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Zeel Thakkar 1:40 pm on October 1, 2024
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Training Team Meeting Recap โ€“ 26th September 2024

Meeting Agenda: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2906

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/. Log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RW657Q/p1727308883252809
(If you donโ€™t have a Slack account, you can set one up.)

Attendees: @lada7042, @jessecowens, @west7, @Israel Barragan, @sumitsingh, @jhimross (async), @freewebmentor(async), @darshanprajapat09(async), @noruzzaman(async), @nishitajoshi(async), @rinkuiihglobal(async), @rithika3(async), @zeelthakkar(async), @devmuhib(async), @jagirbahesh(async), @digitalchild(async), @ironnysh(async), @cnormandigital(async), @rfluethi(async), @zoonini(async), @askdesign(async), @chauhanraj754(async)

Newcomers:ย @Robert Biswas, @Marko Mladenovic, @rahuldsarker, @Francesco Lastrucci

Note taker:ย @zeelthakkar

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Looking for feedback

Are you a designer? Your feedback is valuable! Weโ€™re seeking input on a draft outline for the Designer learning pathway. The goal is to begin developing content for the Beginner level by the end of the month.

Looking for volunteers

The WordPress Training Team is looking for contributors to host Learn WordPress Online Workshops. This is an opportunity to share your expertise, connect with a global audience, and make a positive impact. Hosts can present in their preferred language and time zone while engaging with attendees and giving back to the community. Itโ€™s a great way to expand your network and help others improve their WordPress skills. Apply now to become a facilitator!

Updates from last weekโ€™s dev-squad triage session

The next dev-squad triage session is scheduled for 07:00 UTC in the #meta-learn channel. These bi-weekly meetings focus on reviewing open PRs and addressing new bugs from the Learn WordPress 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 โ€˜pull requestโ€™ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ repository.

Other News

Come and Contribute

Feedback awaiting validation

Project updates

  • Mentorship cohort

    The Q4 mentorship program is fully booked, so sessions will be delivered through Online Workshops covering various aspects of the WordPress project and team introductions. These workshops will be scheduled soon and open to the public.

    @west7 has been created the Beginner designer Learning Pathway GitHub Project: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2889

Contributor Updates

  • What have you been working on and how has it been going?
  • Anything youโ€™ve accomplished since the last meeting?
  • Can other Faculty or Training Team members help you in some way?

@jessecowens Volunteered to lead the REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think โ€œphone appโ€ or โ€œwebsiteโ€) can communicate with the data store (think โ€œdatabaseโ€ or โ€œfile systemโ€) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/. module for the intermediate developer pathway at WCUS and is now back from the event, excited to provide updates before next weekโ€™s meeting.

@west7 Made progress on the Designer Learning Pathway outline, created a new lesson, and is currently working on scriptwriting for another lesson.

@digitalchild Conducted some reviews but has been limited due to traveling.

@zoonini Focused on the Guide program administration, handling deprecated tutorial redirects, and migrating tutorials to lessons, before starting a 3-month sabbatical on Oct. 3.

ย Upcoming Online Workshops to attend

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

#learn-wordpress, #training, #training-team

Noruzzaman 4:00 am on September 24, 2024
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Training Team Meeting Recap โ€“ 19th September 2024

Meeting Agenda: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2886

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/. Log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RW657Q/p1726704033549259 (If you donโ€™t have a Slack account, you can set one up.)

Attendees: @west7, @zoonini, @noruzzaman, @lada7042, @chauhanraj754, @voboghure, @zeelthakkar, @rithika3, @nishitajoshi, @darshanprajapat09, @jagirbahesh, @digitalchild, @rfluethi, @devmuhib, @cnormandigital, @amitpatelmd, @psykro, @mebo, @rinkuiihglobal, @ironnysh

Newcomers:ย @michelleblanchette, @cyriacathickal, @david111780, @jpdavid, @yasser1992, @itsukihayashi, @isolankiparth, @areziaal, @hugobld, @pocornell, @mkastler, @lbones, @turboaddons, @lintonhale, @david-innes, @catcreates

Note taker:ย Noruzzaman

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Looking for feedback

Looking for volunteers

  • Call for Contributors: Become an Online Workshop Host
    • Are you passionate about WordPress and helping others? The Training Team is seeking contributors to hostย Learn WordPress Online Workshops! Share your expertise, connect with a global audience, and make an impact. Host a live workshop in your preferred language and time zone, engage with attendees, and give back to the community. Expand your network while helping others improve their WordPress skills.ย Apply to facilitateย โ€“ weโ€™re excited to work with you!
  • Content Creators: Designer learning pathway
    • If you would like to help create content for the upcoming Designer learning pathway, please reach out toย @westnzย or respond to this thread.

