Summer of Code/2018/Archive

Project Ideas

GSoC projects must involve some coding. Non-coding projects have been moved into this page. Move them back by adding coding to the projects.

Title Mentor Project
Lesson Plans for Music Blocks
Walter Bender
Devin Ulibarri
Sachiko Nakajima
Hrishi Patel
Brief explanation
We have a Guide, but we really need some more scaffolding in the form of lesson plans.
Expected results
A website and PDF document that can be bound.
Knowledge prerequisites
Knowledge of music theory, writing skills
Updating a new design of Sugarlabs wiki Jaskirat Singh
Walter bender
Hrishi Patel
Rishabh Thaney
Samson Goddy
Brief explanation
we are lacking in look of wiki.sugarlabs.org page. It looks ugly and unfriendly and need to be updated with a good design
Expected results
New design of Wiki page of Sugarlabs
Knowledge prerequisites
Knowledge of mediawiki and use of some basic languages
Outreach Walter Bender
Samson Goddy
Jaskirat Singh
Brief explanation
We don't have a very friendly approach to outreach to new contributors. It would be great to make it easier to get involved and to navigate the path towards contributing to Sugar Labs. The goal of this project is to revamp our approach to outreach.
Expected results
A set of pages similar to [1] and [2]
Knowledge prerequisites
community outreach experience; some coding experience (to create requisite artifacts)


Making a marketing animated website page of Sugar Labs Jaskirat Singh
Samson Goddy
Hrishi Patel
Brief explanation
We need to develop a link that is website-page that will include a page with animations explaining all the things we have in Sugarlabs (as a marketing) like these examples (See [3] and [4]
Expected results
A UI/UX layout and a main page that can be used to market the things in an animated way
Knowledge prerequisites
Knowledge of marketing and use of some basic languages (HTML, CSS styling, PHP)