Training Team Meeting Recap – 4th July 2023

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. account, you can set one up.)

This meeting was held in the AMER/EMEA time zone.

Introductions and Welcome

There were 16 attendees: @lada7042, @sumitsingh, @webtechpooja, @chaion07, @mjaragon03, @courane01, @eboxnet, @robinwpdeveloper, @faguni22, @onealtr, @west7, @piyopiyofox, @ardianimaya, @psykro, @nahidsharifkomol, @jominney

 We’ve had several new people join the channel recently. What is your interest in Learn/Training and what do you enjoy outside of WordPress: @jengodin,  @ninianepress,  @mharoonw12,  @smaris,  @anthony1015,  @acchan,  @Noruzzaman

News

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• July 4 –  @Sumit Singh
• July 11 – @nahidsharifkomol
• July 18 – @rajkothari
• July 25 – @fahimmurshed
• August 1 – @sancastiza

Looking for feedback

• Brainstorm & Table Lead – WordCamp US 2023 Contributor Day
  – WCUS Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. in-person co-host is selected Jul 5, 2023
  – We also need an online host!
  – any comments welcome
• Proposal: New Contributor Guide Program – feedback by July 5th- last day!
• Proposal: Let’s actively promote the Learn WordPress platform in Learn WordPress content – the handbook has a new section added, and feedback is welcome at any time
• Project Proposal: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress – Please provide your feedback by Today July 4th on how we can improve the Learn WordPress website by creating Learning Pathways.

 Looking for volunteers

• Creating guiding documents / advising on accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) – Looking for a volunteer, who can work on a handbook page that has an accessibility checklist that can be used by content creators, editors, and meetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. note-takers.
  • Ann N drafted Ideas towards an accessibility checklist for junior WordPress developers.
    • @jominney: Just an update on this – Ann and I put together a draft checklist yesterday, and will be reviewing it with @alexstine over the coming week.
• Join the dev-squad triage sessions held every Thursday at 07:00 UTC in the #meta-learn channel.

Updates from last week’s dev-squad triage session

• PRs triaged
  Breadcrumbs: Try to add a single space to avoid screen reader run-on sentences #1641 – PR needs some help testing, especially in Windows.
  Adding the interactive code block plugin #1652 – currently being tested by @sumitsinghwp and @alexstine

Win! All current open PRs have been triaged.

• Issues triaged
  [Bug report] UI issue in submit button and pagination in the Course Category page #889 – Needs testing, the issue is quite old, so it needs to be verified as still relevant.
  Feature request: Consider adding a date field to tutorial and course content #1207 – Updated from bug to feature request, might be helpful to chat about in future team meeting
  In 768-pixel screen size, the headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. menu design breaks. In 768-pixel screen size, the header menu design breaks.  #1365 – Awaiting a related PR to be refreshed, only updated labels accordingly.

Other News

• How to create a Meeting Agenda handbook page published!
• Expertise needed: Learn how to vet content topic ideas for the Training Team
• Are you eligible for a Contributor badge? Learn how to request one!
• Team reps will be auditing users on the team blog and Learn WordPress every 6 months. Access will remain for those who have shown activity within the last 6 months.
• High priority content to translate – Content listed here will be updated regularly as needs change.
• Faculty members ready to create content on Learn are welcome to get started right away as vetted members of the team.
• We will be switching the Training Team meetings to: 1 Coffee hour for EMEA, 1 Coffee hour for APAC, 1 Global meeting each week. The time for the new meeting will be announced this week.
• The Learn WordPress July 2023 Newsletter has been published.
• The What’s new on Learn WordPress in June 2023 monthly update has been published.

Open requests for review

See our Guidelines for reviewing content to review the following content.

• Tutorials
  • Tutorial – Debugging in WordPress #1574
  • Tutorial – Using caching to improve website performance #1579
  • Tutorial – Embedding media and third-party content on your website #1616
  • Tutorial – Installing Node.js and npm for local WordPress development #1639
• Lesson Plans
  • WordPress Action Hooks – Lesson Plan #806*

Project Updates

• Contributor Guide Program – by @courtney-pk
  • A proposal has been published. Please leave feedback by July 5th.

Open Discussions

• How can we make Training Team meetings more engaging and less about reporting?
  – What topics/conversations would you like to share in each weekly meeting?
  • Two cents from @jominney
    • Some things other teams have done that I’ve seen helpful:
    • ‘check in’ section where team members can share what they are working on or have recently completed.
    • ‘ask for help/I’m stuck on…’ section where team members can ask any not-so-silly questions they have.
    • Something I personally would love to see because there isn’t great communication between a lot of teams
    • Does anyone have any relevant news they’d like to share from other teams that would be helpful for the training team?
    • For example, Milana from the docs team recently did a bunch of work on automation in GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ that @Ben Evans is now looking into as a way to improve our processes too. There is also a lot of work happening with the contributor mentor program that will be relevant to our team.

If you have topics you’d liked discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.

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