Software-Training
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About SELF Workshops
The Spoken Tutorial project is about teaching and learning a particular FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) like Linux, Scilab, LaTeX, PHP & MySQL, Java, C/C++, LibreOffice etc. via an easy Video tool - Spoken Tutorials. Some of the salient features of SELF (Spoken Tutorial based Education and Learning through Free FOSS study) Workshops are -
- This method is highly conducive to self-learning.
- Once one gets started any student or faculty can master the FOSS.
- UG, PG or research scholar students and even teachers of Science, IT, Engineering, Commerce, Management disciplines can learn any of the FOSS.
- The training workshops are conducted remotely via a video conferencing tool (Skype).
- Typically, the first workshop at any college is of 2 hour duration.
- To start of, any college which is organising the workshop needs to get a computer lab ready with machines that support sound and have internet connectivity. There is no lower or upper limit on the number of participants. This just depends on the number of computers available. For additional participants, laptops if available can be used.
- The main organiser's computer should have a webcam via which the Spoken Tutorial team can monitor the workshop.
- On a convenient day, participants take an assessment test and on clearing it get certificates from Spoken Tutorial project, IIT Bombay.
As a first step, the organiser can identify a student coordinator to publicise and conduct the workshop. Students have a lot of energy and are very enthusiastic about such activities. Participants, of course, benefit. Student coordinators, too, get a special certificate, and a T-shirt! More importantly, they develop Event management and Project coordination skills.
All of the above mean a big deal to students for their career with recruiters and at PG interviews.
Today, SMEs and Govt. departments are moving to Open Sources like Linux OS. Students with this knowledge will have an edge in the job market. They can also become entrepreneurs and use Open Source Software in their businesses, saving money vs., if they were using commercial software.
Net - it is a win-win situation for all and the best part....all the workshops are conducted FREE of cost. We are having a very good experience with colleges across the length and breadth of India with this format. They start with one and move to cover more batches, more departments, different FOSS series....All working together to Bridge the Digital Divide in our nation.
Progress To Date
The training workshops started in July 2011. These have spread across several Institutions, Schools, NGOs, Govt. Offices and even some Corporates. By 3rd quarter 2012, around 100,000 students and teachers from all states of India, have enjoyed the training conducted in over 1500 colleges. Students from rural places have also benefited from this training. Students are using Linux, Python, PHP & MySQL and Scilab in their curriculum. Several colleges are going for Lab Migration, which is switching from Matlab (proprietary) to Scilab. Academia is using the de facto standard for technical writing, LaTeX. We have dedicated students who are working as workshop Promoters and colleges acting as RESOURCE centers in all states of India.
Method Of Training
Spoken Tutorial adopts a very unique and different method of training, which can be easily learned by school students, college students, faculty members and teachers. Key points highlighting the method of training are -
- Workshop duration is only 2 hours- Can cover maximum students in a short period
- Held at your college campus- Students need not to leave their campus
- Mode of training is through a very interesting and effective Audio-Video tool: 'Spoken Tutorial’
- Workshops will be arranged by Students/ Faculty from your college- Guided by Spoken Tutorial team, IIT Bombay
- Organizers need not be experts in that software
- Spoken Tutorial team, IIT Bombay will monitor the first workshop through Skype
- Spoken Tutorial team, IIT Bombay will conduct online exams and award certificates to participants and organisers
Software Offered
Currently Spoken Tutorial project offers software training on the below mentioned list of software, applications and programming languages.
