[ubuntu-za] Goals - Base

Tue Feb 2 15:50:50 UTC 2016

Hi Kapanda,

Thanks for the PDF

"How are we going to make the certificates recognized by the government ?" : we can ask orgs that have done this before to give us advice

One org that already does this for education is Siyavula : http://www.siyavula.com/

Some of the people on Ubuntu ZA might know

Me personally, I would like us to host the lessons, but anyone can make/edit like Wikipedia

For actual training ( online ), make courses on Moodle : moodle.org

William

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From: ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com <ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> on behalf of Kapanda Phiri <kapandaphiri at gmail.com>
Sent: 02 February 2016 17:03
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Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Goals - Base

Hi Willian
Please view attached file of the lesson program I compiled. I summarized it as much as possible to make it easy to understand. I haven't had time to summarize the Libreoffice suite yet.

How are we going to make the certificates recognized by the government ?  Please share.

I also have been looking at Edx.org as a good platform to setup the lesson program, I am not sure on how to get the lessons on there, if you have an idea please share or if we can build our own I am more than happy to work on the project.

Regards
Kapanda Phiri

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:49 PM, William Walter Kinghorn <williamk at dut.ac.za<mailto:williamk at dut.ac.za>> wrote:

Hi Kapanda,

I am the William in Pieter's e-mail, to do with trying to set up a Documentation Project

Ubuntu used to have Certification, but it seams that they have discontinued it

Here is the manual for Ubuntu Desktop Training :
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training/PDFs
I think they were written in2008/2009

Personally, we might need to create certifications

Do you have a manual of what you teach, that you can share with us

William

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Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Goals - Base

Good day all
I run a community project in Klipfontein View, Midrand and I teach people end-user Ubuntu and the Libreoffice suite. I would like to suggest, If we can get Canonical to give out end-user certificates. Then as  an Ubuntu-Za Loco we can create a platform where we test the people, So they only write the exam/test from one place.

I have noticed that people want something to show for their achievements and this will be a good way to do that. Most of the time they want to use the basics of Ubuntu.

I have also noticed that some of the schools in South Africa use Ubuntu, the exam/test can also help them.

I am open to suggestions.

Regards
Kapanda Phiri

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Pieter Engelbrecht <pehshelchesed at gmail.com<mailto:pehshelchesed at gmail.com>> wrote:
Good day all,

At the last meeting we started the discussion to have a few reachable goals to help keep the LoCo moving forward. A few ideas came up, with the following two seeming to be the most popular.

Something around:
- Events
- Code-jam (hack-o-tron)

We now just need input to get these two more specific. So what do you think and do you maybe know of something in the community that we can work into one of them?

Examples that might bring up something for you...
relating to events:
- Have x for the year
- Have x of a specific type for a year
- Have x for the year and provide help to x
- Help make event x successful

(fly and tumbleweed are currently part of debconf's organization team)

relating to code-jam (hack-o-tron):
- Having a code-jam to fix bugs / translate / document a specific project
- William asked our help last year with booktype relating to him wanting to create manuals/textbooks about teaching people FLOSS. Helping him with proofreading / editing / styling / images (or what he might need)

The biggest requirement is around staying reachable. So looking forward to hear your input!

Thanks,
Pieter

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