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# Need two tests, preferably practical - especially since the exam is written. -- Andrew
 
# Need two tests, preferably practical - especially since the exam is written. -- Andrew
 
# Use CentOS on the virtal machines. Using Fedora has been no more successful in OPS335 than in OPS235. CentOS has problems but it's consistent and reliable. Fedora will do some random crap you won't believe. All the tools and services used in the course are equivalent between CentOS and Fedora (except yum/dnf which are the same anyway). --Andrew
 
# Use CentOS on the virtal machines. Using Fedora has been no more successful in OPS335 than in OPS235. CentOS has problems but it's consistent and reliable. Fedora will do some random crap you won't believe. All the tools and services used in the course are equivalent between CentOS and Fedora (except yum/dnf which are the same anyway). --Andrew
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# Iptables is really complex but still the industry standard for firewalls. Firewalld may or may not (probably not) replace it. There's no time to teach both, should get rid of Firewalld completely. --Andrew
  
 
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Revision as of 16:36, 2 January 2016

Current Semester (Winter 2016)

  1. The number of topics in the current form of the course is impossible for the students. I haven't had a single one excell at all of them and I've had some very talented students. We need to pick some topics we feel would be crucial and drop the rest or reduce the rest to study-only-no-labs (the latter seems useless to me) --Andrew
  2. Eleven labs seems to be a lot of labs for this course. Can't students simply use c7host that they created in OPS235 (with tweaks) in order to streamline labs 0 and 1?
    1. I don't think there should be a lab0. That setup should be done on their own time in advance, all needed to do the setup was learned in OPS235. If the students don't remember - that's a good reason for them to spend extra time getting a refresher on OPS235. -- Andrew
      1. Same for networking. All the students had trouble with basic network setup. They need to be told to go back on their own and remember how to configure an interface. And they have to be tested on it for the first 2-3 weeks to make sure they know it's a serious requirement. --Andrew
  3. If answer to previous question is "yes", then why can't tasks for lab0 be included in lab1 which does seem to be a lot of work for students?
  4. Can students use their existing OPS235 removable hard drives to reduce re-installing CENTOS7?
    1. Can't use c7host from 235 because a good number of students don't have it any more, it's not unusual for students to go to coop between 235 and 335. -- Andrew
  5. Would be preferable to have sub-WIKIs discussing the concepts of why students are doing lab[01] (purpose/overview) prior to complete (that|those) lab(s)



  6. Labs need to be worth more, 2% per lab in OPS235 seems to work well. --Andrew
  7. Need lots of small quizzes. Perhaps one per week unless nothing new's been taught that week. --Andrew
  8. Need two tests, preferably practical - especially since the exam is written. -- Andrew
  9. Use CentOS on the virtal machines. Using Fedora has been no more successful in OPS335 than in OPS235. CentOS has problems but it's consistent and reliable. Fedora will do some random crap you won't believe. All the tools and services used in the course are equivalent between CentOS and Fedora (except yum/dnf which are the same anyway). --Andrew
  10. Iptables is really complex but still the industry standard for firewalls. Firewalld may or may not (probably not) replace it. There's no time to teach both, should get rid of Firewalld completely. --Andrew

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