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@digitalchild : @devmuhib is currently working on theContributor Learning Pathway outline. I have completed the Beginner Learning Pathway and am now seeking feedback to refine it. Additionally, I need assistance in drafting the Intermediate and Advanced Learning Pathways.
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@psykro : The meeting was delayed by 30 minutes, due to some delays on my side.
@digitalchild : I have been speaking to the lead team repTeam RepA Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. for WordCampWordCampWordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe about how we can get learn more into the program. Ivelina has asked for us to create a workshop proposal. There is also discussions about doing more advanced developer workshops as well. I think this is news and looking for volunteers at the same itme.
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Contribution Acknowledgement
@kaitohm: @adamwood went through and triaged development issues in the Training Team’s GitHubGitHubGitHub 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/ repository this week, clearing out anything that was no longer relevant after the site relaunch. Thanks so much, Adam
@west7: Props to @flickimp and@benjamin_zekavica for completing voiceovers for following lessons Imran: The technical side of picking the right font Benjamin: Einführung in WordPress (Introduction to WordPress)
@digitalchild: I’ve started researching how other projects and platforms handle content updates and content decay. I don’t have an update on the timeline as yet, I plan to have the post updated later this week with the new estimates.
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Summary: This post proposes resegmenting the current Learning Pathways content into shorter courses. This is expected to improve the learner experience and increase course completions. Please share your thoughts below.
On the 2nd of August, the new Learn WordPress site was launched, with a new type of content called Learning Pathways. Learning Pathways are a series of courses that guide learners from beginner to advanced skill levels in a specific field or discipline.
The WordPress Foundation recently emphasized the importance of increasing the number of course completions on Learn. It was highlighted that value lies not in the number of people who register for courses but in those who complete them. This prompted an investigation into the structure of Learning Pathways and the insights revealed by the data.
Current Learning Pathway courses are lengthy, with the number of lessons in each course ranging from 20 to 59. Course statistics show that the number of learners who progress through a course diminishes from lesson to lesson, with some courses seeing two-thirds of learners dropping out by the 10th lesson.
Lesson completion rates are stable throughout a course, though, and even show an increase in some courses. This indicates lessons in the later parts of a course are as relevant and engaging to users as those in earlier parts of a course.
Benefits of shorter courses
Long learning pathway courses can be daunting, leading to learner fatigue and decreased motivation. By breaking these courses into shorter courses, we can enhance the learning experience.
Shorter courses allow learners to concentrate on one topic or section at a time. This focused approach prevents the feeling of being overwhelmed by too much content, making it mentally easier to commit to the learning path. Shorter courses will help learners experience a sense of achievement more often and progress at a manageable pace.
Completed courses are already included in learners’ .org profile, which is expected to encourage the completion of shorter courses.
Feedback request
We would appreciate feedback from the Training Team on whether you support restructuring our content into a more digestible format. This shift could make the material easier to consume and potentially improve learner engagement.
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Looking for volunteers
Write a guest post on Do the Woo promoting Learn WordPress. @bobdunn-trainer invited the team to publish a guest post on Do the Woo to promote the new Learn WordPress website. I think it might be great to have a couple of people work on this together. Who would like to volunteer?
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@sumitsingh and @kaitohm submitted issues to TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. (coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.) and GitHubGitHubGitHub 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/ (GutenbergGutenbergThe Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/) for the Training Team Last week, @sumitsingh and I took the ideas from Brainstorm: Introducing Learning Pathways to users during onboarding and turned them into Trac/GitHub issues for developers to consider. Come follow these tickets as we aim to raise awareness of Learn WordPress in every WordPress install around the world
We have various ways that you can contribute to the Training team. Including development, content creation, editing and more. We have various open issues available for you to get started.
This week, the Training Contributor badge was awarded to @22halomedia. Thank you for reviewing content for the team.
@psykro – I would like to give props to @agiljulio, @coquardcyr, @michelleblanchette and @erichmond for their continued commitment to working on the pluginPluginA plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party developer learning pathway.