Updates from last weekโ€™s dev-squad triage session

  • The next dev-squad triage session will be held Thursday, September 19, 07:00 UTC
    Location:ย #meta-learn
  • These bi-weekly sessions are where we triage any open PRs or new bugs opened on the Learn WordPress 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 โ€˜pull requestโ€™ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ repository.

Other News

  • Tour the New Learn WordPress
    • As part of our ongoing cross-team effort to attract new users to the Learn platform, here is the recently publishedย Tour the New Learn WordPress. The video was also published on YouTube.
  • YouTube and Learn WordPress
    • A newย Learn WordPress sectionย has been added to the WordPress YouTube channel home page below featured playlists.

Come and Contribute

This weekโ€™s contribution focus area

Content ready for review

Feedback awaiting validation

Topics awaiting vetting

  • Seeย Vetting Topic Ideasย for step-by-step guidance on vetting topic ideas.
  • We have 4 issues that require vetting

Validated feedback awaiting fix

Contribution Acknowledgement

Project updates

Open Discussions

  • @west7 say what has been some of the highlights from Contributor Day and WCUS 2024? and @zoonini reply One of the highlights for me was having a really great brainstorming session aroundย drawing new learners to the site. Iโ€™ll be posting a summary of that discussion in the commentsย on the post.
  • @lada7042 say would it be good to have an upcoming events section in our weekly meetings? and @Jonathan reply Iโ€™d like to share this production update on the 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 developer learning pathway with the teamย https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2044#issuecomment-2363439236

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

#learn-wordpress, #training, #training-team

Kathryn Presner 6:24 pm on August 28, 2024
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Drawing new learners to the new Learn.WordPress.org

Now that the new Learn WordPress is out in the world, we want to have a steady flow of new learners discovering the site and taking advantage of the valuable resources it offers.ย 

This post is intended to gather ideas on which recurring activities the team should prioritize first, with the goal of bringing more learners to the site. Please provide your feedback by September 10, 2024 Sept. 24, 2024.

Potential types of activities include:

  • Marketing initiatives
  • Increasing the Training Teamโ€™s presence at WordCamps
  • Providing learners and contributors with resources to easily promote Learn WordPress in their networks

Here are some initial ideas to get the ball rolling. Please add your thoughts on which activity you think would be good to try first, and a few words on why. If you have an idea thatโ€™s not already listed here, feel free to add it in a comment.

Workshops & events

  • Conduct course cohorts regularly using Learning Pathway content.
  • Host workshop-style events at WordCamps using Learning Pathway content.
  • Host Online Workshops in different locales.
    • Work with Community/Polyglots to enroll community members to host these.
    • Use https://wpspeakers.com/ and other directories to find speakers.
  • Hold a Learn WordPress Day
    • 24 hours of Online Workshops, course cohorts, and other programming.
  • Create a system for interacting with and supporting Learn WordPress learners. For example, create a forum or 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 where learners can ask course-related questions.

Other outreach/promotion

  • Have an active presence at flagship WordCamps, 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. events, etc. Could include:
    • Presentations, workshops, booths, have organizers add Learn in flyers, etc.
    • Highlight the benefits of companies/organizations using Learn WordPress content in their business/activities.
  • Print up cards/small flyers with Learn WordPress URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a websiteโ€™s URL www.wordpress.org/blurb/QR code. Offer them to 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 โ€˜WordPressโ€™ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. organizers and hand them out at WordCamps, including flagships.
  • Paper โ€œtentsโ€ with a QR code directing to Learn.WordPress.orgWordPress.org The 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/ for use at flagship 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 theyโ€™ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Contributor Days on the Training Team table.
  • Connect with companies and freelancers offering WordPress services and have them promote Learn WordPress as a training resource for their clients and employees.
  • Connect with community colleges and schools that could benefit from incorporating Learn WordPress into their programs. See if thereโ€™s a database that tracks which colleges or schools include WordPress in their curriculum or extension programs.
  • Engage local Meetup organizers more to help advocate for and promote Learn WordPress within their communities.
  • Use Meetupโ€™s email system to inform or update learners or members of new courses and learning pathways.
  • Explore how we can leverage YouTube as a funnel for promoting Learn WordPress.
  • Get Learn WordPress resources added to the WordPress dashboard so that all WordPress users would see the available resources in a prominent place.
  • Reach out to WordPress thought leaders for endorsements of our Learning Pathways to enhance credibility and adoption within the broader community.

