[Tfug] Asterisk VOIP Class

[George Cohn]

Last night I was talking to Ron Evans, the department chair for CIS at 
Pima Community College West Campus

He thinks we can still get a class going for VOIP this fall even though 
the printed catalog is already out.

It would be a CIS298T class, probably 4 credits and running for a full 
semester.  We are thinking that the only time a classroom would be 
available is Saturdays.  This would be a traditional class, taught in a 
classroom, not online.

While it would be nice if everyone could make every class, it might be 
possible to miss a few classes and only show up for the midterm and 
final.  Web based material covering the subject would be available on-line.

A prerequisite of Linux experience or CIS 137, the introductory Linux 
class would be desirable.

Most of the class would be configuring files in the command prompt mode 
so a knowledge of VI, VIM, Pico, or Nano would be necessary.

The Linux distro used would be Debian.

No prior knowledge of traditional telephony would be needed as that will 
be covered in a session or two.

VOIP is the future of telephony and I think every Linux admin would find 
it interesting.  The tentative textbook would be "Asterisk - The Future 
of Telephony" by O'Reilly, ISBN-10: 0596009623.

I am trying to get a feel for how many are interested.  15 is the 
minimum to make the class run.  A tentative syllabus is at 
<http://www.jcsaz.com/cis221/voip_class.doc>

George Cohn
Tucson AZ