Agenda for the Week of January 11, 2021

Welcome

The WordPress Training Team helps people learn to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through learn.wordpress.org.

Are you new to the team?

Getting Started – Join the team through this self-guided onboarding program

Current Focus Areas – What we’re currently focusing on

Already onboarded and ready to get involved?

See How we use GitHub to get started on one of our 6 project boards

Meetings (Calendar)

You can join these meetings from the #training Slack channel:

Weekly meeting: Thursdays 00:00 UTC

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Please join us Tuesday 1700 UTC OR Friday 1100 UTC in the #training Slack channel for our weekly meetings!

This Week’s Agenda

Introduction and Welcome
Congrats and Thanks
What we’re working on now:
- Featured Images for Lesson Plans – discussion on needs
  - Do we want screenshots?
  - What will display best when the links to lesson plans and workshops are shared to social media?
  - What are the implications for translation?
  - Should we consult Design team?
  - Dimensions: social-friendly 1200 x 628
- Lesson plan format –
  - Help audit if plans are outline style
  - Copy post that needs revision to a new DRAFT only post and rework it to be an outline
  - Leave a note in Training
- Training team handbook
  - Spend time reading and drafting notes about what should be revised
  - What roles may the team need?
  - What can we learn from other team handbooks
- Comments welcome on @carike‘s MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. post about Protecting Children’s Privacy.
Standup/check-in
Open announcements/discussion
- Initial installation of GlotPress for Learn is underway. @evarlese will update.
- Recap of Learn Working Group (workshops) meeting

You are welcome to join the team at any time! If you are new to the Training Team, please introduce yourself in the #training channel before the meeting (or anytime!) and feel free to join us in the meeting and participate as you are able.

Training Team Mission

The WordPress training team creates downloadable lesson plans and related materials for facilitators to use in live environments.

Getting Involved

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join in, comment on posts, and participate in meetings and on projects.

Here’s what you need to know to get started

Team Links:

About The Team: https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/about/
Our Team Blog: https://make.wordpress.org/training/
Our Roadmap: https://trello.com/b/BsfzszRM/wordpress-training-team-lesson-plan-development
Our Lesson Plans: https://github.com/wptrainingteam
Our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnxqNA0WORZXWurEP6cNV6w