As you want to know about the IIT Bombay Open Source Tutorial

The Spoken Tutorial Project is concerning 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) are as follows.

This distance education method is extremely conducive to self-learning.

Once one gets started any student or faculty may master the FOSS and also get certificates, Silver/Learner's and Gold (based on clearing an assessment test)
UG, PG or Research scholar students and even teachers of Science, IT, Engineering,
Commerce, Management, MCA regulations may learn any of the FOSS.

Characteristically, the first Training at any college is of 2 hours duration.

Timing is per the group's expediency.

To start of, any college which is organizing the Training requires to get a computer lab ready with machines that support sound.

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 may be used.

Support from IIT Bombay is available over Skype, in such cases the main organiser's computer must have a webcam via which the Spoken Tutorial team can monitor the Training and answer questions.

If the contributors wish to take the test they ought to do so a month after the Training.

Certificates from Spoken Tutorials, IIT Bombay

Learner's Certificate
1. Received on completing Training only for software which do not have Online Test.

Completion Certificate
1. Received on completing Online Assessment Test.

Contact address
Spoken Tutorial, IIT Bombay
+ 91 22 25764229