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* GUIDELINES FOR UBUNTU CLASSROOM
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#title Guidelines for Teaching in the Ubuntu Classroom
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1. How to get involved and procedures
 1.1 Before the class
  1.1.1 Adding yourself to the instructors list
  1.1.2 Submitting a Class Outline
  1.1.3 Getting the channel ready
 1.2 During the class
  1.2.1 Questions
  1.2.2 Length
 1.3 After the class
  1.3.1 Creating or linking to a wiki with covered information
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This article describes the procedures required to teach or run a class or session in #ubuntu-classroom.
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1. How to get involved and procedures == Before the Class ==
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     This article describes the procedures required to teach or run a
     class or session in #ubuntu-classroom.
=== Adding yourself to the instructors list ===
     
To teach a class, you must first of all be knowledgeable about the subject you wish to teach. If this is your first time teaching a class, please review the instructions on the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom/Submissions|submissions]] page and follow the requirements outlined there. After you have been approved, or if you have taught a class before, you may then add your wiki name as an instructor to the class you would like to teach, as long as there are no more than 2 instructors teaching any one class at any one time. The table of topics must be updated following this example:
     ||<:>'''Date'''||<:>'''Time'''||<:>'''Class Topic'''||<:>'''Instructor(s)'''||
     ||Aug 5^th^ and 6^th^||18:00GMT||Introduction to Internet Relay Chat (IRC)||Bob (KDE) <> Alice (CLI)||
     ||Aug 19^th^ and 20^th^||TBD||Introduction to Command Line Interface (Terminal)|| John (GNOME) <> Mark (KDE)||
  
=== Submitting a Class Outline ===
     
Each instructor (or group of instructors) must submit a rough plan of the material covered in their class to the [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-classroom|Ubuntu Classroom Mailing list]] at the very latest, two weeks before the class is held.
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 1.1 Before the Class
  1.1.1 Adding yourself to the instructors list
This will then be reviewed to make sure that the class is being taught by someone knowledgeable, and posted onto the wiki as a preview of the upcoming course. The instructor(s) may also do the latter themselves if they feel so inclined.

When submitting a class outline, you must also specify the time at which you would like to teach, while keeping in mind that one class must be in a timeframe targeted at European nations, and the other, targeted at the Americas. (Hence the GMT, and the EST in the example above).

=== Getting the channel ready ===

==== Instructor is an Ubuntu Member (with an Ubuntu Member cloak) ====

When a class is being led by an Ubuntu Member who has a member cloak on their IRC nick, you are able to make yourself an OP, and change the topic for your course, as well as set #ubuntu-classroom to moderated if you so desire.

===== Before your class begins =====

To give yourself OPs, you would send the following message to ChanServ:
{{{
/msg ChanServ op #ubuntu-classroom
}}}
After giving yourself OPs, you can then set the topic using the /topic command. An example is a topic that was used for [[UserDays|Ubuntu User Days]]:
{{{
/topic Ubuntu Classroom || https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom || https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Packaging/Training || Current Session: Packaging Basics || Upcoming: TBD || Run 'date -u' in a terminal to find out the UTC time
}}}
If you want to have the channel moderated and have questions asked in #ubuntu-classroom-chat, then you will need to set the mode of the channel to +m. You can do this using one of the following command, depending on your IRC client.
{{{
/mode +m
}}}
or
{{{
/mode #ubuntu-classroom +m
}}}
If you do not want to have the channel moderated, then you can skip this last step. Please make sure that if you set the channel to moderated, that you are in #ubuntu-classroom-chat so you can see the questions asked by attendees.

If you are an Ubuntu Member, but do not have a membership cloak, please follow the instructions located at [[IrcTeam/Cloaks]].

==== Instructor is not an Ubuntu Member (or an Ubuntu Member without a cloak) ====

The instructor(s) should ask a member of the [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-classroom|Ubuntu Classroom Management Team]] to set a topic announcing the subject, the date, and the time of the upcoming class.

The instructor(s) should then be given OP status by an [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-classroom|Ubuntu Classroom Management Team]] shortly before the class. A minute or two before the class begins, the instructor will set the channel to +m (moderated), unless the instructor has decided otherwise.

== During the Class ==
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     To teach a class, you must first of all be a predominant,
     knowledgeable member of the community.
     You may then add your wiki name as an instructor to the class
     you would like to teach, as long as there are no more than 2
     instructors teaching any one class at any one time.
     Also, there must be an instructor for both KDE and GNOME, and the
     table of topics must be updated following this example:
     /---------------------------------------------------------\
     | Date | Time | Class topic | Instructors |
     |---------------------------------------------------------|
     | Sept 2nd | 18:00GMT | Multimedia | Alice (GNOME) |
     | Sept 3rd | 20:00EST | (Video,Sound) | Bob (KDE) |
     |---------------------------------------------------------|
     | Sept 16th | 19:00GMT | E-Mail and | John (CLI) |
     | Sept 17th | 12:00EST | Webbrowsing | Mark (KDE) |
     \---------------------------------------------------------/
This section describes procedures for during a class, such as how to ask questions effectively, etc.
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  1.1.2 Submitting a Class Outline
     
