Another Successful User Days!

From Saturday, the 14th to Sunday, the 15th, the Classroom team hosted User Days for the Oneiric cycle.

Our gratitude to all the instructors who took time out of their weekend to present a session.  Special thanks to Beginners Team members who volunteered to lead sessions.

Finally, thanks to everyone who attended, and everyone who asked questions during the sessions.

If you missed a session you wanted to catch, the logs from all the sessions are available on the wiki.

In case you attended and haven’t filled it out our survey, please fill it out!

Ubuntu User Days — This Weekend!

This weekend from Saturday 13:30 UTC through Sunday 03:00 UTC the Classroom team will be hosting Ubuntu User Days!

User Days was created to be a set of chat-based classes offered during a one day period to teach the beginning or intermediate Ubuntu user the basics to get them started with Ubuntu. User Days sessions include:

• find equivalent programs in Ubuntu
• learn how to get help
• learn the basics of how to use the command line in Ubuntu
• learn how to get involved in the community

So join us by coming to #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net (#ubuntu-classroom-chat for questions) this weekend!

Our full schedule is as follows:

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Time (UTC)	Subject	Presenter
13:30	Introduction to User Days	pleia2, nigelb
14:00	Launchpad and How to Use Restricted Drivers	ashickur-noor
15:00	Introduction to Ubuntu	holstein
16:00	Firewall Basics	the_hydra
17:00	I have an idea to improve Ubuntu – what should I do?	Cheesehead
18:00	Unity Lenses	davidcalle
19:00	Installing Software	stlsaint
20:00	Accessibility in Unity	AlanBell
21:00	Finding Help in Ubuntu	bkerensa
22:00	Customizing Unity	philipballew and jrgifford
23:00	Introduction to Firefox	JoseeAntonioR

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Time (UTC)	Subject	Presenter
00:00	Ubuntu Equivalents	sagaci
01:00	How to Get Involved with the Community	benonsoftware
02:00	Commandline Basics	tonyyarusso

Ubuntu User Days en Español

We’re happy to report that Sergio Meneses has announced that there will be an Día del Usuario Ubuntu en Español – Ubuntu User Days in Spanish on January 14th!

Hace algún tiempo hemos venido trabajando en diferentes formas de retomar proyectos anteriores por parte de Ubuntu-ClassRoom-Es, despues de varios inconvenientes por parte de los miembros del team nos volvemos a poner a trabajar juntos para la realización de la versión en Español del UbuntuUserDay.

Full announcement on Sergio’s blog: Día del Usuario Ubuntu en Español?…. esta aquí!

He has also issued a call for instructors: El Día del Usuario Ubuntu necesita Instructores!

The English version of User Days is also still looking for instructors, see here for more details: Call for Instructors: Ubuntu User Days on January 14-15th 2012

Call for Instructors: Ubuntu User Days on January 14-15th 2012

We’ll be hosting our next Ubuntu User Days on January Saturday the 14th – Sunday the 15th 2012.

“User Days was created to be a set of courses offered during a one day period to teach the beginning or intermediate Ubuntu user the basics to get them started with Ubuntu”

In order for this event to be a success, we need instructors to lead sessions.

To volunteer to lead a session, you can contact a member of the Ubuntu User Days Team by sending an email to myself (lyz at ubuntu.com), the ubuntu-classroom at lists.ubuntu.com mailing list or by contacting us on IRC by stopping by #ubuntu-classroom-backstage on irc.freenode.net.

If you are unsure of a topic for your session, you can visit the Course Suggestions page:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDaysTeam/CourseSuggestions

If you are unsure about expectations for class instructors, please ask! You may also visit the logs from past Ubuntu User Days:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDaysTeam/natty
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDaysTeam/maverick
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDaysTeam/lucid

Please be sure to pass this announcement along to any of your friends who might be interested in leading a session.

Thanks everyone!

Ask Mark, Wednesday, 23 November, 1500UTC

Every Ubuntu Open Week we have a session called “Ask Mark”, where Mark Shuttleworth answers questions from the community in IRC.

Due to scheduling conflicts this didn’t happen last Open Week, so we’re holding a special standalone event on IRC where people can ask Mark questions.

Ask Mark will take place on Wednesday the 23rd of November at 1500 UTC. To watch the session you’ll need to join #ubuntu-classroom and #ubuntu-classroom-chat on irc.freenode.net, where you will ask questions, which will then get passed onto a bot and onto Mark.