I would also like to give props to @lakshmananphp for doing such a great job facilitating the current course cohort.
@psykro – Last week we reached the halfway point of the cohort. We’re still seeing around a 50% in person attendance, which is aligned with our previous experiences. Everyone who is joining seems engaged and enjoying the weekly calls. We ran a short poll last week to gauge if everyone is enjoying the call format, and everyone responded affirmatively.
@kaitohm – Just noting, since @piyopiyofox and @zoonini are away, Jamie has offered to take on this project instead. We’re hoping to come up with a clearly documented process in the team around how we handle outdated content.
@digitalchild – This project was originally slated for completion end of this month. I will start working on it this week and get an update next week of the current status.
This project is now complete! The team is invited to monitor the Trac/GitHub tickets mentioned in this previous Slack thread to support developers and see these ideas added to core.
This conversation literally just happened today. I’ll be creating the PR to have the code merged this week. I’d therefore suggest that we start trailing this sometime next week, to iron out the process of translation
once I create the PR to have the plugin code merged, I’ll share it here so folks can follow along.
It will be great if we can enter 2025 with a defined process for creating and reviewing translated content.
There’s one idea: Connect with community colleges and schools that could benefit from incorporating Learn WordPress into their programs.
I’m curious, does anyone in the team already have connections with any schools in their local communities?
@psykro – I have two young boys currently at school, so theoretically I have a connection to at least 1 school in my community. However, what I don’t have are the tools for how to connect with these schools, and what is required from each of them, their school board, the educational bodies, to figure out how to find out about implementing Learn WordPress into their programs.
And schools are different in different parts of the world. So while I have an option, I have no idea how to get started.
@psykro – So I recently met with a friend who’s the program mananger for an online coding school: https://codeyourfuture.io/. I feel like these are the types of places we need to be reaching, folks who are doing online learning, for high schoolers, folks who want a career change, army veterans etc.
@22halomedia – I’m an officer at a Metropolitan Community College programming club and will bring up in our next meeting the possibility of doing the learn.wordpress.org curriculum as part of our club activities.
@quitevisible – We homeschool our 2 youngest girls (13/14). This year, I created a WP site using an LMS to run my lessons. I teach 2 of the classes (Chemistry/Language Arts), but also added a beginner WP class to run alongside the Language Arts/Writing class.
Each of my girls have their own self-hosted WP website where they are learning to design and post their work. I embed the Learn WP videos in my lessons. They’ve mentioned that the videos really help – @westnz seems to be their fave so far. So the material is also introducing WP to the next generation.
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Contribution Acknowledgement
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Project updates
We have a few projects underway at the moment. I invite the leader of each project to share an update below.
@psykro – I wanted to congratulate @Joey Brinkman for completing the training guide program. Joey has already started by completing a bunch of reviews of existing content, and reporting bugs to be fixed.
Welcome to another edition of the Training Team’s Contributor Spotlight! In this series, we introduce one of our many valued contributors and invite you to learn more about their journey.
Meet Jonathan!
This month’s featured contributor is Jonathan Bossenger from South Africa. As a developer educator sponsored by Automattic, he creates many super helpful videos on WordPress.tv, ensuring everybody from various ranges of expertise can learn WordPress easily.
Join us as we chat with Jonathan about his experience in the WordPress community!
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Hi Jonathan! Can you briefly introduce yourself and share a bit about your background?
Sure, so as you know, my name is Jonathan. I live in Cape Town, which is in South Africa, a country right at the tip of Africa. For most of my youth, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life until I found my way to programming/software development. 2024 marks my 20th year writing code.
Outside of WordPress–professionally or in your spare time–what do you usually like to do?
I’m a husband and father of two growing boys, aged 9 and 12, so much of my spare time involves family activities.
When I do have time to myself, I spend it either staying fit and moderately healthy at the gym or working through my Steam gaming backlog, which built up over the years when the boys were very little, and I had no free time 😀
One of my other interests is martial arts, and I’ve been actively involved in Brazilian jiu-jitsu for the better part of the last 17 years.