Spoken Tutorial Software Series
| No. | Software | Application |
| 1 | Basic IT Skills package | Learn how to use
This package is useful to all who wish to learn basic IT skills. Absolute must for beginners. |
| 2 | Blender | Open source equivalent to Maya and 3DMax. Useful to create 3D Animation for Architecture & Animation students. Can be used by Civil Engineering students, also. |
| 3 | C | Powerful features, simple syntax, and portability make C a preferred language among programmers, for business and industrial applications. Widely used in the development of operating systems. |
| 4 | Firefox | Free, open source and popular web browser. Allows you to view Internet web pages, navigate through web pages, and search for web pages using search engines such as Google, Yahoo Search or Bing. |
| 5 | GeoGebra | Interactive Geometry, Algebra and Calculus application for school students (7th standard and above) as well as school teachers. Very useful to teach and learn abstract geometry concepts. |
| 6 | GIMP | Graphics art and design software application for the editing and creation of original images, icons, graphical elements of web pages and art for user interface elements. Useful for all graphic related work. |
| 7 | Java | Free and open source, high level, simple as well as object-oriented programming language. Included in the curriculum of schools and colleges offering Computer Science and IT subjects. |
| 8 | LaTeX | Typesetting software for preparing reports, letters and presentations - specially useful for persons engaged in writing/ publishing documents from science/ arts/ commerce fields. |
| 9 | LibreOffice Suite | Trains in basic computer usage skills like Word processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation using the LibreOffice components Writer, Calc and Impress components. One can also learn other useful components like Draw, Math and Base in this series. |
| 10 | Linux and Ubuntu | Free operating system, almost neutral to virus attacks and no hassles for licensing issues. |
| 11 | OpenFOAM | Open source/ free CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) software available for solving and analyzing problems and to create a real world fluid flow movie. Open source equivalent to FLUENT. Widely used in Academics and is gaining popularity in Industry as well- Companies including AUDI, Tata Steel, Volkswagen, and Govt. agencies like BARC (Babha Atomic Research Center). |
| 12 | PHP & MySQL | Package for developing interactive websites and establishing back-end connectivity with a database - Famous websites using PHP include Facebook, Google, and Wikipedia. |
| 13 | Python | Numerical computational software for Science and Engineering Education - used in 3D animation and Gaming industry, Artificial Intelligence, YouTube, NASA, CERN, Yahoo and so on. |
| 14 | Scilab | Mathematical and scientific calculation software, open source substitute for MATLAB, very useful for all science and engineering students, in academics particularly. |
| 15 | Thunderbird | Mail Account Setup Wizard. All you need to provide is your name, email address, and password and the email account set up wizardry will check the database and find the email settings for you. |
| Typing Software | ||
| 16 | KTouch | Typing tutor - teaches how to type using an online interactive keyboard. Learn typing at your own pace. Gradually increase your typing speed and along with it, your accuracy. |
| 17 | TuxTyping | Typing application especially for children Start typing, Practice lessons, Play a game, Set language for typing |
| Accessibility tool for totally blind and low vision computer users | ||
| 18 | ORCA | Free and open source screen reader that works in GNU/Linux operating system. With the use of Orca, a totally blind person can work on the desktop with no sighted assistance. With the output in synthetic voice, all activities can be independently performed - including word processing, working with spreadsheets, surfing the internet, working with emails, chatting and also main-stream programming.
This talking software gives audio feedback through a speech synthesizer by following the focus and reading any textual information and informing the user about any widget in and around the focus. |
Upcoming Spoken Tutorial series are C++, Netbeans, KTurtle, KiCad and gSchem, QCad, LibreOffice Draw.
Be a Part of the Spoken Tutorial Project
The Spoken Tutorial Project-IIT Bombay, welcomes one and all to be a part of an IT revolution and contribute to spread awareness amongst students, teachers and other individuals of society. You can contribute as a -
- SELF Workshop Organiser or College Ambassador
- SELF Workshop Manager
- SELF Workshop Promoter
- SELF Workshop RESOURCE Center
1. SELF Workshop Organiser/ College Ambassador:-
Any student/staff/faculty can act as Organiser. Organisers need not know the Software to be taught in the workshop. He/ She will act as the SELF Workshop Organiser. The Organiser will arrange the computer lab and coordinate with students, say 20-30, could be more, and fix a date and timing for the workshop. He/ She will be in touch with the Spoken Tutorial team, IIT Bombay, on a regular basis to ensure that all students in the college get a chance to take the training. The Organiser will take care of all the prerequisites as per the checklist, for successful conduction of the workshops. He/ She will also identify students or faculty member from other departments to become SELF Workshop Organisers for their departments.
Benefits
In addition to getting experience in Event management, a SELF Workshop Organiser will be awarded a special certificate. These certificates are of great value to students in their academics as well as during job interviews.
Future Scope
The Spoken Tutorial team, IIT Bombay will continuously assist and monitor the SELF Workshop Organiser, and depending on his/ her wish, he or she can become a SELF Workshop Manager in the college.
2. SELF Workshop Manager:-
Any student/staff/ faculty can become a SELF Workshop Manager. A SELF Workshop Manager will regularly arrange workshops for various departments on the different FOSS. He/ She will guide other workshop Organisers to conduct Spoken Tutorial SELF workshops in the entire college.
Benefits
A SELF Workshop Manager will be awarded with a special SELF Workshop Manager Certificate and an Appreciation Letter from Spoken Tutorial project, IIT Bombay, after 75% of the student strength in the Institute is covered. These certificates are of great value to students in their academics as well as during job interviews.
Future Scope
The Spoken Tutorial team, IIT Bombay will continuously assist and monitor a SELF Workshop Manager, and depending on his/ her wish, he or she can become a SELF Workshop Promoter and promote the project in other colleges in the district.
3. SELF Workshop Promoter:-
Any student who wishes to contribute towards the IT revolution and would like to make his/ her state an IT literate state can become a SELF Workshop Promoter. A SELF Workshop Promoter will identify Organisers, Managers and RESOURCE Centers in colleges in his/ her state. He/ She will be helped by the Spoken Tutorial SELF Workshop Manager at IIT Bombay responsible for that particular state.
Benefits
The Spoken Tutorial project provides monetary incentives to SELF Workshop Promoters, which are as follows -
- Rs. 7000/- per month for working as SELF Workshop Promoter
- Rs. 100/- per new college or lead generated and for identifying a SELF Workshop Organiser and Manager in that college
- Rs. 200/- per college for providing support and conducting the first workshop in a college.
- Telephone and travel expenses
- A special Certificate and Appreciation letter from Spoken Tutorial project, IIT Bombay.
Future Scope
The Spoken Tutorial team will regularly assist and monitor a SELF Workshop Promoter, depending on which he or she can become a Spoken Tutorial Project Officer-Outreach.
4. SELF Workshop RESOURCE Center
Any college/ university which wishes to contribute towards IT literacy and awareness can become a RESOURCE (Robust Extensions for Spoken Tutorial project on Open Source Software Usage for Recruitment, Community and Education) Center. A RESOURCE Center can conduct remote SELF workshops in its college, for other colleges and can also train other colleges and schools in conducting Spoken Tutorial SELF workshops. It can identify SELF Workshop Organisers and Managers in schools and colleges, in its respective state. A RESOURCE Center can create a team of students and faculty members from the respective colleges to provide support to other schools and colleges for conducting SELF workshops. In this way, the project can be spread and awareness created in the entire state.
Note
The RESOURCE Center should especially set up the capacity to host SELF Workshops in its premises for remote area colleges who may not have sufficient lab/ computer/ Internet facilities.
Benefits
A RESOURCE Center will be awarded an Appreciation Letter from Spoken Tutorial project, IIT Bombay. RESOURCE Centers can mention that they are authorised RESOURCE Centers of Spoken Tutorial project, IIT Bombay on their website and in their advertisements.
RESOURCE Centres - Partners to spread awareness and promote training of FOSS
| Sr.No. | Resource Center Name | Star-Rating | Contact Name and Details | Initiatives |
| BIHAR | ||||
| 1 | Women's Institute of Technology, Darbhanga | * | Prof. Santosh Kumar Jha, jha.santoshkumar@yahoo.co.in | Many workshops he has already conduced in his college, apart from that he has also covered 4-5 colleges |
| 2 | Central University Of Bihar,Patna | * | Asst Prof. Nemi Singh Rathore, nemichandra@cub.ac.in | They have done couple of workshops in their own college
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| DELHI | ||||
| 3 | BHAGWAN PARSHURAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,New Delhi . | * | Dr. Asheesh Shah, Head-IT. asheesh.shah@gmail.com | New college, conducted workshop in their college |
| GOA | ||||
| 4 | Don Bosco College of Engineering | * | Prof. Gaurang Patkar | NEW College. Conducted workshops & planning FDPs |
| 5 | Dhempe College | * | Prof. Shilpa Deodhar | Conducted series of workshop & also provided leads from many colleges |
| GUJARAT | ||||
| 6 | J.P.Dawer Institute of Information Science & Technology,Surat | * | Kamlendu Pandey
kamlendup@gmail.com |
Awareness Program in Every college they have done workshop,11 colleges are covered |
| 7 | R K University | * | Prof. A.Rajanikanth
tpo@rku.ac.in |
Organized workshop in 10 colleges, provided bus facility to other college who are in rural area to organize workshop |
| 8 | HJD Institute Of Technical Educatiion and Research | * | Prof. Kumar Parmar
kumar4k@gmail.com |
They have done workshop in one school |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR | ||||
| 9 | NIELIT,Srinagar | * | Prof. Ummer Khan
khan_ummer123@yahoo.com |
i. Collected commitment letters 6 colleges ii.Presented our project in an event where principals and directors from many colleges were present |
| 10 | Rational Tabs ,Srinagar | * | Mr. Naseer Ganiee
naseer@rationaltabs.com |
Conducting series of workshops in 3 colleges |
| 11 | Model Institute Of Engineering & Technology | * | Prof. Ashok Sharma
ashoksharmamca@yahoo.co.in |
Signed agreement, formed a team of 5 members. Will start approaching polytechnic colleegs soon. |
| KARNATAKA | ||||
| 12 | MVJ College of Engg,Bangalore | * | Prof. Medha Dalal
medhadalal@yahoo.com |
Conducted series of workshop & also provided leads from many colleges. They are planning an awareness event during thier technical event, VertechX along with 1 workshop on C, C++ |
| 13 | Acharya Institutes,Bangalore | * | Prof. IQBAL AHMED
iqbal_iace@acharya.ac.in |
Conducted series of workshop & also provided leads from many colleges. Planning an awareness event and FDP |
| 14 | P. A College of Engg,Mangalore | * | Dr. Rimaz Ahmed
ahmedrimaz@gmail.com |
Conducted series of workshop & also provided leads from many colleges. |
| 15 | Krupanidhi Degree College | * | Prof. Shyla A.C.
shyladv2@gmail.com |
Conducted series of workshop & also provided leads from many colleges. |
| 16 | SDM College of Engg & Tech. | * | Prof. Mayur Patil
mr.mayur.patil@gmail.com Dr. Vijaya vijayac26@yahoo.com |
Conducted series of workshop in SDM College. The best thing is that they have linked our software tutorials to their curriculum subject and have assigned 10 marks for it. |
| 17 | Acharya Institutes,Bangalore | * | Prof. IQBAL AHMED
iqbal_iace@acharya.ac.in |
Conducted series of workshop & also provided leads from many colleges. Planning an awareness event and FDP |
| 18 | K.H. Khabbur Institute of Engineering | * | Muralidhar Panchamukhi
mpanchamukhi5@gmail.com |
It is a new college, soon they will start bulk workshops. After that, they have planned to conduct workshop in 150 polytechnic colleges of Karnataka |
| KERALA | ||||
| 19 | St. Joseph College of Engineering and Technology,Palai. | * | Dr. Jubilant J Kizhakkethottam
jubilantjob@gmail.com |
Awareness event planned for April, Formed Team with dedicated cordinators, Informed nearby colleges regarding the Workshops to be conducted at institute, Web presence |
| 20 | Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Angamaly, Ernakulam | * | Prof. Bejoy Varghese
bejoyvarghese@fisat.ac.in |
Awareness event planned for April 25th, Formed Team with dedicated cordinators, Invites sent to colleges regarding the Workshops and awareness to be conducted at institute, Web Presence |
| 21 | College of Engineering Trivandrum, Trivandrum | * | Prof. Santhosh K.S
santhosh@cet.ac.in |
New RC, Letter sent, Lab upgradation under process, Planning for an awareness event |
| 22 | University of Calicut, CSE Dept, Calicut | * | Prof. Lajish V. L
lajishvl@gmail.com |
New RC, Letter sent, Letter forwarded for institute approval |
| 23 | Carmel College of Engineering, Pathanamthitta | * | Salitha M.K | Preparing Lab and equipments |
| 24 | NIT Calicut | * | Student Cell | RC letter sent, Team formation and also approval is awaiting |
| MAHARASHTRA | ||||
| 25 | Vidya Pratishthan's College of Engineering,Baramati. | * | Prashant Raut
prashant.raut19@gmail.com |
Have done workshops in their college and also in 5 other colleges in their city |
| 26 | D.K.T.E Society's Textile & Engineering Institute, Kolhapur | * | Prof.D.V.kodavade
dvkodavade@gmail.com |
Apart from doing workshop in their college they fixed up the meeting with Vice-Chancellor of Shivaji University and roll out Spoken Tutorials in a big way in the city of Kolhapur |
| 27 | Sinhgad school of computer studies, Solapur | * | Prof.Bhagwat Yadav
bhagwat.d.yadav@gmail.com |
Apart from workshop in college this resource centre did a workshop for 10 colleges in their region on php-mysql |
| 28 | SRES COE Kopargaon. | * | Pritesh Vibhute
vibhutepm@gmail.com |
Apart from workshop in college this resource centre did a Faculty Development Program for 6 different colleges in their institute |
| 29 | N.S.SCIENCE AND ARTS COLLEGE BHADRAWATI | * | DR.SHASHIKANT RAMRAO SITRE
shashikant_sitre2008@rediffmail.com |
Awareness Event organized in which 10 schools and 5 colleges has taken part. They have done workshop in 5 schools. |
| ODISHA | ||||
| 30 | Centurion University Paralakhemundi Campus,Gajapati | * | Mr. Pratap Kumar Dakua
pratapkumar@cutm.ac.in |
Arranged our Skype talk at a National level event |
| 31 | Berhampur University,Berhampur | * | Prof. Manas Ranjan Patra
mrpatra12@gmail.com |
Gave leads from 2 colleges |
| RAJASTHAN | ||||
| 32 | Career Point Technical Campus,Kankroli | * | Tarun Shrimali
shrimalitarun@gmail.com |
Conducted series of workshop & also provided leads. They are holding workshops in their campus for other colleges too. Planning FDPs and awareness events |
| 33 | Institute Of Engineering and Technology,Alwar | * | Ashish Vashistha
deancr.iet@gmail.com |
Conducted series of workshop & also provided leads from many colleges. |
| 34 | Techno College Of engineering,Udaipur | * | Prof. Piyush Javeria
piyush.javeria@gmail.com |
Conducted series of workshop & also provided leads from many colleges. |
| UTTAR PRADESH | ||||
| 35 | SMS Institute of Technology,Lucknow | * | C.L.P. Gupta, Head of Department, Computer Science & Engineering
clpgupta@gmail.com |
Conducting workshops in nearby colleges |
| 36 | Computer Point Technical College,Basti | * | Rajendra lal (Director)
bbnpoint@gmail.com |
New college, conducted workshop in their college |
| 37 | Kanpur Institute of Technology,Kanpur | * | Prem Shanker Yadava,
engg.prem@gmail.com |
Have conducted workshop in 2 schools |
| 38 | KASHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,VARANASI | * | Mr. Daya Sagar Gupta
dayarocks89@gmail.com |
Have conducted workshop in 5 scholls in Varansi namely a)ADARSH PALHIPATTI INTER COLLEGE ,VARANASI b)APEX PUBLIC SCHOOL HARPALPUR , LOHTA , VARANASI c)B N S ENGLISH SCHOOL , CHAUKHANDI VARANASI d)ARJUN PRASAD INTERMEDIATE COLLEGE , KHAJURI , VARANASI e)SETH KISHORI LAL JALAN HIGHSCHOOL , CHAKKA , HARHUA , VARANASI |
| WEST BENGAL | ||||
| 39 | ARYABHATTA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT,DURGAPUR | * | Prof. Sujoy Bhowmick
sujoy.bhowmick@gmail.com |
Recently became RC, has signed letter |
| 40 | Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, Durgapur | * | Prof. Soumyakanti Bhattacharya
soumyakanti.bhattacharya@gmail.com |
Opened a Spoken Tutorial Cell,Posted announcement on website |
| 41 | MCKV Inst. of Engg. | * | Prof. Subroto Thakur
subroto_thakur@yahoo.com |
Recent RC- letter not yet signed |
| TRIPURA | ||||
| 42 | Tripura University | * | Prof. Surajit Bhattacharjee
sbhattacharjee@gmail.com |
Has done two workshops within univ,very soon will host a SWAT for another college of Tripura, which doesn not ave Internet facility |
| ASSAM | ||||
| 43 | Dhemaji College | * | Dr. Dipak Neog | Has done 1 workshop and planning to cover each department. |
| 44 | K K Handique State Open University | * | Ratul Patuwary
Dr. Badan Barman |
Has done 1 workshop and planning to cover 250 study centres via workshop |
| 45 | Gauhati University | * | Prof. Chitrani Medhi | Has done 1 workshop and planning to cover the University as well as its affiliated colleges |
| 46 | Assam Engg. College | * | Tanmoy Goswami
Dr. Abhjit Saikia |
Is looking to cover the concern dept. in its college and also planning to cover the neighbour colleges |
| MADHYA PRADESH | ||||
| 47 | Institute of Engineering and Science, IPS Academy | * | Prof. Namrata Tapaswi | Has done workshops in three colleges, including her college |
| 48 | NRI Institute of information Science and technology | * | Mr. Abhishek Singh Chauhan | Done workshops in two colleges including his college, also done one test in his own college |
| 49 | Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology and Science | * | Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chakrawarti | Done workshop and test in his college, and confirmed for 2 other colleges |
| 50 | GITS Gwalior | * | Dr. Ajay Sharma | Done many workshops in his college |
| CHATTISGARH | ||||
| 51 | Shri Shankaracharya College of Engineering and Technology | * | Prof. Padma Bonde | Done Many workshop in her college. |
| PUNJAB | ||||
| 52 | Sachdeva Engineering College for Girls | * | Dr. Rajesh Kumar | Done workshop and test in his college. |
| 53 | Swami Parmanand College of Engineering & Technology | * | Mr. Devkant Sharma | Done workshop in his college. |
| 54 | Baba Farid Group of Institution | * | Prof. Bhawana Mittal | Done Workshop and test in her college. |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH | ||||
| 55 | Jaypee University of Information & Technology,Solan | * | Prof. Pradeep Kumar Gupta
pradeepkumar.gupta/Juit@juit.ac.in |
Done workshops in his college .Semester wise they are covering all batches with the consistency from last year till date. They have conducted FDP & ATM Prgramme also. |
| 56 | IT Pundit Education Society, Solan | * | Prof Inder Singh Thakur
info@itpundit.org |
Conducted workshops in his Educational NGO, Secondly he's active and conducted in 6 - 7 colleges . |
| 57 | Jawaharlal Nehru Govt Engg College,Sundernagar | * | Mr. Satish Katwal
satish_katwal@yahoo.co.in |
They have conducted many workshops and they are rolling out new calender for new session also, They have organised Two day national workshops on Building dynamic website on 6th & 7th Apr 3013 , in which Spoken Tutorial has Collaborated as partner, this event has boosted Spoken Tutorial Project publicity. |
Organising Workshops
Organising Spoken Tutorial workshops in your college is very easy… you can start with any of the Software that we offer-
Basic IT Skills, Blender, C, Firefox, GeoGebra, GIMP, Java, Latex, LibreOffice Suite, Linux and Ubuntu, OpenFOAM, ORCA, PHP & MySQL, Python, Scilab, Thunderbird.
Any Student or Teacher can act as Organiser..,Typically...,
- Inform us of your interest and we will register the Institution in our website.
- (Will be done by the Resouce Persons, Spoken Tutorial project, IIT Bombay)
- Please study the workshop flow in detail.
- Click here for Workshop Flow.
- To register as an organiser you need to create an account and assign yourself a Username and Password.
- Click here for the Instructions on Instructions To Create a new Account and Register as an Organiser in the Spoken-Tutorial Website.
- Spoken Tutorial team, IIT Bombay, will authenticate you as an "Organiser".
- Arrange the computer lab and inform a group of students - there is no upper limit on the total number.
- Fix a date and timing, only 2-hour duration – Monday - Friday and inform us.
- Make a workshop request on our website and we will confirm it for you.
- Click here for Workshop Request Sheet.
- Get a Skype ID and connect to us prior to the workshop to test Skype, clarify doubts and say hello.
- Google Skype and install it in your system, create ID just like you would do for Gmail and let us know.
- Download the Spoken Tutorial content available on the link (http://files.spoken-tutorial.org/disc-source). Note that in special cases, where Internet is not available, we can also provide the CDs containing the same learning material.
- Click here for Instructions on Downloading Tutorials.
- Get the software installed on all computers using the “Instructions for Installation”
- (This is provided in the CD/ web-link).
- Ensure earphones and sufficient number of hard copies of "Instruction sheets" are kept ready for all the participants.
- The Organiser will check that the machines have Firefox web browser and support sound.
- Click here for the Machine Readiness document.
- Arrange one machine - could be a laptop - to have a webcam, the workshop Organiser will use this to connect with us through Skype.
- Participants will use the earphones and watch the tutorials individually. They will play-pause-practice and self-learn at their own pace.
- After the workshop, learners can copy the content onto their Pen-drives or CDs or laptops.
- Any time after 2 weeks and preferably within a month or so, the group can come for the online assessment test and get Spoken Tutorial project, IIT BOMBAY Certificates.
- Make a test request on our website and we will confirm it for you. Detailed but easy instruction sheets provided.
- Click here for Test Request.
- Your request will be confirmed and all the participants can take the test by following the simple instructions
- Click here for Test Instruction Participation.
- At the end of the test organiser will fill the details about the test.
- Click here for the Instructions on Test Admin Details.
- For training the entire college, the chief Organizer can put together a team of representatives from other departments who can train many more students.
Downloading Spoken Tutorials
One can easily download the above mentioned software, tutorials and instruction sheets from the following link -
http://www.spoken-tutorial.org/disc-source.
For installation and making copies on all the computers, please follow these easy steps -
Instructions for Downloading and Installing
- Click on the following link - http://www.spoken-tutorial.org/disc-source/
- You will see a list of zip files of all the FOSS.
- Click on the FOSS category you have selected for conducting the workshop or for self-learning.
- When you click on the FOSS category, a small dialog box will appear.
- It will prompt you to open/save the zip file.
- Please save the zip file.
- Extract the content from the zip file into a folder.
- Copy the extracted folder on each computer.
- Open the folder.
- Locate the read-me-first.txt file.
- Open it and read it carefully.
- Follow the instructions given inside to locate the Installation and Instruction sheets.
- Do exactly as directed in the Installation sheet to install the FOSS on all the computers before the workshop.
- If Firefox web browser is not installed, then follow the instructions for installing Firefox web browser on all the computers before the workshop.
- Take printouts of the Instruction sheets – one for each participant, a day before the workshop.
Instructions for workshop
- Hand out one Instruction sheet to each participant, before the workshop.
- To begin the workshop, the participants have to open index.html file, which is present in the extracted folder.
- To do so, right-click on index.html and choose Open with Firefox option.
- Now, follow the instructions given in the Instruction Sheet and begin learning.
- We recommend that participants should follow the sequence of topics given in the index.html file for better learning.
Instructions for installing LINUX OS
Click here for instructions on Installation of LINUX OS
How to get the Certificate
After completing the workshop in about two hours, students can revise the tutorials. One can go for the online Spoken Tutorial certification exam on the particular FOSS, any time after 2 weeks or more, in which one gets the following -
- If one has scored =>40 % he/ she can receive the Spoken Tutorial, IIT Bombay certificate.
- One can print it out or keep a soft copy for oneself.
- Please note that it has the hologram in grey colour that specifies that it is original so no signature is needed.
Please Note Online certification tests will not be available for the following software series -
- Basic IT Skills
- Blender
- Firefox
- GIMP
- LibreOffice Suite (all components)
- Thunderbird
- KTouch
- Tux Typing
- ORCA
Contacts For Workshops
In case of any doubts or queries you can always get in touch with our executive officers -
| No. | Name of States | Contact Person | Email Address | Phone |
| 1 | Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal, Odisha | Payel Mukherjee | payel.banjee@gmail.com | +919987087561 |
| 2 | Goa, Karnataka, Rajasthan | Trupti More | truptismore@yahoo.com | +919820096122 |
| 3 | Gujarat | Madhukriti Srivastava | madhukriti@gmail.com | +917738378229 |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh | Mohamed Kasim Khan | mkasimkh@gmail.com | +919843349009, +919003707005 |
| Shyama Iyer | sizshyama@gmail.com | +919702545816 | ||
| 5 | Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab | Apoorv Chitray | apoorv1126@gmail.com | +919892874182 |
| 6 | Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (West), Uttarakhand | Arjun Chadha | arjunc@iitb.ac.in, arjunchadha11@gmail.com | +919730862650 |
| 7 | Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand | Sharda Sharma | sharda30@gmail.com | +919892721022 |
| 8 | Uttar Pradesh (East), New Delhi | Kusumlata Verma | kusum.stp@gmail.com | +919769576123 |
| 9 | Maharashtra and All India Schools | Swapnil More | moreswapnil66@gmail.com | +919833901538 |
| 10 | Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura | Mousumi | mousumi.iitb@gmail.com | +919702275728 |
| 11 | Kerala | Anand Raj R | anandrajr@iitb.ac.in | +919167380007
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