Content Creator

Content Creators contribute new content to Learn WordPress in the form of lesson plans, video tutorials, courses, or online workshops. There are many vetted topics ready for you to start creating in Ready to Create view on the Content Development board.

As you create content, keep the following guidelines in mind:

Content Creator Faculty members can also help with reviewing content and vetting topic ideas.

Please keep an eye out for @faculty-content-creators pings in 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/. and respond as you are able.

Please be aware of Expectations for Active Faculty Members and for your specific role.

Online Workshops
Content Creators can create and run Online Workshops. To get started with creating an Online Workshop, see the handbook page Planning an Online Workshop. The handbook section for Online Workshops contains detailed information on the process. You can start creating with any of the vetted topics in “Ready to Create” (filtered to show Online Workshops), or plan a completely new idea and add it to the board by using the Online Workshop Issue Template in GitHub.

Content Creator Faculty Members can also assist new contributors by co-hosting their Online Workshops and providing guidance.

Lesson Plans
Content Creators can create Lesson Plans. To get started with creating Lesson Plans, see the Lesson Plans section of the handbook. You can start creating with any of the vetted topics in “Ready to Create” (filtered to show Lesson Plans), or you can create a new issue with your topic idea (this link creates a new issue with the “Topic Idea Template”).

Tutorials
Content Creators can record tutorial videos, write tutorial scripts, and edit tutorial videos. To get started with Tutorial creation, see the handbook page Creating a Tutorial. You can start creating with any of the vetted topics in “Ready to Create” (filtered to show Tutorials), or you can create a new issue with your topic idea (this link creates a new issue with the “Topic Idea Template”).

The handbook section for Tutorials contains detailed information on processes and resources.

Courses
Content creators can help create and write Courses. To get started with courses, see the handbook section about Courses.

Working with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
Content Creators may have questions or need guidance while writing their content. SMEs can help by providing guidance when requested by the Content Creator. Requests can look like:

  • A comment on the 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/ issue for the content.
  • A request for assistance in the #training channel by mentioning the @faculty-smes group in Slack.
  • Contacting a SME directly. See the Faculty Member list, under the column “Area(s) of Expertise” to identify who you can ask about specific topics.

SMEs are not expected to create any of the content alongside the Content Creator, but they are leaned on for their topic area expertise when called upon.

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