Destiny Kanno 6:20 am on July 10, 2023
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Training Team 2023 Half Year Review

Can you believe it is already July, folks? This means that half the year has already passed us by, and with that being said, this makes it a great time to review how far we have come in completing the goals we set for the team early in the year.

Outlined below are the goals we have completed, what is currently in progress, and the details of the goal’s current state. We have completed 5 out of 9 goals for the first half of the year, and have already completed 2 out of 7 of the goals we set out to complete in the second half of the year.

You can review our 2023 goals in this Training Team Goals for 2023 post.

✅ = Complete 🚧 = In Progress

March to June 2023 – 5 Completed, and 4 In Progress

✅ Create a Learn newsletter for learners.

✅ Create a 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/ checklist/template.

✅ A fully documented process set up for folks working on content localization.

🚧 Plan a course for beginner WordPress users.

🚧 Plan promotions with the Marketing Team.

  • We currently do the following:
    • X-post the team’s monthly update
    • Share the Learn Newsletter link
  • We will also share the #training-notifications 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/ channel has content publication information with the Marketing team

✅ Individual Learner survey (tied to Needs analysis).

🚧 Establish monthly recurring onboarding Online Workshops in different timezones for training team roles.

  • The team has been doing this in a one-off manner and is exploring how we can make this programming more consistent.

🚧 Create a dev road map for the Learn siteLearn site The Training Team publishes its completed lesson plans at https://learn.wordpress.org/ which is often referred to as the "Learn" site..

🚧 Get involved with the redesign work happening on Learn.

  • The team reps would like to see the Training Team taking on a more active role in getting involved with the website redesign going forward and could consider running more frequent pushes for updates

July to September 2023 – 2 Completed, and 5 In Progress

🚧 Release roadmap of new content (that isn’t tied to WP releases/features).

We have now established the Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress project plan which we can fold this planning into.

✅ Assess the content that has the largest impact.

🚧 Test out a course creation cohort method that will work as a group to create one course together.

  • A few team members have recently been discussing how we could make this content creation handover process seamless and efficient.

🚧 Work more closely with 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).

  • A content creation accessibility checklist is currently being created
  • We are exploring how we can run accessibility testing sessions on WordPress Playground, for example, in with collaboration with the Accessibility Make team. (See Slack conversation here)

🚧 Figure out a method to manage localized content translation.

  • We are currently exploring creating a Learn WordPress staging site where we can test localization integrations like the Polylang 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., for example.

✅ Nurturing the Locale Ambassadors program (making sure people who show up have people they can connect with).

We will review our goals in this week’s team meeting.

Kaito Hanamori 5:29 am on July 8, 2023
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Next steps for GitHub updates

Summary: This post gives a brief overview of what updates have been introduced to the team’s 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 by the repository owner. https://github.com/ project management system so far, and outlines the next updates being planned. If you’d like to get involved with the next round of process updates, please comment below 😃

Updates so far

The Training Team migrated its project management tool from Trello to GitHub in early 2022. Since then, different updates have been implemented to the team’s project boards. These have included:

  • Making use of GitHub-specific tools
  • Creating entirely new projects for new processes (such as content localization)
  • Ensuring current processes enable the growing number of contributors in the team to effectively contribute to the team goals
  • Triaging the backlog of issues accumulated from TrelloTrello Project management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example: https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing. days

The team handbook now also has documentation regarding the team’s GitHub repository structure, and step-by-step guides for different team processes that use GitHub. These can be found on How we use GitHub and its child pages.

Current issue – checklists

Training Team processes have relied on checklists for a long time. However, due to the way access is set up in the WordPress GitHub organization, GitHub checklists can generally only be ticked by those who added the checklist to the issue. This has made it difficult for multiple contributors to effectively collaborate on a single issue. The checklists added to issue templates have been somewhat ineffective, as the person who submits an issue is in many cases not the person who will actually work on the issue.

To get around this issue, an idea was brought forth to move GitHub checklists into the handbook, and direct contributors to copy-paste the checklists into GitHub issues when they work on an issue. This update has been implemented into the following administrative processes, and has received positive feedback so far.

