Classroom

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As of 2014 the Ubuntu Classroom project is no longer active.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.

Introduction

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The Ubuntu Classroom is part of the Ubuntu Community Learning Project.

The idea of The Classroom is to host regular tutorial sessions on the freenode IRC server in the #ubuntu-classroom channel. The tutorials cover information for Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu users, primarily on ways in which the user can contribute back to the Ubuntu project. The Classroom attempts to have sessions for all levels of expertise, from beginner to advanced. These sessions be instructed by members and teams within Ubuntu community and last about one hour.

Why Ubuntu Classroom? Several teams within Ubuntu offer IRC sessions. Classroom seeks to be a centralized location for these sessions to be held and resources documented. Ubuntu Classroom currently hosts classes for the following:

Is your team hosting classes but not involved with Classroom? Feel free to join the Ubuntu Classroom Mailing List and get involved!

Following Ubuntu Classroom on identi.ca and twitter

Subscribe to Ubuntu Classroom on identi.ca and twitter for classroom updates and session announcements!

Ubuntu Classroom on identi.ca
Ubuntu Classroom on twitter

Ubuntu Classroom Blog

Ubuntu Classroom has a blog at http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/ (RSS feed)

Schedule

Upcoming Sessions:

Please see the official Learning Events Calendar to view the upcoming Ubuntu Classroom Sessions.

The schedule is available in iCalendar (ics) format, subscribe to the calendar using Google Calendar or Evolution.

Past Sessions:

Date

Time (UTC)

Class Topic

Event

Instructor(s)

Tue Jan 31 - Thu Feb 2

15:00 - 22:00

UbuntuDeveloperWeek

UbuntuDeveloperWeek

Various

Sat Jan 14 - Sun Jan 15

Various

UserDaysTeam/oneiric

Ubuntu User Days

Various

Wed Nov 23

15:00

Ask Mark

Q+A

sabdfl

Sat Nov 12

16:00

From Developer to CEO: A Career in Tech

Ubuntu Women Career Days

silbs

Mon Oct 17 - Fri Oct 21

14:00 - 18:00

Various

UbuntuOpenWeek

Various

Sat Sep 24 - Sun Sep 25

Various

UserDaysTeam/natty

Ubuntu User Days

Various

Sat Sep 17

16:00

Linux Systems Administrator

Ubuntu Women Career Days

pleia2

Mon Sep 5 - Fri Sep 9

16:00 - 22:00

Various

UbuntuAppDeveloperWeek

Various

Thu Sep 1

00:00

Lernid Testing Session

jsjgruber, pleia2

Fri Aug 5

16:30

Q & A with Jonathan Lange of the Application Developer Programme

WeeklyQandA

jml

Mon Jul 25 - Tue Jul 26

16:00 - 21:00

UbuntuCloudDays

UbuntuCloudDays

Various

Mon Jul 18 - Fri Jul 22

16:00 - 20:00

UbuntuCommunityWeek

UbuntuCommunityWeek

Various

Mon Jul 11 - Fri Jul 15

16:00 - 21:00

UbuntuDeveloperWeek

UbuntuDeveloperWeek

Various

Sat Jul 9

00:00

Lernid Testing Session

jsjgruber, pleia2

Fri Jul 8

16:30

Q & A with Francis Lacoste on Launchpad

WeeklyQandA

flacoste

Fri Jun 24

16:30

Q & A with Steve George on developers and software strategy

WeeklyQandA

stevegeorge

Fri Jun 17

16:30

Q & A with enelope Stowe and Charlie Kravetz of the Ubuntu Accessibility Team

WeeklyQandA

Pendulum, charlie-tca

Fri Jun 10

16:30

Q & A with Jamie Strandboge the Ubuntu Security Team Manager

WeeklyQandA

jdstrand

Thr Jun 9

18:00

Burnout: Detecting it, avoiding it, preventing it - Jono Bacon

jono

Fri Jun 3

16:30

Q & A with Allison Randal of the Application Review Board

WeeklyQandA

wendar

Fri May 27

16:30

Q & A with Pete Graner the QA Engineering Manager and Jono Bacon the Ubuntu Community Manager

