CSA updates for projects - #1547
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Updates CSA capstone branding, descriptions, and repository documentation for the Communication Systems and Toolchain Trail projects.
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- Expands Communication Systems scope and messaging.
- Updates Toolchain Trail onboarding and analytics descriptions.
- Revises README guidance and project history.
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README.md |
Updates project scope, workflow, contribution guidance, and history. |
_posts/capstone/2026-08-27-communication-system-capstone.md |
Renames and expands the Communication Systems capstone description. |
_data/toolchain-trail-capstone.yml |
Updates Toolchain Trail title and overview. |
_data/communication_system_infograph.yml |
Updates infographic title and description. |
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| This project is in its 4th revision (aka 4.0). | ||
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| The project was initially based on a project called Fastpages. But this project has diverged from those roots into an independent entity, in fact most things (like the build system), are completely different. The decision to separate from Fastpages was influenced by it's deprecation by the authors. It is believed by our community that the authors of Fastpages turned toward the support of Quatro. After that change of direction Fastpages did not align with the Instructors's goals. Thus, Open Coding Society 'Pages' has more of a raw development and classroom blogging purpose. But, we are grateful to Fastpages for their inspiration. But, we are grateful to Fastpages for their inspiration. | ||
| The project was initially based on a project called Fastpages. But this project has diverged from those roots into an independent entity, in fact most things (like the build system), are completely different. The decision to separate from Fastpages was influenced by it's deprecation by the original authors. It is believed by our community that the authors of Fastpages turned toward the support of Quatro. After that change of direction Fastpages did not align with the OCS `pages` goals. Thus, `pages` has more of a raw development and classroom blogging purpose. But, as we parted we were grateful to Fastpages for their inspiration. Also, this project originations were focused around the GitHub Pages Minima theme and still uses it as a remote. |
| # Communication System Capstone Infographic | ||
| Title: "Communication System" | ||
| Description: "Class discussion is moving out of Slack and into the course site, next to the work it is about. Class-wide announcements, per-week chat, and a rich-text composer with emoji already ship; still to build are a thread on every assignment, 1:1 direct messages, GIFs in the composer, and Slack-style emoji reactions." | ||
| Title: "OCSCommunication Systems" |
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| title: OCS Communication Systems | ||
| description: Students are extending the OCS communication system with chat, announcements, assignment discussions, direct messaging, calendar integration, and reusable presentation components. The work includes maintaining the real-time WebSocket service and connecting these features to the existing course site, backend APIs, security, and data model. Students will also develop the OCS SASS grammar—a small, purpose-built styling system for consistent, responsive, reusable components across the OCS GitHub Pages ecosystem. |
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Updates for CSA Communicat and Toolchain capstones.