Applying to work with Moodle for GSOC

Note: Moodle will NOT be applying to take part in Google Summer of Code 2010 in order that we can focus on the Moodle 2.0 release.

Thanks to everyone who applied to work with Moodle for GSOC 2009 :-) See GSOC/2009 for the list of accepted project proposals.

If your proposal was not accepted, you're welcome to hang around http://dev.moodle.org/ and http://moodle.org. At any time, you can unenrol yourself from any course via a link in the administration block. We hope that you will continue to take an interest in Moodle development and will consider applying to work with Moodle for GSOC next year (assuming GSOC runs and Moodle is accepted as a mentoring organisation).

Before submitting your application

• Create an account on moodle.org and browse the Using Moodle course.
• Enrol on the GSOC 2009 course on our Moodle Developer Courses site.
• Whilst you're there, check out our Introduction to Moodle Programming course.
• Download Moodle 1.9.4+ and install it on your local machine. You may like to try one of our all-in-one packages Moodle4Mac or Moodle for Windows.
• Take a look at our Projects for new developers. Feel free to join in the forum discussion for any project which interests you. If you have any ideas of your own for new features in Moodle which might be suitable as GSOC projects, see Development:New feature ideas.
• Sign up for a Moodle tracker account. Please use the same username as for your moodle.org account.
• Browse our lists of easy bugs in 1.9 and easy bugs in 2.0 and suggest a fix for at least one of them. See Development:How to create a patch.

Your application

You're welcome to use the following template, though it's not compulsory to do so.

Personal Details

• Name
• Email
• Other contact methods

Project Proposal

What do you plan to do?

Also describe any work or research on this project you have already done.

Schedule of Deliverables

What are the milestones and deliverables for your project?

Do you have any other commitments during this time? Provide dates, such as holidays, when you will not be available.

Note: We expect your project to be your primary focus this summer. Please do not apply if you have other summer employment.

Open Source Development Experience

Any experience you have of other Open Source software development.

Moodle Tracker issue number(s) of bug(s) you have fixed.

Note: We require you to fix at least one Moodle bug before considering whether to accept your project proposal.

Work/Internship Experience

Anything relevant to the project, or related to web design or software development.

Academic Experience

What you're studying at university/college.

Why Moodle

Tell us why you chose to apply to us.

See also

• GSOC - describing Moodle's involvement with Google in their Summer of Code program
• Advice for Students google-summer-of-code
• Google Summer of Code 2009 Frequently Asked Questions
• GSOC 2009 Greetings from Tim forum post which describes what mentors look for in applications