Workshops for Trusty

[Jackson Doak]

I personally think we just need to do the wiki pages very well, plus
youtube videos, and make sure everyone knows to use IRC or email if
they have a problem.
If anyone has an installation with testdrive, can they please get some
screenshots for the wiki page.

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 6:10 AM, Nicholas Skaggs
<nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com> wrote:
> I agree Jackson it can be hard for folks to attend a seemingly random time
> for the sessions.
>
> Any thoughts on producing these and then allowing folks to get the
> information anytime? Should we make wiki tutorials? Video tutorials? Have
> open question days after releasing the tutorial?
>
> Nicholas
>
> On 10/23/2013 03:05 PM, Jackson Doak wrote:
>>
>> The workshops are very useful, although we haven't had much in the way
>> of audiences. I've done one on testdrive for the last few cycles.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 6:01 AM, Nicholas Skaggs
>> <nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> No worries. Let me copy my reply to everyone if that's alright Juan :-)
>>>
>>> Basically at the beginning of each cycle now for several cycles, we as a
>>> team take time to host a series of classroom sessions, or workshops to
>>> instruct people on specific topics.
>>>
>>> So for example, Javier gave a session last cycle on bzr last cycle. You
>>> can
>>> see the log here:
>>>
>>> http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2013/07/01/%23ubuntu-classroom.html#t16:01
>>>
>>> Traditionally the instructor types out the information in an IRC channel
>>> and
>>> folks are able to then ask questions as he speaks. We are trying to
>>> emulate
>>> attending a class like at school, with an instructor and you attending as
>>> a
>>> student :-)
>>>
>>> Topics have traditionally centered around skills needed for testing.
>>>
>>> Nicholas
>>>
>>> On 10/23/2013 02:52 PM, juanfrancois1997 at yahoo.com wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey
>>> I don't qute understand what do you mean by the term workshops ?
>>> Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/23/2013 02:44 PM, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
>>>
>>> It's the traditional time of year for us to plan our workshops to help
>>> newcomers build skills and contribute. You can see past sessions here:
>>>
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities/Classroom
>>>
>>> This time around I'm open to ideas about changing the format, structure
>>> and
>>> topics. Think outside of the box! What ideas do you have to making
>>> workshops
>>> easier for people to attend? More relevant to people attending? Do we
>>> want
>>> to do screencasted video?
>>>
>>> Let's gather some thoughts before we come up with a list of topics we
>>> want
>>> to cover (but don't be afraid to toss in a "new" or "different" topic
>>> idea
>>> now). After we select topics we'll ask for instructor volunteers and
>>> finally
>>> schedule them. I suspect most will occur during the month of November /
>>> early December once everything is said and done.
>>>
>>> Nicholas
>>>
>>>
>>>
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