Agenda for February 23, 2021

Welcome

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

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Current Focus Areas – What we’re currently focusing on

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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, 2 March 2021, 17:00 GMT and Office Hour Friday, 26 February 2021, 11:00 GMT in the #training Slack channel for our weekly meetings!

This Week’s Agenda

Sprint Check-in
1. Lesson Plans in progress or needing proofreading:
  - Using blocks in a Post – volunteers still needed
  - Block Patterns – @evarlese (done)
  - Reusable Blocks – @webtechpooja (needs instructional review and proofreading)
  - Block Directory – @courane01 (needs instructional review and proofreading)
  - How to Configure WordPress installation for Contributor and Developer Testing – @paaljoachim (needs team review)
2. Slides unified and proposal submitted to 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. (help us test)
3. Logistics on staying in step with the release, RC1 currently scheduled for Tuesday, 23 February 2021
4. Plan March sprint with key stakeholders (Meta, Design, Marketing, etc.) – Plan next steps
  1. Lesson plans
    1. Standards for taking screenshots
  2. Learn WordPress Contributor Documentation
Handbooks
1. Training handbook (team roles, procedures) update
2. Learn handbook (how to use Learn, guidelines about brands, etc) update
Brand guidelines update
Learn WordPress homepage design
Daylight savings and future meetings
Feedback requested
1. UX Review Requested
2. @carike has been rethinking the delivery of training, including cost of consumption
3. COPPA comments

Upcoming Meetings

Training:
- Office Hour Friday, 26 February 2021, 11:00 PM UTC
- Training team Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 5:00 PM UTC
Learn Working group:
- Thursday, February 18, 2021, 7:00 PM UTC
- Thursday, March 4, 2021, 3:00 PM UTC

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

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