Cambridge Friends School/Tech

Introduction

This is a status and task page for the technical aspects of the CFS deployment. You can Technical support for the CFS pilot is managed by the Olin chapter. Anybody can participate; we will train newcomers. Contact Mel Chua if you'd like to get involved, or begin contributing directly to one of the projects listed below.

School server

Next milestone

Our next milestone is March 9, 2009. Yifiy is managing this milestone. We'll be rolling out the following features:

• XS deployment: XS is physically deployed and connected at the CFS campus
• Moodle: Moodle is up and running (and a basic teacher/student-techteam training workshop is available for it)
• Jabber: ejabberd is up and running (and a basic teacher/student-techteam training workshop is available for it)

Our todo list for this next milestone (please help if you see open tickets!)

• (Mchua) - schedule a deployment/training date with the teachers, via the CFS loop team at 1-for-all (Note: in progress, last email sent 3/2/09 - I'm going to keep pinging until I get a response.)
• (Yifiy) - arrange and execute physical deployment of the XS at CFS (getting it to their campus and physically hooked up and turned on, ready for training)
• (Xyz321) - coordinate ejabberd deployment for this milestone.
  • ensure ejabberd is set up on the XS during installation on Olin's campus
  • ensure ejabberd works once the XS is deployed on CFS's campus
  • prepare and run a training session for teachers (and the CFS student tech team, if applicable) on how they will use ejabberd at their deployment
• (Open!) - coordinate Moodle deployment for this milestone.
  • (Xyz321) - ensure Moodle is set up on the XS during installation on Olin's campus (current: installation in progress) - Done!
  • (Open!) - ensure Moodle works once the XS is deployed on CFS's campus
  • (Open!) - prepare and run a training session for teachers (and the CFS student tech team, if applicable) on how they will use Moodle at their deployment

Upcoming milestones

We have not yet set a date for delivery of these features (sometime in March/April 2009), but they are next up on the priority queue.

• Wifi connectivity via the XS
  • (Xyz321) - fix the drivers for the RaLink wireless cards to make enabling wireless easier
    • Installed RaLink drivers available from http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html and disabled OSS drivers. (Not enough documentation exists regarding the configuration of OSS drivers)
    • Further configuration of wireless may be necessary. No testing of wireless systems has been completed.
  • (Open!) - test this on CFS's campus
• Backup and datastore

Build and Activities

• Testing

Infrastructure

• Ticket tracking