How did you first discover WordPress, and when did you decide to use it for your projects?
When I first started web development in 2009, I was teaching myself PHPPHPPHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. from a book (you know, the way we learned before online learning was a thing!), and I wanted somewhere to document what I had learned. So I bought a domain and, after a Google search, installed Drupal on that domain. I went looking for alternative content management systems, and found WordPress.
Here’s the original blog post I published about the PHP script I wrote to migrate all my blog posts over to WordPress.
What motivated you to start contributing to the open-source project?
In 2015, I went to my first WordCampWordCampWordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. in Cape Town. One of the talks, by Jenny Wong, was about how and why to contribute. This was something I’d been thinking about for a while, and so I was lucky to be able to chat with Jenny afterward, and she guided me further. After that WordCamp, I went home, found the Make WordPress site, and started looking for my first contributions.
I’m a volunteer by nature, and I’m a big believer that if I get something for free from an open-source project, I need to give something back. So, contributing to one of the Make teams made sense.
What drew you to the Training Team?
My journey to the Training team is a bit of a long story, so I’ll try to keep it short.
In 2020, when Learn WordPress launched in the format we know it today, I was learning to build WordPress blocks. One of my WordPress friends, Hugh Lashbrooke, was part of the team working on launching Learn WordPress with the newer tutorial videos (we called them workshops back then).
Hugh and I had spoken at a few local WordCamps together, so he knew that I liked presenting WordPress development topics. He asked me if I could create a developer tutorial, and so I did, on building your first block. I enjoyed creating that tutorial, but I never got another chance to create more.
About a year later, I moved to another company as a developer educator, creating online content for WordPress developers. However, that content was very specific to our WordPress products. I wanted to make more general WordPress development videos, so I joined the Training team channel, and the rest is history.
What was your first contribution? How did you feel seeing your work reach so many people?
My first contribution was helping to copy pages from the Codex to the new user documentation pages that now exist at Documentation team’s website (also known as HelpHub). I’ll be honest: I never really thought about the impact, it was just very cool to be contributing in this way.
Could you share any challenges or obstacles you faced when starting to contribute to the open-source project and how you overcame them?
My biggest challenge when I first started contributing was finding information. I hope the folks in the Docs team didn’t find all my questions annoying, but if I’m lost, I ask questions.😊
Were there any specific resources that helped you along your journey as a contributor?
That’s also my biggest piece of advice to new contributors: if you’re stuck, or you’re not sure, ask. Someone will reach out and help. Each of the WordPress Make teams has a team repTeam RepA Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. or two, and they’re usually the right folks to reach out to.
Can you share any memorable moments or achievements while contributing to WordPress?
There have certainly been a few.
Speaking at my first WordCamps, first in Cape Town and then in Johannesburg.
Getting to present a workshop at WCEU is also a pretty big highlight.
Oh, and recently someone shared with me that I have the highest number of contributions on WordPress.tv videos, at 179.
What advice would you give to someone interested in contributing to WordPress?
I’ll share the same advice Jenny shared with me: Go to the Make WordPress website, read about all the different teams there, such as the Training team, and pick a few that interest you.Then join the Make WordPress’s Slack, and poke around in a few of those teams’ channels. Ask questions, and you’ll soon find the right place for you.
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(In)Frequently Asked Questions
What’s the one thing you would like people to know about you?
While I love talking to people, I also need to recharge my batteries quite regularly. So, at large events, I often won’t stay in one conversation long. Please don’t think I’m being rude, it’s a defense mechanism.
What’s your favorite WordPress feature (can also be a blockBlockBlock is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. or pluginPluginA plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party)?
I really like the Site Editor. I recently had the opportunity to use it to make some changes to a WordCamp site, and it’s come so far in such a short space of time.
Name three things you must pack for WordCamp.
Lip balm, headache tablets, power bank.
