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Author Archives: Courtney O'Callaghan

Courtney O'Callaghan 4:53 pm on August 25, 2015
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Slides

WORK SO FAR

  • Perfect PluginPlugin A 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 (so far)
    • 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)
    • backwards compatibility
    • reuse
    • minimal learning curve
    • ability to use without internet
    • design consistency between different sets of slides
    • maintainability
    • ease of updates
    • ability to account for different aspect ratio displays
  • Slides formats we have tried
    • Google slides
    • Reveal

TO DO (add to comment section)

  • Plugin wish list
    • Explain items already in list
    • Add other dream feature requests
  • Explain Issues with external formats
    • Google slides
    • Reveal
  • Other formats (or plugins) we should try before WCUSA
    • PDF – need lp to try

#slides

Courtney O'Callaghan 10:04 pm on August 23, 2015  

East Bay WordPress Meetup August 23, 2015

Welcome to the East Bay WordPress 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. in Oakland, CA. Thank you for looking over the training lesson plans we have created and need help creating. Please post your questions, comments, and observations in the comments.

Courtney O'Callaghan 4:56 pm on June 2, 2015
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Agenda for June 2, 2015

Slack Log

#procedures, #roles

Courtney O'Callaghan 4:54 pm on May 26, 2015  

Agenda for May 26, 2015

Overview of last week

Lesson Plan (LP) review

Extend Roles call-out one more week

This Meeting

  • Slides (review history + progress next meeting)
  • Page discussing teaching challenges (Yay/Nay? next meeting)
  • Come up with ideas to make testing possible (discuss next week)
  • Volunteer for role(s) extended (see above)
  • Need Volunteer: Add time it took to the testing questionnaire
  • DM Tracy/Courtney about Lead extended (see above)
  • Nigeria and WC in OUTREACH (Last part of meeting)
Courtney O'Callaghan 7:05 pm on May 19, 2015
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Recap of May 19, 2015

Slack Log

Overview of last week

Lesson Plan (LP) review

Evolving team priorities and needs

  • Roles we have or need (current person)
  • Priorities of the team in order
    • Fully test all of the finished LPs
      • slides
      • standardizing length/ease of use
      • make edits across all LPs as testing results come in
      • tightening feedback loopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop.
    • Make new LPs

Planned actions + timeline

  • Next Meeting
    • Slides (review history + progress next meeting)
    • Page discussing teaching challenges (Yay/Nay? next meeting)
    • Come up with ideas to make testing possible (discuss next week)
  • Immediate 
    • Volunteer for role(s) (via blog all week)
      • Add time it took to the testing questionnaire (not a role, but need volunteer)
    • DM Tracy/Courtney about Lead (via 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/. all week)
    • Decide on time to discuss Nigeria and WC
      • Probably Monday 1700UTC (alternate suggestions in Slack please)
      • Talk to outreach about this on Thursday (need volunteer)

#procedures, #roles

Courtney O'Callaghan 2:53 pm on May 19, 2015
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Agenda for May 19, 2015

Continuing thread about team priorities/issues. Below is a possible way to tackle the topics still on the table:

  1. Hello + recap of last meeting
  2. Quick review of in progress Lesson Plans and Testing
  3. Evolving team priorities and needs
    1. What roles do we currently have? Who fills them?
    2. What are the team needs to progress? Prioritize.
    3. Do these new needs need people assigned to them?
  4. Actionable items divided by time
    1. By next week?
    2. By next month?
    3. TBD?

#roles

Courtney O'Callaghan 3:15 pm on May 12, 2015  

REVISED! Agenda for May 12, 2015

Slack Log

**UPDATE**
We are postponing our discussion on future team priorities and focus until next week. This week we will be holding a traditional meeting that looks at lesson plan progress.

Agenda

  • Hello + New Member intro
  • Review lesson plans in progress
  • Upcoming testing (if relevant)
  • Abandoned LP call out
  • New assignments
  • Any other business
Courtney O'Callaghan 3:09 pm on May 12, 2015
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Recap of May 5, 2015

Slack Log
We dedicated the meeting to team priorities/issues review.

Prioritized Issue Register:

  1. unexpected personal issues (includes work)
  2. time change
  3. NUX meeting overlap
  4. evolving team priorities/needs
  5. team role burn-out

Actionable Solutions:

  1. unexpected personal issues (includes work)
    1. more people
    2. clear communication
  2. time change
    1. time is good, just send more reminders
    2. reassess at Northern Autumn (Fall time change)
  3. NUX meeting overlap
    1. may be issue when it restarts, review later
  4. evolving team priorities/needs + team role burn-out
    1. set aside NEXT meeting to review roles, needs, etc

#procedures

Courtney O'Callaghan 1:56 pm on March 24, 2015  

Agenda for March 24 2015

New people in Training welcome
Review lesson plans in progress
Abandoned Plan call out
Assign new lesson plans

Courtney O'Callaghan 6:01 pm on March 10, 2015  

Agenda for March 10, 2015

New people in Training welcome
Recap of WP Lancaster
Assign new lesson plans
Review lesson plans in progress
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