     Each instructor (or group of instructors) must submit a rough
     plan of the material covered in their class to: <hybrid> or
     <ryanakca> on irc.freenode.org, or by e-mail, at the very latest,
     a week and a half before the class is held.
     This will then be reviewed to make sure that the class is being
     taught by someone knowledgeable, and posted onto the wiki as a
     preview of the upcomming course. The instructor(s) may also do
     latter themselves if they feel so inclined.
     When submitting a class outline, you must also specify the time
     at which you would like to teach, while keeping in mind that one
     class must be in a timeframe targeted at european nations, and
     the other, targeted at the americas. (Hence the GMT, and the EST
     in the example above).
=== Questions ===
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  1.1.3 Getting the channel ready ==== Moderated Classes ====
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     The instructors should ask an operator of the channel
     #ubuntu-classroom to set a topic announcing the subject,
     the date, and the time of the upcomming class.
     The instructors should then be opped by a channel operator
     shortly before the class.
     A minute or two before the class begins, the instructor will
     set the channel to +m (moderated).
If the instructor has set up the classroom channel to be moderated (+m), questions during the class will be directed toward the moderator. In other words, at the beginning of the class, the instructor will say something similar to this:
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 1.2 During the Class
     
     This section describes procedures for during a class, such as how
     to have questions asked effectivly, etc.
  
  1.2.1 Questions
"Please ask questions in #ubuntu-classroom-chat using the format: QUESTION: your question here?"
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     Questions during the class will be given in +m mode. In other
     words, at the beginning of the class, the instructor will say
     something simmilar to this:
 "Please /msg <opname> with all questions. They will then +m
  you and you will be able to ask your question in this
  channel."
     Then, during the class, the operator will, when they find the
     time is right, voice the student.
An example would be:
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  1.2.2 Time QUESTION: How do I login to Ubuntu?
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     Each class should last around an hour, up to a maximum of two hours,
     with a minimum of half an hour.
     The length of the class is determined by the ammount of material
     covered by the instructors, by the ammount of questions asked, etc.
  
==== Unmoderated Classes ====

Some instructors choose not to moderate (+m) #ubuntu-classroom. In this situation, you would just ask your questions in #ubuntu-classroom unless the instructor has said otherwise. Once again, it would be a good idea to start your question with QUESTION: for easy recognition.

=== Time ===

Each class should last around an hour, up to a maximum of two hours, with a minimum of half an hour. The length of the class is determined by the amount of material covered by the instructors, by the amount of questions asked, etc.

== After the Class ==
 
This section describes procedures for after a class, such as resuming your class material into a wiki (if nobody has made a wiki on your subject beforehand) and linking to it.

==== Instructor is an Ubuntu Member (with an Ubuntu Member cloak) ====

===== When your class ends =====

After your class has ended, we ask that you please return the topic and channel mode back to normal, and deop yourself. Please return the topic to:
{{{
/topic Ubuntu Classroom || https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom || https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Packaging/Training || Upcoming: TBD || Run 'date -u' in a terminal to find out the UTC time
}}}
If you changed #ubuntu-classroom to moderated (+m) please change it back using either:
{{{
/mode -m
}}}
or
{{{
/mode #ubuntu-classroom -m
}}}
And then deop yourself my messaging ChanServ:
{{{
/msg ChanServ deop #ubuntu-classroom
}}}

==== Instructor is not an Ubuntu Member (or an Ubuntu Member without a cloak) ====

The instructor(s) should ask a member of the [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-classroom|Ubuntu Classroom Management Team]] to set the topic back to the default #ubuntu-classroom topic.

The instructor(s) should also be deopped by an [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-classroom|Ubuntu Classroom Management Team]] shortly after the class. If #ubuntu-classroom was set to moderated (+m) the moderated mode should be removed.

=== Interested in taking your class farther? ===

Now that you have finished your class, are you interested in making it a permanent part of Ubuntu education? Help us make your session into a class for the [[Learning|Ubuntu Community Learning Project]]. Feel free to contact the UCLP team via their mailing list on the UCLP wiki page, or via IRC in #ubuntu-learning for more help.

As of 2014 the Ubuntu Classroom project is no longer active.
Thanks to everyone for their support over the years. Write to the ubuntu-community-team mailing list if you have further ideas in this space.

This article describes the procedures required to teach or run a class or session in #ubuntu-classroom.