WeeklyQandA

pgraner, jono

Fri May 20

16:30

Q & A with Rick Spencer the Ubuntu Engineering Director

WeeklyQandA

rickspencer3

Mon May 2 - Fri May 6

14:00 - 17:00

Various

UbuntuOpenWeek

Various

Mon Apr 11 - Fri Apr 15

16:00 - 21:00

Various

UbuntuAppDeveloperWeek

Various

Fri Apr 8

16:30

Q & A with Desktop Experience Team Manager David Barth

WeeklyQandA

dbarth

Tue Apr 5

20:00

Basics of Bug Triaging

ddecator

Fri Apr 1

16:30

Q & A with ARM Engineering Manager for Ubuntu David Mandala

WeeklyQandA

davidm

Mon Mar 28

16:00 - 21:00

Various

UbuntuGlobalJamBootcamp

Various

Fri Mar 25

17:30

Q & A with Ubuntu Release Manager Kate Stewart

WeeklyQandA

skaet

Wed Mar 23 - Thu Mar 24

16:00 - 20:00

Various

UbuntuCloudDays

Various

Fri Mar 18

17:30

Q & A with Ubuntu Programme Manager and CTO Matt Zimmerman

WeeklyQandA

mdz

Fri Mar 17

16:00

Ubuntu Translations QA Workflows

dpm

Fri Mar 11

17:30

Q & A with QA manager Marjo Mercado

WeeklyQandA

marjo_

Mon Feb 28 - Fri Mar 4

16:00 - 20:00

Various

UbuntuDeveloperWeek

Various

Fri 25 Feb

17:30

Q & A with Rick Spencer, Ubuntu Engineering Director

WeeklyQandA

rickspencer3

Fri 18 Feb

17:30

Q & A with Allison Randall, Ubuntu Technical Architect

WeeklyQandA

wendar

Fri 11 Feb

17:30

Q & A with Robbie Williamson, Server Engineering Manager

WeeklyQandA

robbiew

Fri 4 Feb

17:00

Q & A with Pete Graner, Kernel Engineering Manager

WeeklyQandA

pgraner

Sun 30 Jan

15:30

Head Start into Ubuntu Development

Packaging/Training

coolbhavi

Sat 29 Jan - Sun 30 Jan

Various

UserDaysTeam/maverick

Ubuntu User Days

Various

Thu 27 Jan

16:00

How to use top and similar tools to pinpoint system problems

the_hydra

See InstructionArchive for classes from 2006-2010

Presenting in #ubuntu-classroom

If you or your team is interested in presenting in #ubuntu-classroom, please have a look at the information on both the submissions and guidelines pages.

IRC Channel

The Ubuntu community is currently utilizing the freenode servers for IRC. If you are going to join a session, the channel to use is #ubuntu-classroom. If it is your first time using IRC, we ask that you simply review the IRC Guidelines. You may also be interested in this list of IRC HOWTO Pages. To connect to the IRC server, use the following information:

  • Server: irc.ubuntu.com

  • Port: 8001

Once connected to the server type /join #ubuntu-classroom to join the classroom channel. #ubuntu-classroom isn't the main support channels, so you can't expect to join it searching for answers, as most of the time it is a ghost towns. We recommend you continue using #ubuntu, #kubuntu, #edubuntu, or #xubuntu for support.

Information

The classes will start promptly at the designated times. The classroom will be open briefly in order to provide the members and students the opportunity for brief introductions and instructions. Once the class begins, the channel may become moderated (+m), meaning only instructors and administrators will have speaking privileges. This will insure there are no interruptions, making the class enjoyable for everyone attending. If the class is moderated, questions can be asked in #ubuntu-classroom-chat. The proper way to ask a question in #ubuntu-classroom-chat is: QUESTION: Type your question here. Further instructions will be given at the beginning of each class.

See the Ubuntu Classroom Guidelines for more details.

Logs/Transcripts

The classroom sessions are recorded, along with all the Ubuntu related IRC logs at Ubuntu IRC logs. To find the transcript you want you must know the date of the event as the logs are stored by date. Visit Ubuntu IRC logs and select the year, then the month and date on the subsequent pages. This will give you a list of all the Ubuntu related IRC logs for that day, available as both a text file and html (for your web browser). Navigate to the Ubuntu classroom logs, #ubuntu-classroom.html and #ubuntu-classroom.txt and select a format.

Getting Involved

Are you interested in helping out with the Ubuntu Classroom? Please visit our volunteer page for more information on what help is needed and the teams structure.

Contact

If you are interested in becoming a member or instructor or interested in seeing a specific class, have remarks on a past class, issues with what was taught, please visit the Contact Us page to find out how to get in touch with us!