTitle = "What's Happening?" |
Publish your progress relative to your planned timeline. | |
| T 24 Feb | Software Architecture | SD Chp 4 SD Chp 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 |
SD Exercises 5.7, 5.8 (requires planning and getting software example); Blog experience report Blog SubTitle = "Refactoring Mindset" |
Driving Course | |
| R 26 Feb | Fixing the Code Team Reports |
Blog experience report Blog SubTitle = "Reflections on my Progess" Select a meeting from this list and make plans to attend at least once. (see below) |
Publish your progress and what you plan to have done for 12 March, which is the class Thursday after break!! |
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| T 03 Mar | S P R I N G B R E A K | ||||
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| T 10 Mar | TEST #1 (midterm grades due noon 16 March) | ||||
| R 12 Mar | Team Reports |
Blog experience report Blog SubTitle = "After the break ..." |
Publish your progress relative to your planned timeline. |
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| T 17 Mar | Explaining the Code |
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Select a meeting from this list and make plans to attend at least once. Blog about your experiences selecting. Attend by 7 April if possible. Blog SubTitle = "Planning to Meet Charleston" |
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| R 19 Mar | Release early, often |
SD Chp 6 |
Do exercises in TOS 8.1.1, 8.4; Blog about exercises and readings Blog SubTitle = "The Doc is in!" |
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| T 24 Mar | Team Reports and supervised work | TOS Chp 9 | Blog about reading Blog SubTitle = "Release early and often" |
Publish your progress relative to your planned timeline. | |
| R 26 Mar | Database Modules | SD Chp 7 | Blog about reading Blog SubTitle = "Reflections on my progress and plans" |
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| T 31 Mar | Domain classes | Do exercises SD 6.1 - 6.4; | Blog about exercises Blog SubTitle = "Chapter 6" |
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| R 02 Apr | User Interface | SD Chp 8 | Blog about reading Blog SubTitle = "Chapter 8" |
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| T 07 Apr | User Support | SD Chp 9 | Blog about reading and attending the meeting you chose on 17 March Blog SubTitle = "Meeting Charleston" |
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| R 09 Apr | Team Reports | Select 3 presenters from the POSSCON schedule for the day(s) you will attend. Your goal is to meet them and ask them some prepared as well as impromptu questions; Blog your plans ahead of your visit and then plan to blog about your experiences; There are several coffee breaks and a lunch each day at which you can approach your subjects !! Blog SubTitle = "Preparing for POSSCON" |
Publish your progress relative to your planned timeline. | ||
| F 10 Apr | SSM Poster Session Submission Deadline 11:59 PM | Author Information | |||
T 14 Apr W 15 Apr |
POSSCON | Tuesday and/or Wednesday (one day required, two recommended) | Blog about POSSCON Blog SubTitle = "POSSCON Report" |
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| R 16 Apr | School of Sciences and Mathematics Research Poster Session 11:30am – 1:30 pm at SSM Building | Blog about SSM Poster Session Blog SubTitle = "Poster Child" |
Author Information | ||
| T 21 Apr | Database Modules | Do exercises SD 7.1 - 7.3; | Blog about exercises Blog SubTitle = "Chapter 7" |
Evaluations:
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| R 23 Apr | Team Reports | Create a PDF from your blog and email it to Dr. Bowring by 11:59 PM: [lastName]_462_2015_blog.pdf Turn in team self-evaluations by hand. |
Publish your progress relative to your planned timeline. | ||
T 05 May Final |
Team presentations in HW East 301--------> 8AM - 11AM >> be sure to check out equipment before the event! Final Presentation Notes: Final grades noon 11 May. |
RE-Submit your presentation materials (if they have changed) as [TeamName]_presentation.[type] by 8 AM | |||