Set of "BasicSetup" how-to's" for Lucid Edubuntu

[David Groos]

Hey Jonathan--I'm a big fan of well-done screencasts.  I'm making  
some for my students, for example, 'how do you make bubbles with  
links with CmapTools' etc.   Here are some characteristics of good  
instructional videos.  Like any criteria they should be used in  
moderation...

--They are short, ideally 2 minutes max.  This involves processing  
the screen cast afterwards to remove non-necessary stuff, also  
planning ahead of time helps as well to make sure you get all the  
bases covered.
--They have enough resolution so that you can read what's going on  
without too much squinting
--There is text to accompany them with code that can be copied/pasted  
and instructions that can be edited/improved--wiki style and read and  
re-read as needed.
--I really like sound, otherwise my attention wanders all over the  
place :-)

Here's an example of one I really like--Probably needs to be updated  
to Lucid of course--that's one of the things about documentation of  
Ubuntu with new version every 6 months :)

If you find some good ones, link to them on the BasicSetup page (like  
the one above by LNS--thanks Jordan!).

David




On Aug 25, 2010, at 10:29 AM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote:

> Hi David
>
> Yesterday I searched for Edubuntu on YouTube and was pleasantly
> surprised to find a bunch of training videos that different users
> created for Edubuntu.
>
> It seems that for some people at least, creating a video of how you do
> it and explaining alongside is easier than typing up a howto in  
> detail.
>
> I'm wondering if we should perhaps communicate what kind of
> documentation we need with the Youtube community and see what happens?
> I'm quite interested myself in doing a few of them.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> -Jonathan
>
> On 02/07/2010 11:25, David Groos wrote:
>> Hi All Edubuntistas,
>>
>> As I was researching and creating a "BasicSetup" wiki page
>> <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdubuntuDocumentation/ 
>> EdubuntuCookbook/BasicSetup>
>> I was moved by all the work that has been done on the Ubuntu  
>> wiki.  So
>> much has been created over the years.  My goal was to make 1 page to
>> coordinate all the how-to pages needed to do a basic (but  
>> complete) set
>> up of an Edubuntu Lucid LTSP server. The criteria used include:
>>
>>    1. Respect the name space already used by the community (thus the
>>       "cookbook" in the name)
>>    2. Make the page as clear and easy to edit as possible.
>>    3. Include only the most basic how-to's but, be complete as well
>>
>> Like all community projects, I can't (nor ought to) do this all  
>> myself.
>> I don't have enough knowledge nor enough time.  There are many  
>> dozens of
>> people on these mailing lists.  The Dev's are already tapped out with
>> their work developing the software and answering higher-level
>> troubleshooting questions so mainly my plea is directed to the
>> Edubuntu-users list and Ubuntu-education list.   Haven't made a  
>> page and
>> not sure how to?  Ask me and I'll help you get started.  We need  
>> new people!
>>
>> Please take a look at this page.  Please consider adding your  
>> knowledge
>> to this page, improving this page.  If there are existing  
>> resources that
>> are appropriate for Lucid, note that and link to them.  If a how- 
>> to page
>> needs to be updated for Lucid and you have the knowledge or are  
>> willing
>> to gain it and update the page, please do so!
>>
>> I'm willing to work over this summer to help create and coordinate  
>> this
>> BasicSetup series of pages.  Join me!
>>
>> David
>>
>
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