Next steps

It’s time to make similar changes regarding checklists to content development processes next. Here are specific tasks that need to be completed:

  • Move checklists currently in content development issue templates into the handbook as markdown text which contributors can copy-paste as needed
  • Update issue templates and project interfaces to link to the respective handbook entries
  • Audit handbook entries around content development processes and update to reflect the new GitHub setup

Additionally, the team’s GitHub repository currently has 114 labels, of which 20 are not being used on any open issue. I suggest we audit the current list of labels and make sure they match the current processes and tracking needs in the team.

I will be able to start implementing these updates from July 31st, and am looking for one or two other volunteers to collaborate with. If you would like to get involved, please comment below, and I’ll discuss next steps with you!

Final thoughts

Switching project management tools is not an easy feat! I appreciate the efforts of Training Team members before me who got this work started.

The team also has a desire to implement automations into the GitHub repository to automate some of the manual processes. If you have experience with GitHub automations, and would like to help implement those into the team’s repository, please comment below.

#handbook, #process

Kaito Hanamori 2:00 am on July 8, 2023
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Announcement: Updates to team meeting times

The Training Team has been discussing switching from meeting times that alternate each week to having just one set of consistent meeting times that don’t change. Thank you to everyone who provided input.

Overview

Starting July 10th (Mon), the Training team will be conducting four meetings each week at these times:

  • Global Team Meeting: Tuesdays at 07:00 UTC
  • APAC Coffee Hour: To be decided
  • Dev-squad 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 by the repository owner. https://github.com/ Triage Session: Thursdays at 07:00 UTC
  • EMEA/Americas Coffee Hour: Fridays at 13:00 UTC

The official meeting calendar, the team handbook, the Welcome message on the team blog, and the sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. waidgets, have all been update to reference these new times.

For reference, here is a list of when the next meetings will be held, shown in your local time:

  • Global Team Meeting: Tuesday, 07:00.
  • APAC Coffee Hour: still to be decided
    • Fill out this form with times you’d be able to attend. Form submission will close on July 21st, and the APAC Coffee Hours will resume from the week of July 24th.
  • Dev-squad GitHub Triage Session: Thursday, 07:00
  • EMEA/Americas Coffee Hour: Friday, 13:00.

Details

Here is more information about how each of these meetings are conducted:

  • Global Team Meeting – 1 hour
    • Text-based meeting in the #training channel in Slack where we cover news, project updates, and other discussion topics.
    • The agenda will be created in GitHub and shared in the #training Slack channel by Monday each week.
    • Anyone can contribute to discussions asynchronously, and meeting notes will be published by the end of each week.
  • Coffee Hours – 1 hour
    • Video-based social chats. You can also attend with audio only, or via text in the 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/ thread that will be created at the time of the meeting.
    • There is no formal agenda. These are designed for team members to connect with each other, and are also great opportunities to ask questions about contributing to the team.
    • The Zoom link will be shared in the #training Slack channel at the time of the meeting each week.
  • Dev-squad GitHub Triage Session – 30 minutes
    • Text-based meeting in the #meta-learn channel in Slack where we triage pull requests and issues regarding Learn WordPress website development.
    • The triage session’s focus is to help move GitHub issues forward. We will not be reviewing/verifying code, but instead reaching out to the issue submitters, helping them move their requests forward.

#announcements

Destiny Kanno 5:13 am on July 7, 2023  

Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress

Project Objective: Create and launch progressive user-friendly learning pathways tailored to different types of Learners on Learn WordPress.

Project Overview

The WordPress Training Team recognizes the need for a clear, structured, and user-friendly approach to presenting Learn WordPress content. This need has been confirmed by feedback from the individual learner survey and WordCamp EU Contributor Day attendees. As a result, this project aims to deployDeploy Launching code from a local development environment to the production web server, so that it's available to visitors. an improved Learn WordPress website experience that provides an easy-to-navigate, goal-oriented learning environment that caters to learners of different roles and skill levels.

This project will serve as a foundational start, establishing a framework and functionality that will allow for the expansion and growth of the learning system over time. To meet our objective, this project includes a website redesign that offers clear learning pathways to reach target Learners such as Developers, End Users, and Designers. We will also focus on making relevant content easier to find and the inclusion of a framework that classifies content by skill level. We believe this will enhance user engagement, improve learning outcomes, and increase user adoption of Learn WordPress resources.

Our journey will not end with the initial deployment of the new site. Rather, it is just the beginning of an iterative process of continuous improvement and expansion, leveraging feedback and data analytics to enhance the user experience continually.

We hope that this project will help us better serve the wider WordPress community by promoting knowledge transfer and ensuring a thriving community with diverse skills and abilities.

