[Sugar-devel] GCI update

[Chihurumnaya Ibiam]

Hi James,

The 63 you're seeing might be the tasks you've been assigned to, you can
uncheck the "My task" button below the tasks page to see all tasks.

Can you point out the tasks that make no sense or are for already completed
work?

On Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 10:17 AM James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:

> I'll have to take your word for it on "almost 200", as the dashboard
> only shows me 63.
>
> For those I can see, quality of the tasks is a problem.
>
> Several of them make no sense or are for already completed work.
>
> Yet all I can do is change the description or the instance count.  I
> don't even know who made the tasks.
>
> The tasks need better review before they are published.  There's
> nothing so demoralising for a student to realise they are being
> misguided into wasting their time.
>
> On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 10:07:21AM -0500, Walter Bender wrote:
> > GCI begins on 2 December. We are in pretty good shape: almost 200 tasks
> > published with a nice balance between Sugar Desktop, Music Blocks and
> > Sugarizer. (Thanks to everyone who has been helping with task creation.)
> >
> > Note that we can continue to add more tasks throughout the contest.
> >
> > Most tasks have 4-6 mentors, so I think we should have decent coverage
> in terms
> > of feedback to the participants. Please, where as the primary channel for
> > communication with the participants will be IRC, try to hang out in
> #sugar as
> > much as possible. We are here to help the students learn, so please keep
> that
> > in mind. (We also expect some solid contributions to Sugar.)
> >
> > Reminder: We expect that the quality of submissions be the same as for
> any
> > contribution. Please do not sign off on tasks that are not complete or
> of high
> > quality.
> >
> > GCI is fun and productive.
> >
> > Enjoy.
> >
> > regards.
> >
> > -walter
> >
> > --
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> > [2]
> >
> > References:
> >
> > [1] http://www.sugarlabs.org/
> > [2] http://www.sugarlabs.org/
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