OER Template Repository

These are open educational resources (OER). The repository should be used as a template for the your own classes.

Using the Content

Content is located in the content/ folder.

Each chapter has its own folder. Content for each chapter is split in two subfolders:

• lecture/: content to be presented and discussed as part of lectures / presentations
• practice/: content to be worked on as practical activities

Lecture content is expected to be presented and followed. Practice content is expected to be used hands-on individually or as part of team.

Publishing Workflow

Before building the repository you have to set up the following items:

• Select the GitHub Pages branch by following the Configuring a publishing source for your GitHub Pages site tutorial. You will have to set up the gh-pages branch as the publishing branch.
• Add a publishing key named ACCESS_TOKEN by following the Automatic token authentication tutorial.

In order to publish the content of this repository, we use a GitHub workflow located in .github/workflows/deployment.yml. This workflow will build the site using Docusaurus and publish the contents to a link similar to <github_username>.github.io.

Your first TODOs

To configure this repo for the class for which you intend to develop content, you must make the following changes:

• Change the repository name to match your class name (the default name is oer-template).
• In config.yaml:
  • Change title to you class name.
  • Change url to <github_usename>.github.io.
  • Change baseurl to / if the repository is the only one with a GitHub page in your profile. Otherwise, change it to /<repository_name>/.
  • Change links to social media sites, if applicable.

Running Locally

When testing locally, you will have to build the container that will run the builder based on the Dockerfile defined in the repository root as follows:

docker build --no-cache -f ./Dockerfile --tag <your-repo-name>/docusaurus:latest .

In order to run the builder which will create the repository locally, you will have to run the newly built container:

docker run -it -v $PWD/:/content -v $PWD/../output:/output <your-repo-name>/docusaurus:latest

Finally, to view the content locally, you will have to start a container by running the following command in the output/ directory:

python3 -m http.server

The website will be available by accessing the http://localhost:8000 address. To change the defualt port you will add this a parameter to the above command as follows.

python3 -m http.server 8888

This command will open the web server on port 8888.

Make sure that you run command in the output/ directory.

Chapter Contents

Lecture

Lecture content consists of slides, demos, media files and quizzes in the lecture/ subfolder of each chapter.

Slides are written in GitHub Markdown and use reveal-md and reveal.js to render HTML output. Building slides requires MarkdownPP. Lecture slides are built from the slides.mdpp file using the make command (and the Makefile). slides.mdpp is a wrapper / index file; actual content is stored in Markdown format in files in the slides/ subfolder. Output is generated in the _site/ subfolder; open the _site/index.html in a browser to view the slides.

Demos are snippets of code and support files that showcase concepts and ideas related to the lecture. Demos are located in the demo/ subfolder. Each demo has its own folder with source code, Makefile or other build files (if required) and support files.

Media files are images and films used in slides for visual support. Media files are located in the media/ subfolder.

Quizzes are used in slides to trigger interactivity with participants and as a form of (self-)assessment. Quizzes are located in the quiz/ subfolder. Quiz questions are stored in Markdown format, one file per quiz.

Practice

Practice content consists of background text, media files, support files and quizzes in the practice/ subfolder of each chapter.

Background text is located in content/ folder as a series of sections. Each section consists of general information, tutorial information followed by description of actual work items and a quiz. Sections are indexed in the README.md file.

Support files for work items are stored in the support/ subfolder. There is a subfolder for each section. Each section subfolder contains source code, Makefile (or other build files, if required) and support files.

Media files are images and films used in text for visual support. Media files are located in the media/ subfolder.

Quizzes are referenced at the end of each section as a form of (self-)assessment. Quizzes are located in the quiz/ subfolder. Quiz questions are stored in Markdown format, one file per quiz.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. See the contribution guide on how you could report or fix issues and on how you can improve the content.

Reviewers are requested to follow the reviewing guide.