Some tips for asking questions:

• Mark operates at a macro level of the project, so questions like “How do I get Flash to work?” or “Why did you pick this specific version of the kernel to ship in 11.10″ he’s likely to not know the answer to that. So unless you want a “Go ask the person who runs that team” answer try to ask questions about Ubuntu at a higher level than asking about plumbing.
• Make your question count – put some thought into it, plenty of people will be asking good questions, so don’t waste an opportunity by asking something like “Where can I download 11.10?”
• Here are the archives of the past sessions if you want to see what has been asked before if you want an answer.
• It can get chaotic with the amount of people asking questions, so please be patient.

Here’s the classroom wiki page with information on how to participate if you need more detail. Hope to see you there!

Slightly modified from original post here by Jorge Castro

Ubuntu Women Career Days: Jane Silber: From Developer to CEO, a Career in Tech

On Saturday November 12th at 16:00 UTC the Ubuntu Women Project is hosting their second session in their Career Days initiative with a session titled “From Developer to CEO, a Career in Tech” featuring Canonical CEO Jane Silber.

Career Days is the brain child of Cheri Francis who was inspired by her own experiences in tech and studies which continue to show that women lack female role models and exposure to tech career opportunities.

So join us on Saturday, November 12th at 16:00 UTC in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net (#ubuntu-classroom-chat for questions).

We will not be accepting questions specifically about Ubuntu, Canonical or other companies she has worked for, this session is strictly about her path and experiences in the tech industry.

These sessions are open to the whole community, you don’t need to be a woman to attend or participate.

OpenWeek Summary for Thursday

It’s been an exciting Ubuntu Open Week so far with sessions yesterday, Thursday, October 20, 2011 which included:

• How to become a bug guru?
• Ubuntu Orchestra — Servers, Live and in Concert!
• Xubuntu: What is that?
• Canonical and the Community

The final day of Ubuntu (11.10) Open Week sessions start today, Friday, October 21, 2011 at 1400 UTC.

Day 5 Sessions include:

• How to use Ask Ubuntu effectively
• Accessibility in Ubuntu
• Using Unity like a Boss, tips and tricks
• Best ways to find technical support help in Ubuntu

Session Logs:

For those of you who may have missed sessions this weeks the logs are linked to each session listed on the schedule.

Participation:

Please see the Ubuntu Open Week participation wiki page for more information.

Originally posted here by Amber Graner on Friday, October 21, 2011

OpenWeek Summary for Wednesday

Day 4 of Ubuntu Open Week starts at 1400 UTC today. Today’s schedule (Thursday, October 20th, 2011) includes a Q&A with Rick Spencer. As Jorge Castro said yesterday, “Rick is the engineering manager for the Ubuntu Platform, so he’s got good working knowledge of Ubuntu as a whole, so bring your hard questions!”

Thursday sessions include:

• 1400 UTC: How to Become a Bug Guru!
• 1500 UTC: Ubuntu Orchestra — Servers, Live and in Concert!
• 1600 UTC: Xubuntu: What is that?
• 1700 UTC: Canonical and the Community

We had some great Ubuntu Open Week sessions yesterday; those sessions included:

• Advanced dualboot (Win/Ubuntu) config sharing a lot of stuff!
• How to contribute translating Ubuntu
• Volunteer Leadership -What does it take?
• Writing your first Ubuntu app
• Social Networking in Ubuntu: What’s new?

Want more information on how you can participate? Check out the Ubuntu Open Week wiki page.

Originally posted here by Amber Graner on Thursday, October 20th, 2011.

OpenWeek Summary for Tuesday

NOTE! We are starting a bit early today at 1300UTC, and also today tomorrow we have Rick Spencer’s Q+A. Rick is the engineering manager for the Ubuntu Platform, so he’s got good working knowledge of Ubuntu as a whole, so bring your hard questions!

Here’s the logs from yesterday’s sessions:

• Getting Started with Ubuntu Development – Daniel Holbach
• Is your system Ubuntu Friendly? Contributing to the community hardware testing program — Daniel Manrique
• Ubuntu Brainstorm: Will your idea change the world? – Cheesehead

And here’s the schedule for today!
Originally posted here by Jorge Castro on Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

OpenWeek Summary for Monday

We had some great sessions yesterday, here are the links to the logs:

• Introduction and General Ubuntu Q&A – Jorge Castro
• Contributing to Ubuntu at a Local level: A Roadmap – Randall Ross
• Getting the most out of LoCo Teams Portal – Michael Hall
• Juju: DevOps Distilled – Clint Byrum

We’ve got some nice content for you today too, starting at 1400UTC:

• Daniel’s going to do a 2 hour block on how to get started with Ubuntu Development
• Contributing to the Ubuntu Friendly program (this is a great project, it takes about 15 minutes and anyone can do it, it’s a great way to give back to Ubuntu.
• and Ubuntu Brainstorm, will your idea change the world?

Originally posted here by Jorge Castro on Tuesday, October 18, 2011.