Thank you to @courane01 for getting this work kicked off in your Creating Learning Pathways for Learn WordPress and subsequent GitHub issue.

Project Members

Project lead: @piyopiyofox

Members: @jominney @west7 @psykro @zoonini @bsanevans

Project Timeline

Start: July 24, 2023

End: July 2024

Project Deliverables

  • Develop a website redesign for Learn WordPress that delivers a clear, user-friendly pathway for learners of different levels, roles, and use-cases.
  • Enhance the discoverability and searchability of relevant Learn WordPress content through the integration of new search filters and content organization strategies.
  • Establish a skill level classification framework for Learn WordPress content that enables clear content filtering and search results based on learner needs.

Tasks

Planning

Tasks in this section scope out project parameters and requirements for the success of this project.

Project Management

  • Recruit project members
  • Establish cross-team collaboration points of contact

Information Architecture

  • Create outlines and storyboards that detail learning pathway components based on the proposed information architecture
  • Map out content to provide a proposed information architecture (i.e. content types, taxonomies, relationships) that integrates Pathways
  • Conduct targeted user research to validate content decisions such as language, information architecture, outlines/storyboards

Deadline: September 18th 2023

Content Creation

Cross-team collaboration point of contact: @west7

These are tasks that Training Team Content Creators can help us accomplish

  • Outline specific skill levels and learning outcomes for each pathway.
  • Identify existing content that can be used within pathways.
  • Create outlines and storyboards that detail learning pathway components. (Either Miro or Google Jamboard will be used)
  • Develop a content creation guidelines that enable the Learning Pathways to scale, with a clear process for developing, reviewing, and updating content.

Deadline: November 2023

  • Develop new content where gaps exist.
  • Develop clear and concise learning pathways for target Learners.

Deadline: March 2024

Design

Cross-team collaboration point of contact: @fcoveram

These are tasks we will need to do in collaboration with the Make WordPress Design Team.

  • Develop a cohesive design concept for the Learn WordPress site.
  • Develop visual language for skill level classifications.
  • Ensure that the site design aligns with the learning pathways vision and goals.
  • Ensure that all visual elements are accessible and meet 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) standards, such as color contrast ratios and readable typography.

Deadline: January 2024

Development

Cross-team collaboration point of contact: @adamwood

These are tasks we will need to do in collaboration with the Make WordPress 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. team and Training Team developers.

  • Ensure that the Learn WordPress site redesign accommodates various learning pathways and skill levels.
  • Build out any new functionality required to support learning pathways and content classification.
  • Collaborate with content creators to ensure that the site structure and content is optimized for user experience.
  • Ensure that the site is optimized for searchability and discoverability of content
  • Implement user tracking and analytics features to capture data on user behavior and engagement with Learning Pathways.
  • Ensure that the site is optimized for fast page load times and is easily accessible on various devices, including desktop, mobile, and tablet.
  • Ensure that the Learning Pathways are integrated with any relevant third-party tools or services that may further enhance the user experience, such as social sharing, reminders and bookmarking tools.

Deadline: May 2024

Marketing

Cross-team collaboration point of contact: @sereedmedia

These are tasks we will need to do in collaboration with the Make WordPress Marketing Team..

  • Develop a strategic marketing plan for promoting Learn WordPress learning pathways.
  • Identify target audiences within the three groups of Learners and develop targeted campaigns for each group.
  • Develop clear messaging that speaks to each Learner group’s specific needs and pain points.
  • Track engagement and optimize marketing efforts over time.
  • Partner with the content creators and designers to create promotional materials, including blog posts, social media graphics, and email marketing campaigns, to promote the Learning Pathways effectively.

Deadline: July 2024

Thank you to the following contributors who helped shape this project plan: @courane01 @bsanevans @jominney @digitalchild @fcoveram @ardianimaya @tobifjellner @yvettesonneveld @askdesign @west7 @lesleysim @sereedmedia

Sumit Singh 4:28 am on July 6, 2023
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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

:wave::skin-tone-3: 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

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.

Looking for feedback

 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.
  • 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

Win! All current open PRs have been triaged.

Other News

Open requests for review

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

Project Updates

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 by 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.

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.

#meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Kaito Hanamori 9:12 am on July 4, 2023
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Expertise needed: Learn how to vet content topic ideas for the Training Team

Summary: The Training Team is looking for community members to join the team as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)! SMEs lend their expertise by vetting content topic ideas and becoming sounding boards for the Content Creators that develop content. We’ll be hosting Online Workshops to demonstrate these tasks and answer any questions.

Online Workshop: How to vet content topic ideas for the WordPress Training Team

Both workshops will cover the same content.

Learn.WordPress.org (Learn WordPress) is the WordPress project’s official learning platform. Contributors from all around the world create new content for Learn WordPress regularly.

Before a piece of content is created, the topic of that content is vetted for accuracy and relevance. Learning objectives are set, and related resources are collected. These tasks are completed by the team’s Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). SMEs may also be contacted by Content Creators as the content is being developed, assisting by providing additional information to create accurate and informative content.

If you are interested in sharing your expertise and contributing to the Training Team as an SME, then great! Come join one of the Online Workshops mentioned at the top of this posts, where we’ll walk you through the tasks of an SME and answer any questions you may have.

To get the most out of these Online Workshops, make sure you have:

#announcements

jominney 12:37 am on July 3, 2023
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Training Team Meeting Recap for June 27th, 2023

This meeting followed this meeting agenda post. 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 APAC time zone.

Introductions and Welcome

There were 17 attendees: @bsanevans, @sumitsingh, @fahimmurshed, @thisisyeasin, @digitalchild, @piyushmultidots, @rajkothariv, @webtechpooja, @krupalpanchal, @piyopiyofox, @sagarladani, @afrin29, @onealtr, @margheweb, @jominney, @eboxnet, @chaion07

Welcome to the team : @nayanchamp7, @lmcliment, @adrita, @thebengalboy, @hiddenpearls, @rajkothariv, @mayukojpn, @chiragrathod103, @sancastiza, @wylly

News

Meeting Note Takers

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.

Looking for Feedback

Brainstorm & Table Lead – WordCampWordCamp WordCamps 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. US 2023 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/

The deadline for this post has come. But if you have any comments, feel free to still do so! Team reps will be looking through submitted comments during the Team repTeam Rep A 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. meeting on Thursday 29th June.

Read the post about the WCUS Contributor Day and/or leave a comment here

Switching Training Team meetings to: 1 Coffee hour for EMEA, 1 Coffee hour for APAC, 1 Global meeting each week

The team started reevaluating how weekly meetings are hosted. Currently, we alternate meetings and coffee hours between timezones each week. The new proposal is to have the same schedule of meetings every week.

This week is the last week to submit feedback – the best way to do so is via Slack. You can read the existing discussion threads here:

Slack discussion about potential global meeting

Proposal: New Contributor Guide Program

This is a new program idea for the Training Team. @courtneypk is looking for feedback by July 5th. Please leave your comments directly on the post.

Read the post about the New Contributor Guide Program and/or leave a comment here

Proposal: Let’s actively promote the Learn WordPress platform in Learn WordPress content

This is a new proposal to actively promote Learn WordPress inside Learn WordPress content. Some content creators are already doing this – which is great! This proposal is to add a new section to the team handbook, and make this something the team actively works towards. You can find more details on the post.

Read the post about promoting Learn WordPress and/or leave a comment here

Project Proposal: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress

There is now a Google Document drafting what the team’s Learning Pathways project will look like. Please leave your feedback in the document as comments by July 4th. @piyopiyofox
will then combine everyone’s feedback and publish this on the team blog.

Learning Pathways is the next big project for the Training Team to improve Learn WordPress, so we’re eager to hear your thoughts!

View or comment on the Google Doc here

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)

The team is looking for volunteers who can work on a new handbook page for the team regarding accessibility. We’d like to create a checklist that can be used by content creators, editors, and meeting note-takers.

@newcomer22 started drafting ideas towards an accessibility checklist for junior WordPress developers. @jominney and @alexstine offered to assist with creating/reviewing this checklist before it is published.

If you are interested in contributing to the development of this document, please comment on the slack thread here:

Slack thread seeking volunteers for drafting an accessibility checklist

Join the dev-squad’s triage session

Every Thursday from 07:00 UTC, the Faculty Dev Squad meet in #meta-learn to triage 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 by the repository owner. https://github.com/ issues related to learn.wordpress.org website development. Anyone is free to join the team to triage GitHub issues together. We look forward to seeing you there!

