[WG: Sakai QA] Crowdsourcing an Open Apereo presentation

[Neal Caidin]

[sakai-dev, sakai-qa, pedagogy, sakai-user]

Hi all,

A small group of us are giving a presentation on community at Open 
Apereo 2014.  The theme is that all are welcome in the community, the 
great benefits of participating actively, and how to get started.

We are going to share some user or institutional stories to demonstrate 
ways to participate. While we have some examples in mind, would love to 
hear your stories and maybe include a snippet for our Powerpoint slides!

If any of the themes resonate for you, please email me at 
neal.caidin at apereo.org to share your story (or to discuss if you are not 
sure it is relevant).

Thanks!

A few example Use cases for participation and the benefits:

* Participating in the surveys, like the Tool use survey (coming soon, 
btw). Can use local results in your annual report. Can use community 
results as a way to get a sense of which tools are well supported and 
used. SQL queries provided!

* Diving into Jira for feature requests. Ways to contribute. Identify 
community interest in development. Also a way to help fix things.

* Easy fixes. Developers needed for some bug fixes require less deep 
knowledge of Sakai. Fixing these provides experience and frees up time 
for senior developers to work on more difficult and challenging problems.

* Adopt-a-Tool - some institutions participated in Sakai 10 testing and 
in the process, asked Sakai Coordinator questions to learn more about 
the state of the community, and how to open Jiras. Felt more comfortable 
with the upcoming Sakai 10 upgrade.

* Participating in Bug Bashes/ Test Fests.  Some similar benefits as 
Adopt-a-tool.

Share your story! We want to hear them. :-)

Thanks,
Neal



-- 
Neal Caidin
Sakai Community Coordinator
Apereo Foundation
neal.caidin at apereo.org
Skype me! (but let me know in advance for the first interaction) - nealkdin

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