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The following is expected from our GSOC students:
The following is expected from our GSOC students:


==In the community bonding period...==
==During the community bonding period==


* Attend an online orientation meeting.
* Attend an online orientation meeting (details to be confirmed).
* Post weekly in your blog describing something of interest about the Moodle community or one of the moodle.org sites. You're welcome to use the blog facility on moodle.org or an external blog. Please tag all entries 'Moodle' and 'GSOC'.
* Create a specification for your project in Moodle Docs and post in an appropriate forum asking for feedback.
* Chat weekly with your mentor(s) and/or with Helen.
* Post in your blog about your project specification and/or your first impressions of the Moodle community. You're welcome to use the blog facility on moodle.org or an external blog. Please tag all entries 'Moodle' and 'GSOC'.
 
Each week:
* Login to moodle.org and read any forum posts of interest to you.
* Chat with your mentor(s) and/or with Helen.
* Participate in the GSOC group chat ''gsoc2009@conference.moodle.org''.
* Participate in the GSOC group chat ''gsoc2009@conference.moodle.org''.
* Create a specification in Moodle Docs and post in an appropriate forum asking for feedback.


==In the coding period...==
 
==During the coding period==


* Refine your specification based on feedback from your mentor and the wider Moodle community.
* Refine your specification based on feedback from your mentor and the wider Moodle community.
* Add subtasks to your tracker issue in roughly chronological order for all your project milestones.
* Add subtasks to your tracker issue in roughly chronological order for all your project milestones.
* Post weekly in your blog summarizing what you've been working on, any problems you've run into, and what you're planning to do next.  
 
* Have a weekly meeting with your mentor.
Each week:
* Participate in the GSOC group chat ''gsoc2009@conference.moodle.org''.
* Post in your blog summarizing what you've been working on, any problems you've run into, and what you're planning to do next.  
* Have a meeting with your mentor.
* Participate in the GSOC group chat.





Revision as of 09:36, 6 April 2009

The following is expected from our GSOC students:

During the community bonding period

  • Attend an online orientation meeting (details to be confirmed).
  • Create a specification for your project in Moodle Docs and post in an appropriate forum asking for feedback.
  • Post in your blog about your project specification and/or your first impressions of the Moodle community. You're welcome to use the blog facility on moodle.org or an external blog. Please tag all entries 'Moodle' and 'GSOC'.

Each week:

  • Login to moodle.org and read any forum posts of interest to you.
  • Chat with your mentor(s) and/or with Helen.
  • Participate in the GSOC group chat gsoc2009@conference.moodle.org.


During the coding period

  • Refine your specification based on feedback from your mentor and the wider Moodle community.
  • Add subtasks to your tracker issue in roughly chronological order for all your project milestones.

Each week:

  • Post in your blog summarizing what you've been working on, any problems you've run into, and what you're planning to do next.
  • Have a meeting with your mentor.
  • Participate in the GSOC group chat.


To be continued...

See also