[OSGeo-Edu] Denver "Content Sprint" ideas

[Cameron Shorter]

Charlie,
I suggest that you build a "reference tutorial". The key will be to get 
the structure of the document right, and provide guidance under each 
heading with regards to what should be written there.

I suggest having a look at the UDig Quickstart which is the reference 
Quickstart for OSGeo-Live.
Don't worry about whether you OpenOffice or RST, or something else for 
the moment. Once we have the structure of a tutorial, we can then 
transpose it to whatever format and tools we choose.

I'll have very little time to dedicate to this till after OSGeo-Live 4.5 
is released (mid March 2011). After that, I'll get involved a bit, but 
am aware of the limit to how much time I can personally dedicate to the 
task. There is a non-trivial amount of work required for coordination, 
managing processes, and quality control. If anyone has grant money they 
can tap into, this is an area that I suggest investing in.


On 22/02/2011 7:16 AM, Charlie Schweik wrote:
> Hi Cameron,
>
> On 2/21/2011 2:37 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> Charlie,
>> I'm interested in the development of a template for creating material.
>> I'm happy to review the template to ensure that we can auto generate 
>> content from it (in a similar fashion to what we do on OSGeo-Live).
> Great - you were a person I had in mind! I almost forwarded to the 
> group your note from last fall outlining the process for how you built 
> documentation for the OSGeo-Live product. I think you are suggesting 
> you'd REVIEW a template -- not be the point person to develop one?
>> I agree that OpenOffice is a prime candidate for material creation.
>> I think we should also ensure the template has links back to a "Body 
>> of Knowledge".
> I agree with you and the other posts by Ian and Phillip that if we can 
> connect to the Federal Geospatial Technology Competency Model in each 
> exercise or tutorial that would be great too. This shouldn't  actually 
> be that hard to do -- to point whatever it is doing to a relevant 
> section in that model. So I could see this as being a section in the 
> template. I think a "license" section is obviously another, as is a 
> "link to data" section.
>
> How do  you want to proceed, Cameron? I don't think you are 
> volunteering to "have a go" at formulating a tutorial template? But if 
> you are, do you want to see one or two of my tutorials? I developed 
> them with this effort in mind, so the headings and some of the text 
> might be useful for a generic template. Let me know if you want me to 
> send one or two to you to see them.
>
> Or if someone else would be willing to try and devise this template, 
> let me know. I can't devote the time right now....
>
> Charlie
>


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