HAVE IT YOUR WAY! ADVISING MATERIALS CREATED BY OPEN-SOURCE AND FREE SOFTWARE BY YOU! Alexander Kunkle, Western Oregon University

HAVE IT YOUR WAY! ADVISING MATERIALS CREATED BY OPEN-SOURCE AND FREE SOFTWARE BY YOU! Alexander Kunkle, Western Oregon University

Introduction and Objectives Who am I? Objectives What is Open Source Difference Between Open Source and Free Source Examples of Open Source tools Usage Examples Created Work Tutorials Image courtesy of: http://www.cdachamber.com/

What is Open Source (OS)? OS - pertaining to or denoting software whose source code is available to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/open-source Source Code - program instructions that must be translated by a compiler, interpreter, or assembler into object code before execution. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/source+code

Open Source Rules Rules of Open Source as created by the Open Source Initiative 1. Free Redistribution The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software. 2. Source Code The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in source code as well as compiled form. 3. Derived Works The license must allow modifications and derived works 4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code The license must explicitly permit distribution of software built from modified source code. 5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons. Courtesy of the Open Source Initiative - http://opensource.org/osd

Cont 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. 7. Distribution of License The rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom the program is redistributed without the need for execution of an additional license by those parties. 8. License Must Not Be Specific to a Product The rights attached to the program must not depend on the program's being part of a particular software distribution. 9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software The license must not insist that all other programs distributed on the same medium must be open-source software. 10. License Must Be Technology-Neutral No provision of the license may be predicated on any individual technology or style of interface.

Free Software Differences Nearly all open source software is free software, but there are exceptions. OS licenses are too restrictive, Second, executable programs which do not allow the user to install modified versions of those executables These executables are not free software even though their source code is free software as their aim is to license the source code. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html

OS and FS Cost? Free? Free does not mean no cost. software which gives the user certain freedoms. Richard Stallman Think of free speech, not free beer. Richard Stallman

Examples of OS/FS Moodle Firefox Inkscape GIMP OpenOffice Blender Scribus

How this applies to advising? What can you do with MS Paint? NOTHING! Are you creative? Can you follow steps? YOU CAN DO ANYTHING WITH OS Advising brochures, handouts, posters, bookmarks, business cards, online presence, etc Can have an impact on both advising outreach and advising interactions with students.

Inkscape Vector Graphics Not Pixels Lines and points to create images Object Creation and Manipulation https://inkscape.org/en/download/ Image courtesy of http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ File:Inkscape_logo_2.svg

More Inkscape Examples The following items have been created using OS tools such as Inkscape, among others. Academic Standing Brochure Advising Handbook Region 8 Conference Logo (and drafts) Region 8 Conference Flyers Academic Advising and Learning Center Office Logo Degree Breakdown Infographic High School Community College University Partnership Brochure NACADA Awards Banner for website MUCH MORE!

Inkscape Tutorials Key Features Document Properties/Size Image Filters Align and Distribute Blur/Opacity Foreground/Background Layers Sizing Group Import Font Text Manipulation Text/Image Overlay and Clip/Mask Put on Path

Works Cited https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html http://opensource.org/osd http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:inkscape_logo_2.svg http://www.cdachamber.com