Well done Matt. This is an excellent way to get more Linux users. The students would get much more benefit from workshops than seminars. The best way to get to know
They would, and a similar sentiment was expressed in the comments submitted the last time we ran these tutorials (two years ago). With this aim we could perhaps talk to the department about ongoing funding/resources to keep doing this, however at this stage (fairly late in the piece for a set of tutorials to be run in the first few weeks of semester), they'll stay as tutorials. One thing we did consider however was making available some practical tasks the students can perform in their home directory, and be "marked" by running a script over the resulting output. We've also considered supplying students with an electronic copy of the RUTE linux tutorial, and perhaps having a paper copy or two available in the library.
easily repeated. Workshops would require a couple of experienced users to assist the students in addition to the tutor, but I'm sure some members would be willing to help. I am an ex teacher with a lot of experience in practical teaching and would be happy to assist organising a program.
Thanks for your offer, we'll definitely keep this in mind. As well as the topics Matt mentioned, we've talked about running more advanced topics later in the year, such as use of CVS, Makefiles, advanced bash scripting, and so on. Real lifesavers for students, yet so few of them know about them. Daniel