byu-cce270/content
Jul 2025 – Feb 2026
7 Months active
Languages Used
ExcelMarkdownJSONPythonJupyter NotebookYAML
Technical Skills
Content ManagementData AnalysisData VisualizationDocumentationDocumentation ManagementExcel
Samantha Farnsworth
PROFILE
Samantha Farnsworth
Sam Farnsworth developed and maintained classroom content tooling in the byu-cce270/content repository, focusing on asset management, Excel-based workflows, and instructional automation. Over seven months, Sam migrated data processes from Google Sheets to Excel, integrated Pivot and Goal Seek features, and enhanced in-class workbook capabilities to streamline both learner and instructor experiences. Using Python, Jupyter Notebooks, and Excel, Sam implemented robust data ingestion, visualization, and validation routines, while also consolidating code paths for maintainability. The work included detailed documentation, rubric design, and technical writing, resulting in improved onboarding, clearer assessment criteria, and more reliable, interoperable educational content delivery.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
85%Features
Repository Contributions
155Total
Bugs
10
Commits
155
Features
57
Lines of code
9,135
Activity Months7
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30 peopleShared Repositories
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Work History
February 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 monthly summary for byu-cce270/content: Implemented a policy-level update to the AI usage transparency rubric to enhance documentation and accountability in code submissions. The change tightens penalties for non-commented AI usage, aligning rubric with best practices for transparent coding and fair assessment.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 monthly summary for byu-cce270/content: Implemented a policy-level update to the AI usage transparency rubric to enhance documentation and accountability in code submissions. The change tightens penalties for non-commented AI usage, aligning rubric with best practices for transparent coding and fair assessment.
February 2026
January 2026
9 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 monthly summary for byu-cce270/content. Focused on delivering a compatibility upgrade for the starter sheet and enhancing Excel charting and data visualization documentation to enable faster onboarding and better data insights for users. The month encompassed two core feature deliveries with targeted documentation improvements and quality fixes across reading materials.
January 2026
9 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 monthly summary for byu-cce270/content. Focused on delivering a compatibility upgrade for the starter sheet and enhancing Excel charting and data visualization documentation to enable faster onboarding and better data insights for users. The month encompassed two core feature deliveries with targeted documentation improvements and quality fixes across reading materials.
November 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2025Month: 2025-11 | Focus: Xlsxwriter Documentation update for byu-cce270/content. Delivered targeted documentation clarifying read/write with formatting and charts to improve developer onboarding and reduce integration risk in Excel-based workflows.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2025Month: 2025-11 | Focus: Xlsxwriter Documentation update for byu-cce270/content. Delivered targeted documentation clarifying read/write with formatting and charts to improve developer onboarding and reduce integration risk in Excel-based workflows.
November 2025
October 2025
32 Commits • 9 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 delivered foundational Colab-based scaffolding and project structure for byu-cce270/content to accelerate bootstrapping of new workstreams and notebooks. Implemented improvements to Intro to Functions homework instructions, including redos and finalization, alongside formatting cleanup and broader code-quality enhancements. Added support for equations/content integration, expanded rubrics, and enhanced while-loop assessment to improve instructional rigor. Fixed a critical bug enabling saves to the instructor repository, ensuring collaboration flows and centralized work capture. Overall impact includes faster onboarding, higher code quality, and more robust content tooling, demonstrated through Colab automation, project scaffolding, linting, spell checking, and rubric design.
October 2025
32 Commits • 9 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 delivered foundational Colab-based scaffolding and project structure for byu-cce270/content to accelerate bootstrapping of new workstreams and notebooks. Implemented improvements to Intro to Functions homework instructions, including redos and finalization, alongside formatting cleanup and broader code-quality enhancements. Added support for equations/content integration, expanded rubrics, and enhanced while-loop assessment to improve instructional rigor. Fixed a critical bug enabling saves to the instructor repository, ensuring collaboration flows and centralized work capture. Overall impact includes faster onboarding, higher code quality, and more robust content tooling, demonstrated through Colab automation, project scaffolding, linting, spell checking, and rubric design.
September 2025
27 Commits • 13 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for byu-cce270/content: Delivered a major upgrade to spreadsheet handling and workflow data ingestion, and reduced maintenance burden through code simplification. Key initiatives include migrating workflows from Google Sheets to Excel, enabling image support in Excel-based spreadsheets, and introducing Colab-based workflow artifacts for rapid prototyping. In-class data ingestion was enhanced with a new file read capability. Quality and UX improvements were achieved via focused spell-check enhancements and YAML form validation, complemented by targeted link and UI fixes. Overall, these efforts improved reliability, data fidelity, and velocity for feature delivery across the content repository.
27 Commits • 13 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for byu-cce270/content: Delivered a major upgrade to spreadsheet handling and workflow data ingestion, and reduced maintenance burden through code simplification. Key initiatives include migrating workflows from Google Sheets to Excel, enabling image support in Excel-based spreadsheets, and introducing Colab-based workflow artifacts for rapid prototyping. In-class data ingestion was enhanced with a new file read capability. Quality and UX improvements were achieved via focused spell-check enhancements and YAML form validation, complemented by targeted link and UI fixes. Overall, these efforts improved reliability, data fidelity, and velocity for feature delivery across the content repository.