Before the Class

Adding yourself to the instructors list

To teach a class, you must first of all be knowledgeable about the subject you wish to teach. If this is your first time teaching a class, please review the instructions on the submissions page and follow the requirements outlined there. After you have been approved, or if you have taught a class before, you may then add your wiki name as an instructor to the class you would like to teach, as long as there are no more than 2 instructors teaching any one class at any one time. The table of topics must be updated following this example:

  • Date

    Time

    Class Topic

    Instructor(s)

    Aug 5th and 6th

    18:00GMT

    Introduction to Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

    Bob (KDE) <> Alice (CLI)

    Aug 19th and 20th

    TBD

    Introduction to Command Line Interface (Terminal)

    John (GNOME) <> Mark (KDE)

Submitting a Class Outline

Each instructor (or group of instructors) must submit a rough plan of the material covered in their class to the Ubuntu Classroom Mailing list at the very latest, two weeks before the class is held.

This will then be reviewed to make sure that the class is being taught by someone knowledgeable, and posted onto the wiki as a preview of the upcoming course. The instructor(s) may also do the latter themselves if they feel so inclined.

When submitting a class outline, you must also specify the time at which you would like to teach, while keeping in mind that one class must be in a timeframe targeted at European nations, and the other, targeted at the Americas. (Hence the GMT, and the EST in the example above).

Getting the channel ready

Instructor is an Ubuntu Member (with an Ubuntu Member cloak)

When a class is being led by an Ubuntu Member who has a member cloak on their IRC nick, you are able to make yourself an OP, and change the topic for your course, as well as set #ubuntu-classroom to moderated if you so desire.

Before your class begins

To give yourself OPs, you would send the following message to ChanServ:

/msg ChanServ op #ubuntu-classroom

After giving yourself OPs, you can then set the topic using the /topic command. An example is a topic that was used for Ubuntu User Days:

/topic Ubuntu Classroom || https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom || https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Packaging/Training || Current Session: Packaging Basics || Upcoming: TBD || Run 'date -u' in a terminal to find out the UTC time

If you want to have the channel moderated and have questions asked in #ubuntu-classroom-chat, then you will need to set the mode of the channel to +m. You can do this using one of the following command, depending on your IRC client.

/mode +m

or

/mode #ubuntu-classroom +m

If you do not want to have the channel moderated, then you can skip this last step. Please make sure that if you set the channel to moderated, that you are in #ubuntu-classroom-chat so you can see the questions asked by attendees.

If you are an Ubuntu Member, but do not have a membership cloak, please follow the instructions located at IrcTeam/Cloaks.

Instructor is not an Ubuntu Member (or an Ubuntu Member without a cloak)

The instructor(s) should ask a member of the Ubuntu Classroom Management Team to set a topic announcing the subject, the date, and the time of the upcoming class.

The instructor(s) should then be given OP status by an Ubuntu Classroom Management Team shortly before the class. A minute or two before the class begins, the instructor will set the channel to +m (moderated), unless the instructor has decided otherwise.

During the Class

This section describes procedures for during a class, such as how to ask questions effectively, etc.

Questions

Moderated Classes

If the instructor has set up the classroom channel to be moderated (+m), questions during the class will be directed toward the moderator. In other words, at the beginning of the class, the instructor will say something similar to this:

"Please ask questions in #ubuntu-classroom-chat using the format: QUESTION: your question here?"

An example would be:

QUESTION: How do I login to Ubuntu?

Unmoderated Classes

Some instructors choose not to moderate (+m) #ubuntu-classroom. In this situation, you would just ask your questions in #ubuntu-classroom unless the instructor has said otherwise. Once again, it would be a good idea to start your question with QUESTION: for easy recognition.

Time

Each class should last around an hour, up to a maximum of two hours, with a minimum of half an hour. The length of the class is determined by the amount of material covered by the instructors, by the amount of questions asked, etc.

After the Class

This section describes procedures for after a class, such as resuming your class material into a wiki (if nobody has made a wiki on your subject beforehand) and linking to it.

Instructor is an Ubuntu Member (with an Ubuntu Member cloak)

When your class ends

After your class has ended, we ask that you please return the topic and channel mode back to normal, and deop yourself. Please return the topic to:

/topic Ubuntu Classroom || https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom || https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Packaging/Training || Upcoming: TBD || Run 'date -u' in a terminal to find out the UTC time

If you changed #ubuntu-classroom to moderated (+m) please change it back using either:

/mode -m

or

/mode #ubuntu-classroom -m

And then deop yourself my messaging ChanServ:

/msg ChanServ deop #ubuntu-classroom

Instructor is not an Ubuntu Member (or an Ubuntu Member without a cloak)

The instructor(s) should ask a member of the Ubuntu Classroom Management Team to set the topic back to the default #ubuntu-classroom topic.

The instructor(s) should also be deopped by an Ubuntu Classroom Management Team shortly after the class. If #ubuntu-classroom was set to moderated (+m) the moderated mode should be removed.

Interested in taking your class farther?

Now that you have finished your class, are you interested in making it a permanent part of Ubuntu education? Help us make your session into a class for the Ubuntu Community Learning Project. Feel free to contact the UCLP team via their mailing list on the UCLP wiki page, or via IRC in #ubuntu-learning for more help.

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