Learn Dev Squad Triage Update

Starting this week, we’re going to try and give a brief report on what the dev-squad accomplished in the previous week’s triage session. Let us know in the comments what you think of these updates!

The following PRs are looking for a reviewer. If you’re familiar with website development, we’d love for you to review these PRs and leave your comments in the GitHub issue, before they’re merged into the site code.

The following PRs are waiting on an update from the author. If you are tagged, we’d love for you to update the PRs you’ve submitted so the team can review them again for you.

Other News

User Auditing on Team blog and Learn WordPress site

Team reps will be auditing users on the team blog and Learn WordPress site every 6 months.
Access will remain for those who have shown activity within the last 6 months.

Contributor Badges for Training team

Are you eligible for a Contributor badge?

In the Training Team, contributor badges are awarded to contributors who have made a few contributions, and have applied for the badge. Please see the handbook page to learn how to request one – we’d like to give out badges to as many people as we can!

High Priority Content to Translate

We’ve published a new handbook page listing some high priority content to translate. Content listed here will be updated regularly as our needs change.

Handbook page with high priority content to translate

Faculty members ready to create content are welcome to get started straight away

Faculty members ready to create content on Learn are welcome to get started right away as vetted members of the team. In the Training Team, we vet content topics before they’re created. This is one way we ensure content is relevant, high priority, and meets the needs of the larger community.
Moving forward, faculty members ready to create content on Learn are welcome to skip the vetting process and create content right away.

Training Team badges awarded this month

This month, the Training Team badge was awarded to:

for their contributions to the team. Thank you, both!

You can read more about training team badges here

Open Request for Review

The following Courses are a priority this week, in preparation for the pilot launch of the Contributor Mentorship Program. These are courses that have already been published for a while. We’re looking to review them and make sure their content is still accurate and relevant.

Please follow this guide when reviewing content: Guidelines for reviewing content

Thank you to @quitevisible who has already volunteered to begin with reviewing ‘Open SourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. Basics’. If you are able to assist with reviewing one of the courses listed above, please comment on the thread in Slack and (if possible) open a corresponding GitHub issue for the course you are reviewing. This is a great first contribution for anyone who is looking for ways to get started with the training team, and if you need help with creating a GitHub issue you can simply request assistance in the Slack thread.

Slack thread related to reviewing contributor courses

Project updates

Contributor Guide Program

As mentioned above, @courtneypk is seeking feedback on the proposal for the new Contributor Guide Program initiative. Please leave comments on the proposal by July 5th, 2023.

Read the post about the New Contributor Guide Program and/or leave a comment here

Open Discussions

  • @sumitsingh requested help from the Learn team reps on how to obtain a 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. Organiser contributor badge. As these are awarded by the Community Team, those seeking this badge are advised to contact the #community-team.

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.

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Kaito Hanamori 6:18 am on June 24, 2023  

Proposal: Let’s actively promote the Learn WordPress platform in Learn WordPress content

Summary

As a team, let’s find opportunities in our content where we can actively promote the Learn WordPress platform more.

Background

I was involved in multiple conversations recently where the Training Team’s Brand Usage Guidelines and Promotional Guidelines were being discussed. As the WordPress project evolves, and as the needs of contributors/learners change, it’s good practice to approach our guidelines with curiosity – Why are the guidelines set the way they are? Are they still applicable to us today? Are revisionsRevisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision. needed to better reflect our mission?

A few concerns were being discussed in these recent conversations:

  • Should content on Learn WordPress link to individual/business websites or social media accounts?
  • Should content on Learn WordPress link to external educational websites about WordPress?
  • What extent (if any) of prior contributions should we seek in content creators for Learn WordPress?

I see the fact these questions were raised as a sign that the Training Team is growing! We’re seeing more contributors getting involved with content creation. And these content creators are coming from a more diverse background than we’ve historically seen in the team.

There were a few underlying trains of thought that led to the discussion points above:

  • What is a good balance between content creators giving “selfless contribution” and receiving “reasonable exposure” for their contributions?
  • What is a healthy relationship between Learn WordPress and other educational platforms that teach WordPress? What if these platforms require payment for their resources?
  • Is it important that content creators have a track record of making general contributions to WordPress before they make content for Learn WordPress? And if so, how can that be objectively assessed?

For each of these thoughts, there were a wide range of opinions. And since opinions varied, I tried to flip the questions around in my mind. Rather than focusing on what we don’t want to happen, is there any practice we are wanting to happen more?

