UserDaysTeam
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OBJECTIVE: Develop a one day online IRC based classroom geared towards new Ubuntu users.
SUCCESS CRITERIA: Provide a quality set of courses for users in the Ubuntu Community
ACTIONS:
- Determine a name, when to have the courses, and what courses/how-to's/tutorials are needed
- Meet with the Ubuntu Beginners Team to present to them the idea and request assistance in putting together courses for users.
- Secure people to create and teach the courses
- Advertise the day to the public
BLUEPRINT: <link>
DRIVER:
[https://launchpad.net/~chrisjohnston Chris Johnston]
[https://edge.launchpad.net/~lyz Elizabeth Krumbach]
[https://edge.launchpad.net/~pendulum Penelope Stowe]
[https://launchpad.net/~cox.jmark Mark Cox]
Ubuntu User Days has been decided upon.
Course suggestions:
- Switching to Ubuntu
- from Windows
- from OS X
- from BSD
- another distro
- Command Line Basics
- navigating the file system from the command line (key concept: where am I)
- using tar (tape archive) with gzip/bzip (key concept: input file(s) output file)
- aliases, setting an alias, adding an alias to ~/.bashrc (key concept: saving keystrokes)
- Ubuntu Equivalent programs (OO == MS Office, etc)
- Using Ubuntu One
- Launchpad
- Why have a Launchpad account
- Creating a Launchpad account
- Using your Launchpad account for OpenID
- Joining Launchpad teams
- Asking questions on Launchpad
- Reporting bugs on Launchpad
- How to become an Ubuntero
- How to get help
- Asking questions on Launchpad
- Reporting bugs on Launchpad
- How to Get Involved with the Community
- How to 'use' restricted drivers
- From the repositories
- From the vendor
Things to do:
Create a wiki page
- Provide a way for users to submit course suggestions
Possible instructors: