Talk:RSA Courses

Courses system

• http://to.rebelsquadrons.org/courses/list
  • All prepared courses will be placed at the linked list

• Each course on the course list will have
  • a course guide (course introduction + some to all notes on the course)
  • a course exam
  • an assigned Course instructor

• There will be courses
  • With roster representation
  • Without roster representation

Sign ups

• How will members sign up for courses (with roster representation)?
  • Direct email to appropriate instructor ?
  • 'Apply for course' function ?

Graduations

• Once a student passes a course exam, the appropriate instructor 'nominates' the student for graduation in the appropriate course. The appropriate TD CS will then approve the student's graduation.
  • How will the intructors 'nominate' graduations?

• Upon graduation, the graduated student receives the course associated skill rank.

Course guides

• The introduction in the guide (=1st guide page) for each course should include:
  • set of goals the course teaches
  • requirements a student needs to have completed prior being able to take the course (eg. other completed courses/skill ranks, rank, ITOD missions, ...)
  • how the student can sign up for the course and/or a general summary of what is going to happen during through the courses
  • the course associated skill
• The reference section in the guide (=page 2+) for each course should include either:
  • complete reference for the course (eg. if the exam is a question/answer one, all answers should be possible to be found in the guide), and/or
  • help reference for the course asssociated issues

Exams

• The exam section of each listed course should include either:
  • the actual exam, or
  • a summary of the exam requirements, and info on how the exam takes place

• Exams can be:
  • in progressiv form. Eg. for a basic EaW SP course, the student would complete the 1st part (=1st mission) and then continue with the 2nd part after the instructor approves the 1st part, etc.
  • online in real time
    • eg. higher MP courses, eventual OTS courses and eventual basic MP courses
  • in the form of an online test form
    • knowledge courses
  • combination of above

Courses with roster representation

• Courses that will have roster representation are:
  • UG courses
  • game SP/MP courses
  • OTS courses
  • Mission building courses
  • Fiction (?)
  • IT (?) -probably for higher level courses

• Most courses will have a squad roster representation in the RSA, with the appropriate instructor as CO. Reasons for why to keep students in appropriate course squads are:
  • game SP courses will have fiction storylines associated to them. These stories and associated narratives will be revealed to a student one by one (through the student's progress) in order to prevent spoiling of the story.
  • game MP courses will be mostly based on 'training sessions', and available student positions will be limited
  • OTS courses will be partialy based on trainig sessions, and training material will be made available during student's progress

Courses without roster representation

These courses won't need any roster associated to them. Students go straight to the exam page and either fill out an exam form, or contact the appropriate instructor with the completed requirements.

• Fiction knowledge courses
  • Starfighters, capital ships - to be merged into something like a "SW starship knowledge" skill