Thank you, Jonathan, for all your dedication and contributions to the Training Team and the WordPress Open-Source Project!
Are you interested in contributing to the Training Team? Check out our Getting Started guide or join the Guide Program for mentorship with an experienced contributor. We’d be happy to have you join us!
Usually, the team will have a poll as part of the selection process. However this year, there were only 2 people who accepted their nomination. As we were looking for 2 reps, we skipped the poll and both candidates were vetted directly. So, we were able to choose the next reps about 3 weeks quicker than usual
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Project updates
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The next step is to start creating TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. tickets for each item so that design and other teams can start considering them. Would anyone like to help create tickets for these? I won’t be able to work on them until next week.
Muhibul and @Prem Tiwari had volunteered to work on this earlier this year. Muhibul has started work on this again so that we have something to share with the team soon. Thanks for working on it, Muhibul
The Learn WordPress Study Hours were popular last week! We had 10 people show up and many requested we have them regularly.
These are SUPER easy Online Workshops that require little preparation. If we could have a few facilitators rotate this every 2 weeks, they would make some great Online Workshop programming.
Open Discussions
@digitalchild: I have been thinking about this for a while. One thing that I think our content could be extended to is including real world use cases. For instance a course on how to setup a WooCommerce store. A lesson or online workshop on how to create a landing page or marketing site for your business .
@digitalchild: We already have the content on how to use WordPress and will have the marketing and SEO aspects covered so it would be good to take the next logical step
@digitalchild: I used to do a woocommerce start to finish 2 hour workshop once or twice a year at our local meetupMeetupAll 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. before Covid
@west7: We do have a few practical lessons planned for the Designer learning pathway.
@lakshmananphp: Can we include Learn WordPress online meetups/workshops etc in this widgetWidgetA WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user.? Allowing the users to show/hide via screen options
@sumitsingh: I am thinking to some improvement list of strategies that can boost contributions for the WordPress Training Team and help the community worldwide:
Clear Onboarding Process: Step-by-step guidance for newcomers.
Highlighting the Impact: Showing how contributions benefit the global community.
Success Stories: Sharing experiences and growth of current contributors.
Interactive Contributor Events: Regular live sessions for real-time collaboration.( Which is doing)
Recognition and Rewards: Public acknowledgments to appreciate contributors.
Mentorship Programs: Pairing new contributors with experienced mentors.
Flexible Contribution Options: Tasks for various skill levels and time commitments.
Outreach on Social Media: Expanding awareness through social channels.
Cross-Team Collaboration: Partnering with other WordPress teams for shared projects.
Centralized Resource Hub: Accessible resources and FAQs for easy support.
These strategies create a welcoming and engaging environment, making it easier and more motivating for people to contribute and make an impact.
I think we can encourage new contributors to share their own contributions on social media. Then, we could share their posts on our channels. Having them talk about their own experience will make it more impactful.
Also, some people might prefer we don’t share information about them. So, having the new contributor post first let’s them make the decision.
@digitalchild: This is a great list we definitely need to promote and encourage contributions and collaboration.
Most of our contributors give their time, skills, and passion completely free of cost – no sponsorships, just pure dedication to growing the community! To all of you selfless contributors: thank you for everything you do!
One simple way we can give back is by sharing and celebrating their contributions on social media. A quick post, a thank-you tweet, or a shout-out goes a long way. Let’s show our appreciation and make them feel valued – after all, seeing their names out there is a small gesture that brings big smiles!
Let’s keep our community strong and connected by lifting each other up.
You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.
We will be repeating the items we listed in last week’s meeting as they are still open for feedback.
Handbook page regarding creating quizzes/activities @cnormandigital has drafted a handbook page about creating quizzes/activities for content on Learn WordPress and is looking for feedback.
Please leave feedback directly in this GitHubGitHubGitHub 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/ issue: Feedback – Creating Lesson Module Quizzes/Activities section of handbook #2946
Looking for thoughts about how to add Facilitator Notes to Learn
Designers and developers are discussing how best to implement Facilitator Notes to Learn WordPress. The team will be concluding discussions and moving to implementation soon.
