User talk:Howardf64

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Course names
Hello, and welcome. We look forward to contributions from you and your students. I noticed your question about CS 109 UPIKE. There's no one right way to organize course material here. You may want to have a look at Wright State University Lake Campus where the pages are organized under the institution, or another example with topic/semester hierarchy is Federal Writers' Project - Life Histories, perhaps more relevant see the list of CS resources at User:Dave Braunschweig's home page. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you need/want help or advice. --mikeu talk 14:47, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Welcome Howard! I applaud your efforts to develop and share your course as open content. I encourage you to rename CS 109 UPIKE to Computer Science Principles. First, see Naming conventions. We don't include course numbers, as CS 109 at UPIKE might be CIS 101 at Harper College. Second, unless you specifically want a page such as UPIKE/Computer Science Principles, There's no advantage to hiding this course under the UPIKE name. If it's open, it should be open to all, and easy to locate. We can add a warning at the top that others should contact you before making any changes. See the one I have at the top of Applied Programming as an example. Third, there is no course at Wikiversity specifically targeting the AP Computer Science Principles yet, so this would be a great addition.

Separately, I would be happy to collaborate with you on this effort if you like. See Information Systems, which contains similar content. Something else that makes Information Systems interesting is that it was about 50% written by students, and I have students edit / update it each year. I have a CIS 101 section running this summer that is available to help you add / edit content to your course if you wish, or I can keep them editing Information Systems instead if you prefer not to have their assistance.

In terms of having students develop the content, I highly recommend the approach. All of the Lesson Summary content of Applied Programming is being developed by my second-year students this semester. I'm editing a little bit, but it's 95% their work. I'm just providing the example code. Also, having students write the content saves you about 50% in time effort.

Please note that most of the Computer Science content at Wikiversity is out of date (older than my contributions here, and I started in 2012). There isn't anyone else active in Computer Science here at this point, with the exception of the work being done on Python Concepts. Feel free to adapt, borrow, etc. It's mostly easier to reuse than reinvent. We look forward to working with you!

Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 15:24, 3 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks everyone for the welcome. For a while my CS 109 UPIKE is going to be a disorganized set of links and notes that I don't want to lose. As I begin to feel how it all fits together it might take a better look. Once I get a handle on how the course should look, and once I understand a lot of the conventions used here (like the categories  added -- Thanks!) I will probably change the name and improve its accessibility. I kinda of like hiding it where it is until I do feel it's minimally ready to be shared. And I'll take a look around at the current Computer Science content and see what I can do. I still have lot to learn, but I'm looking forward to it. Thanks! Howardf64 (discuss • contribs) 17:57, 3 February 2018 (UTC)


 * An addition to the plate, please review the categories on the page I've added. Please also see: Categories. Thanks! -Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 15:52, 3 February 2018 (UTC)