Proposal

I propose that we, as a team, actively look for opportunities in our content to promote the Learn WordPress platform. For example, what about concluding every Tutorial and Online Workshop recording with an invitation for folks to come to Learn WordPress to learn more? This would be similar to what many YouTubers do at the end of a video, asking viewers to come to their channel to see more content.

Currently, the team guidelines allow presenters to make reasonable callouts to their social media accounts. How about we add, though, to always call out the Learn WordPress platform as the final call-to-action in a piece of content? I can see this being easily applied to video content (Tutorials and Online Workshops,) but we could probably do the same in Courses, too.

As a start to this discussion, a new section has been added to the team handbook on Promotional Guidelines titled Actively promote Learn WordPress and other official WordPress content. What are your thoughts of this proposal, and the new section in the handbook? Please leave your thoughts and ideas in the comments below.

Thank you to @angelasjin for input when writing this post.

Hari Shanker R 5:31 pm on June 23, 2023
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Sumit Singh 12:33 pm on June 22, 2023
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Training Team Meeting Recap – 20th June 2023

This meeting followed this meeting agenda post. 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.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 18 attendees: @webtechpooja, @sumitsingh, @chetan200891, @krupalpanchal, @lada7042, @sierratr, @margheweb, @newcomer22, @quitevisible, @boogah, @eboxnet ,@onealtr, @nahidsharifkomol, @westnz, @courtneypk, @vanpariyar,  @piyopiyofox, @mjaragon03

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:@Jorge Boscan, @Safa Abbas Bahar Chowdhury, @atiktonmoy, @Arshadina Umara Najib, @Jhilik, @Asad, @alexcu21, @Taraprasad Swain, @Gael DENYSIAK, @Hilary Baumann, @Mehbub Rashid, @Yash Kukreja, @Mark Sollazzo, @rich, @Ghanshyam Patel, @Maishank

News

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Looking for feedback

  • New Learn WordPress website designs have been shared. You can find a more detailed view of Learn website on this post: https://make.wordpress.org/design/2023/06/19/design-share-jun-5-jun-16/
  • Let’s re-evaluate how we currently host our meetings
    • EMEA/AMER meetings Currently seeing low synchronous engagement in the past few months.
    • Team members (across the globe) are joining APAC meetings async and providing their feedback.
    • Unable to find hosts or co-hosts for EMEA/AMER.
    • Pooja is a Test co-lead for the upcoming 6.3 and 6.4 releases, and the Test team meeting falls a the same time, so it would be hard for her to switch back and forth.
    • @webtechpooja – My idea is to run 1 Coffee hour for EMEA, 1 Coffee hour for APAC, and 1 Global meeting. What do others think?
    • Brainstorm & Table Lead – WordCamp US 2023 Contributor Day There are two months left before WordCamp US 2023 Contributor Day! In preparation for the day, we’d like to invite you to put your name in as a table-co lead and share your ideas of what contributors at the Training Team table can get involved with on that day.

Weekly Roundup on Monday

During meetings, we post weekly published content. So instead of posting during meetings, we can post a weekly Roundup of what happened published on Monday, so we can focus our meetings around what needs to be created, reviewed, or discussed, and in this way, our meetings can be more engaging. We have positive feedback on it.

Looking for volunteers

  • Audit and Translate Learn WordPress courses – As part of the Contributor Mentorship Program, we need to review the following course on priority,
  • Come join the Training Team as a Translation Coordinator (Faculty role)
    Recently joined faculty members as a Translation Coordinator
  • 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.
  • Implementing Learning Pathways #1577 – Please indicate interest in 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 by the repository owner. https://github.com/ issue
  • WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program: Pilot Program Proposal: Each team has been asked to devote at least one team member. Would any Faculty like to volunteer?
  • Team Meeting Hosts and Coffee Hour Hosts
  • High priority content to translate – We have created this based on past interest and pick. We will update the content list when the Learning Paths have been finalized.

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Open Discussions

@sierratr reported, some online workshop issues are still open on Github, even after event has been completed. We need to close them.

Pooja shared below links:

  • Proposal: Criteria for Removing “Beta Support” from Each PHP 8+ Version – Proposal that aims to establish criteria for when and how PHPPHP PHP (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 version support graduates from “betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process.” to “compatible”.
  • What’s new in Gutenberg 16.0? (14 June)

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.

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