Retiring the Subject Matter Expert (SME) role in favor of the GitHub Editors group (continuation to last week’s discussion)
The Training Team has tried using the SME role for two tasks: vetting content topics and assisting content creators. We’ve not seen SMEs vet content topics in a while. And we believe assisting content creators can be done in an editor capacity. To simplify team roles and remove friction, team reps recommend removing the SME role and relying on the GitHub Editors group instead.
What do folks think about this proposal?
If anyone has feedback on any of the above items, please feel free to leave them in the comments of the relevant blog post/GitHub issue or Slack thread.
There doesn’t appear to be any other news this week.
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There are various ways that you can contribute to the Training team. Including development, content creation, editing, and more. We have various open issues available for you to get started.
we’ve got a number of open issues available. If you are interested in contributing in any of these areas but need help getting started, please feel free to ask questions here in the #training channel.
Contribution Acknowledgement
@digitalchild, gave props to @psykro for running the triage squad solo last week while I was away.
@kaitohm, gave props to @psykro for running last week’s team meeting while both team reps were unavailable
@west7, gave props to @enkansah for completing the SEO: Part 1 lesson and also writing the script for Part 2.
@psykro, props to @michelleblanchette for her continued work on lesson content and for sharing regular progress updates, which are more valuable than gold.
They’re open study sessions where folks will individually work through Learning Pathways on Learn, but at the same time. If you want to study along with other folks, this is a great opportunity to try something new.
We’re always looking for people to run new workshops. If you’re interested in running a workshop or co-hosting you can find more information in the Training team handbook – Online Workshops section.
Open discussions
@digitalchild, If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment.
Current team reps have reached out to all those nominated, and we’ve heard back from those who have accepted their nomination. We’ll be posting next-steps on the team blog this week
The Team Representative selection period each year is a special time where folks in the community affirm work ethic and confidence. The Training Team’s processes is designed to ensure fresh leadership and new perspectives guide the team while upholding team values from year to year. This year, the team is looking for two new reps to join current team repTeam RepA Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts.@digitalchild in 2025.
In October, members of the Training Team nominated seven contributors from the team. Current team reps (Jamie Madden and Kaito Hanamori) reached out to each nominee to confirm whether they accept their nomination before being added to the poll. Of these seven nominated, only two accepted their nominations. Two others mentioned that, while not being available to be a full-time rep, they’d like to be listed as a backup rep, should the need arise.
As only two nominees accepted their nomination and the team is looking for two additional reps, current team reps decided to skip the poll and move directly to the vetting process. We believe both nominees meet the criteria of a team rep and would be excellent representations of the Training Team to the WordPress project.
It is with great excitement we announce Jonathan Bossenger and Muhibul Haque will be joining Jamie Madden as Training Team reps for 2025! Keep reading below to find out more about next year’s team reps.
Jonathan Bossenger was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. He currently lives in the suburbs with his wife and two growing sons. After spending his first 5 years of life after high school working in retail, Jonathan pivoted to software development and hasn’t looked back.
In 2011, he started doing some WordPress development work, and in 2015, he attended his first WordCampWordCampWordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. in Cape Town. This led to contributions in the areas of documentation, coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., and, finally, community, where he was the most active. As a Community Program Supporter (aka Community Deputy) and WordCamp mentor, Jonathan’s focus was helping to grow WordPress meetups and WordCamps in Africa.
Jonathan joined the Training Team with the 2020 launch of Learn.WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ and contributed the first developer-focused video tutorial on Learn. In 2022, he was hired at Automattic as a sponsored contributor to the training team, hosting workshops and creating video lessons for developers.
After hours, Jonathan enjoys spending time with his busy family and their extracurricular activities, keeping fit with regular workouts, and practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu. His hobby is gaming, and he is currently working through his backlog of ever-growing Steam games.