September 2025
August 2025
38 Commits • 17 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 highlights for byu-cce270/content: Delivered a broad set of content-quality enhancements, formatting improvements, and stability fixes that improve learner guidance, material reliability, and instructor workflow. Business value is demonstrated through clearer question matching, interoperable data formats, and higher-quality documentation that reduces rework and support overhead. Key features delivered: - Question content and matching enhancements: Added more info to match questions and clarify guidance, reducing learner ambiguity and support queries. - Spreadsheet format upgrade to Excel: Migrated worksheets to Excel format to improve data interoperability with LMS/tools. - Spell check improvements: Implemented comprehensive spell checking across content and updates to documentation. - Media/assets organization: Centralized and organized course images/assets to simplify maintenance and reuse. - Rubric adjustments and formatting: Standardized rubric criteria and formatting for consistent grading. - Pre-class exercise rework and finalizing homework/in-class assignments: Refined pre-class exercises and finalized assignment details for clearer expectations. - Update reading materials and rubrics: Updated references and rubrics to align with current course materials. - Refactor: For loop to while loop: Improved control flow readability in a key module. - Documentation enhancements: Added bullet points/files info, look-out items, formatting/wording improvements, and spellcheck enhancements to improve documentation quality. Major bugs fixed: - Fixed broken/incorrect links within the material. - Typo corrections in documentation and comments. - Minor bug fixes across content and formatting. - Outputs formatting corrections and fixes. - Key handling bug fix plan documented (issue identified with plan to copy and fix). Overall impact and accomplishments: - Enhanced learner experience with clearer guidance and more reliable materials, reducing rework and support time. - Improved maintainability and contributor onboarding through formatting discipline, documentation hygiene, and documentation upgrades. - Strengthened data reliability and packaging via Excel format adoption and asset organization. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Content authoring, documentation discipline, and version-control traceability. - Data-format migration (Excel) and asset management. - Text quality tooling (spellcheck), error-spotting in docs, and documentation formatting. - Code readability improvements and refactoring for control flow.
August 2025
38 Commits • 17 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 highlights for byu-cce270/content: Delivered a broad set of content-quality enhancements, formatting improvements, and stability fixes that improve learner guidance, material reliability, and instructor workflow. Business value is demonstrated through clearer question matching, interoperable data formats, and higher-quality documentation that reduces rework and support overhead. Key features delivered: - Question content and matching enhancements: Added more info to match questions and clarify guidance, reducing learner ambiguity and support queries. - Spreadsheet format upgrade to Excel: Migrated worksheets to Excel format to improve data interoperability with LMS/tools. - Spell check improvements: Implemented comprehensive spell checking across content and updates to documentation. - Media/assets organization: Centralized and organized course images/assets to simplify maintenance and reuse. - Rubric adjustments and formatting: Standardized rubric criteria and formatting for consistent grading. - Pre-class exercise rework and finalizing homework/in-class assignments: Refined pre-class exercises and finalized assignment details for clearer expectations. - Update reading materials and rubrics: Updated references and rubrics to align with current course materials. - Refactor: For loop to while loop: Improved control flow readability in a key module. - Documentation enhancements: Added bullet points/files info, look-out items, formatting/wording improvements, and spellcheck enhancements to improve documentation quality. Major bugs fixed: - Fixed broken/incorrect links within the material. - Typo corrections in documentation and comments. - Minor bug fixes across content and formatting. - Outputs formatting corrections and fixes. - Key handling bug fix plan documented (issue identified with plan to copy and fix). Overall impact and accomplishments: - Enhanced learner experience with clearer guidance and more reliable materials, reducing rework and support time. - Improved maintainability and contributor onboarding through formatting discipline, documentation hygiene, and documentation upgrades. - Strengthened data reliability and packaging via Excel format adoption and asset organization. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Content authoring, documentation discipline, and version-control traceability. - Data-format migration (Excel) and asset management. - Text quality tooling (spellcheck), error-spotting in docs, and documentation formatting. - Code readability improvements and refactoring for control flow.
July 2025
47 Commits • 14 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for byu-cce270/content: Delivered end-to-end asset management and classroom tooling for content assets, integrated Pivot and Goal Seek with data validation, and expanded in-class workbook capabilities. Improved graphing, solver functionality, and documentation, while reorganizing project structure for maintainability. These efforts reduce content prep time, improve data accuracy, and enhance the learner and instructor experience.
47 Commits • 14 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for byu-cce270/content: Delivered end-to-end asset management and classroom tooling for content assets, integrated Pivot and Goal Seek with data validation, and expanded in-class workbook capabilities. Improved graphing, solver functionality, and documentation, while reorganizing project structure for maintainability. These efforts reduce content prep time, improve data accuracy, and enhance the learner and instructor experience.
July 2025
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Quality Metrics
Correctness92.8%
Maintainability92.6%
Architecture88.4%
Performance88.8%
AI Usage21.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
ExcelJSONJupyter NotebookMarkdownPythonYAML
Technical Skills
Algorithm DesignAlgorithm DevelopmentAlgorithm ImplementationBasic Arithmetic OperationsCode CleanupCode RefactoringContent ManagementControl FlowCurriculum DevelopmentData AnalysisData ScienceData StructuresData VisualizationDocumentationDocumentation Management
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