<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi everyone,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hope you all had a nice vacation. I've made a few updates to our schedule, which is here:<BR></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.cs.trincoll.edu/~ram/cpsc225/schedule.html">http://www.cs.trincoll.edu/~ram/cpsc225/schedule.html</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>For tomorrow's class, we will talk about your project designs---so please be prepared to give a brief overview (5-6 minutes). We will discuss several humanitarian open-source projects (see the schedule for links to these).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If you haven't already done so, please do you peer-evaluation assignment before class tomorrow, so we can address any problems that arise. Here are the instructions again:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#384B7D">The URL is: </FONT><A href="http://internet2.trincoll.edu/TCSurveys/Groups/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0017FD">http://internet2.trincoll.edu/TCSurveys/Groups/</FONT></A> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#384B7D"> Trinity students would log in the same way they log in to other campus systems. Wesleyan and Conn College students must proceed as follows: Upon accessing the site you will be prompted for authentication. Your username is the e-mail address used on our Wiki site, namely </FONT><A href="http://www.cs.trincoll.edu/sahana_proj/wiki/CPSC225/Classlist"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0017FD">http://www.cs.trincoll.edu/sahana_proj/wiki/CPSC225/Classlist</FONT></A> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#384B7D">and the password is WELCOME (case-sensitive). This is a one-time password. You will be immediately prompted to change it to something of your choice. After you log in, you will be given access to just the three (3) projects that you have to evaluate. Just evaluate the </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#384B7D"><B>Phase 1 </B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#384B7D">portion of your assigned projects. </FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Here's what you have to do to complete this assignment:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">0) We will be evaluating your SRS documents. This is referred to as <B>Phase 1</B> in the online evaluation system.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1) Evaluate your own project's SRS document. <B>For your own project, include a </B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><B>brief written comment </B></SPAN><B>on what/how you think your project could be improved.</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">2) <B>Carefully</B> read the SRS documents (posted on the WIKI) for each of the other two projects that you are assigned, then enter your evaluations of those projects. <B>For these projects, include a </B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><B>brief comment</B></SPAN><B> that identifies whatever you consider to be a shortcoming of the project and/or a constructive suggestion on what/how it can be improved. </B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">3) Once you <B>submit</B> your evaluation, you will not be able to revise it. So don't hit the submit button until you have completed the evaluation. And don't forget the written comments. The next time you log in to the system it will give you the <B>Phase 2</B> portion of the evaluation for that project. That will be for the SDS document. You will be evaluating the same projects throughout the remainder of the semester.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Let me or Trishan know if you have any questions or if you experience any problems with the system.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">See you tomorrow,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-- ram</DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Ralph Morelli <<A href="mailto:ralph.morelli@trincoll.edu">ralph.morelli@trincoll.edu</A>></DIV><DIV>Professor of Computer Science</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>