Muhibul lives in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where he enjoys life with his wife and their three-year-old son. He started his professional career in 2011, focusing on Search Engine Optimization (SEO). While working in SEO, he realized the importance of having skills in web development, which sparked his interest in this field. In 2014, he made the full switch to work as a WordPress Developer, applying his skills in customization and development. Since then, he has been building his expertise and enjoying the creative challenges that come with developing dynamic websites.
Muhibul first became active in the community at WordCamp Sylhet in 2023, which inspired him to get involved with open-source projects. Since then, he is active on Training team and taken different roles like Training Team Administrator, Content Creator and now Training Team Representative. He is also active on Core, Themes, Docs, WPTV and Community Team as contributor.
When not working, he enjoys spending time with his family and loves to travel. Seeing new places and experiencing different cultures gives him fresh energy and inspiration.
Jamie Madden has been involved in open-source long before WordPress’ first release. He made his first contribution to the Red Hat kernel in 1999. Since then, he’s been contributing to the WordPress documentation, testing, and, of course, Training Team.
Jamie has been an active contributor in the Training Team since July 2022, and joined us as a Faculty Member in September that year lending his Subject Matter Expert and Editor expertise to the team.
You can reach out to the Training Team Reps in the #training channel in the Make WordPress SlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/..
For those who are new here, the WordPress Training Team helps people learn to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through educational content hosted on Learn.WordPress.org.
Meeting recap notes are one of the best ways to get started contributing to a team, and you can find details on how to write notes in this handbook page.
@cnormandigital has drafted a handbook page about creating quizzes/activities for content on Learn WordPress and is looking for feedback. Thank you for drafting this page, Cynthia
Please leave feedback directly in this GitHubGitHubGitHub 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/ issue: Feedback – Creating Lesson Module Quizzes/Activities section of handbook #2946
Looking for thoughts about how to add Facilitator Notes to Learn.
Designers and developers are discussing how best to implement Facilitator Notes to Learn WordPress. The team will be concluding discussions and moving to implementation soon.
Retiring the Subject Matter Expert (SME) role in favor of the GitHub Editors group
The Training Team has tried using the SME role for two tasks: vetting content topics and assisting content creators. We’ve not seen SMEs vet content topics in a while. And we believe assisting content creators can be done in an editor capacity.
To simplify team roles and remove friction, team reps recommend removing the SME role and relying on the GitHub Editors group instead.
There was no triage squad last week. Join us this coming Thursday at 07:00 UTC in #meta-learn where we will triage any new PRs, dev issues and content awaiting validation issues.
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The cohort sign up closed last week. Also during last week, the cohort documentation was updated.
This week @lakshmananphp and @psykro will start gathering all the sign ups, adding them to the #training-cohorts Slack group, and preparing for week 1.There were 42 sign ups, of which 39 had valid profiles and Slack accounts. We will be inviting all 39 participants, making this the largest cohort we’ve run so far.
@kaitohm is hosting open study sessions. These are opportunities to work independently on your Learning Pathways, but in a group setting. It’s a great way to stay motivated and learn from others.
Faculty Updates
What have you been working on and how has it been going?
Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
@kaitohm said that nominations for 2025 Training Team reps had closed. He added that he and Jamie had reached out to all nominees to confirm their acceptance. He also mentioned that a poll would be ready by the following week’s meeting.
@west7 reported that they had run an online workshop and created a new lesson for the Beginner Designer Learning Pathway.
@psykro stated that he had been reviewing contributor scripts for the PluginPluginA plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party Developer Learning Pathway, working on his own scripts, and checking in with contributors who had been inactive.
Do you have any blockers?
Can other Faculty or Training Team members help you in some way?
@kaitohm said that he would love for people to read through and comment on the brainstorm document about introducing Learning Pathways to users during onboarding. He added that this was an opportunity for the team to add Learn references to every WordPress installation and that he would love to hear people’s thoughts on these ideas.
Open Discussions
There were no further discussions in last week’s meeting.
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