Study Jams

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What are Study Jams

Study Jams are community-organized study groups around Google online developer courses. The goal is to support as many students as possible in completing the course, thereby raising the technical level of the community.

A successful Study Jam is one with a high average course completion rate.

The next iteration of Study Jams is taking place Feb 1 - May 1 2016 around the Udacity Android for Beginners course, and is offered exclusively to GDGs to organize. GDGs will have the opportunity to shape the study group formats to best meet their needs, as well as use Google-created facilitator guide materials. Best practices and feedback will be incorporated in future iterations of Study Jams for Android for Beginners.

Audience

The Study Jams for Android for Beginners is best suited for two audiences: 1) those new to programming 2) those with programming experience who have never used Android.

The beginner level of the course allows for a broad appeal. Newbies, students, and experienced programmers new to Android can all benefit from this course.

Facilitator requirements

• Programming knowledge and experience with Android
• Completion of Android for Beginners course prior to course facilitation (FREE version - no certification required)
• Commitment to leading study group sessions sometime between Feb 1 - April 30, 2016
• Commitment to providing guidance and tutoring to students, as well as review of final student projects
• Issue Study Jam course certificates to students who meet certificate requirements:

1) Attendance in Study Jam sessions 2) Submission of final project

• Distribute and maximize completion of participant surveys, and complete event organizer survey - personalized survey links will be emailed to you directly closer to your event date.

What students get

• Personal tutoring on the course material
• Community setting to support course learning
• Swag pack
• Google-offered Study Jams completion certificate
• Discount on the Android Nanodegree upon course completion
• Opportunity to join Google Launchpad with completed app, pending app quality

1. Direct your students to enroll for the Udacity course via this special link: https://www.udacity.com/account/affiliate/GoogleStudyJams => important to track course completion!
2. Invite Study Jam participants to join the Global Study Jam Student G+ community

• Spend the first few mins of each Study Jams to remind students to register via the special Udacity Study Jams link so we may track their course progress.
  Students need only register once.  

Facilitator duties

• Tutoring/guidance to work toward high course completion rate
• Review students’ final projects and provide feedback
• Distribute Study Jam completion certificates to those who attend all Study Jam sessions and submit a final project. Certificate files available in January.
• Reporting requirements listed above

THIS IS VERY RAW INFORMATION AND SHOULD ONLY BE USED BY FACILITATORS AND NOT STUDENTS.

STUDENTS CAN ONLY USE THE INFORMATION HERE THAT DIRECTLY INVOLVES THEM