KDEEdu/Sprint2012

General Information

Randa Sprint in sprints.kde.org

Agenda

• KDE Edu on Windows
  • How to attract contributors to fix runtime or build issues on Windows?
  • Cross compilation on Linux if no license available? Document how to do it?
  • Can we distribute on their market?
  • What will happen with Metro+KDE?

• KDE Edu on Mobile
  • What projects should be ported?
  • Do we want different versions for the Mobile version?
  • Should they be available for free on the platform markets?
  • Localization issues?
  • How to advertise KDE Edu better in mobile softwares?
  • How to improve app-in purchase like a new translation? Porting GHNS or something else?
  • How to get devices or simulators up and running easily?
  • Common feedback from the appstore reviews?
  • Adding screenshots and few words on the website?
  • How can we lower the barrier to get into mobile tasks?
  • Evaluation: what metrics make a platform more potential than another for KDE Edu?

• KDE Edu
  • Presentation on "Cooperative Learning"
  • Brainstorming for new educational applications based on "Cooperative Learning"

• Website
  • State?
  • What's missing?
  • How can we improve it?

• Plasma Active
  • How can we make sure we are a first citizen on the project?
  • How can we take advantage from it?

• Quality
  • Code testing coverage?
  • Testing? More collaboration with the Quality team and teachers to test new releases?
  • Documentation of the project, even software architectures?
  • How to get the best code out from not primarily programmers, but scientists?
  • Continous Integration and Jenkins, something missing?

• Artwork, UI Design, and Usability
  • Do we have something we can do better for attracting such contributors?
  • How can we do this better ourselves when we have a lack of expertise around? What guidelines should we consider?
  • Any lessons learned from previous mobile efforts or from desktop?

• Qt5 and KDE Frameworks
  • Worth starting?
  • Are there contributors for porting and experimenting?