Looking forward to hearing folksโ€™ feedback over the next couple of weeks.ย 

Thanks to Ben Evans, Wes Theron, and Jonathan Bossenger for their input.

#learn-wordpress, #marketing

Noruzzaman 5:40 am on August 28, 2024
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Training Team Meeting Recap โ€“ 22 August 2024

Overview

Meeting Agenda:ย https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2848

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/.ย Log:ย https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RW657Q/p1724284815253509ย (If you donโ€™t have a Slack account, you canย set one up.)

Attendees: @digitalchild @noruzzaman @newyorkerlaura @piyopiyofox @west7 @dhaval59 @devmuhib @nishitajoshi @rithika3 @darshanprajapat09 @chauhanraj754 @voboghure @rinkuiihglobal @rfluethi @ironnysh @zeelthakkar @zoonini @sierratr @jagirbahesh @amitpatelmd @psykro @shalomt @cnormandigital @lada7042

Newcomers: @sion99 @hansmosl @hyilmaz @jackieriel @erakhil08 @bobdunn-trainer

Note Taker: @noruzzaman

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Looking for feedback

Vote for the Learn WordPress North Star. Thank you for your feedback. The team reps narrowed it down to 3 options. Please vote 1, 2, or 3 in the threadย for the one you feel best conveys Learn WordPressโ€™ purpose. Why we are part of this team?

  1. Learn WordPress makes WordPress knowledge accessible to all by empowering individuals around the world to create, contribute, and grow within the WordPress ecosystem.
  2. To make WordPress knowledge accessible to all through Learn WordPress, empowering everyone to create, contribute, and grow within the WordPress ecosystem.
  3. Learn WordPress is the source for the most up-to-date educational content on WordPress for Users, Developers, and Designers of WordPress.

You can voteย here

Now that the newย Learn WordPressย site has launched. There are a number of items on the post-launch list, which you can see here:ย https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/milestone/21

  • If you encounter any bugs or want to suggest an enhancement, please use theย feedback templateย 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 โ€˜pull requestโ€™ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/.

Looking for volunteers

Call for contributors: Intermediate Plugin Developer Learning Pathway

Jonathan Bossengerย  has put out a call for volunteers to help with creating the next Developer Learning Pathwayโ€“ please reply in this thread if you would like to be a part of these efforts.

Project Thread: Content Maintenance Process Update Phase 1

  • We are still looking for contributors to help shape and work on this project. Please comment on the post if youโ€™re interested.

Call for testing: Playground blockBlock Block 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. on Learn WordPress

  • Thanks to the work ofย Alex Stineย andย Brandon Payton, we have been testing and fixing a11yAccessibility 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 โ€œdirect accessโ€ (i.e. unassisted) and โ€œindirect accessโ€ meaning compatibility with a personโ€™s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) issues in the Playground block on Learn WordPress. All of the outstanding issues have now been fixed, so weโ€™d like to ask other a11y experts to help us test.
  • You can find more details on this testing issue:ย Test Playground Block on Learn WordPress. #2352

Dev Squad Updates

There was no dev squad last week. You can join this week. But there is this week! Come join us.
The calendar for when these meetings occur has also been updated on our Training Team site welcome box, so please be mindful that the dev squad meets biweekly (every other week) on Thursdaysย 07:00 UTC. You canย view our scheduled meetings in this calendar.

Other news

Come and Contribute

This weekโ€™s contribution focus area

Content ready for review

Feedback awaiting validation

Topics awaiting vetting

  • Seeย Vetting Topic Ideasย for step-by-step guidance on vetting topic ideas.
  • We have 4 issues that require vetting

Validated feedback awaiting fix

Contribution Acknowledgement

Badges awarded: End of the month

Props:

  • Props toย Cynthia Normanย for hosting your first Online Workshop on adding theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. to classic themes!

Project updates

Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPressย See the latest project update here โ€“ย https://make.wordpress.org/training/2023/07/07/project-thread-learning-pathways-on-learn-wordpress/#comment-4340

Contributor Updates

Jamie Madden Working on reviewing lessons as well as scripts.

Destiny Kanno Working on Phasing myself out of the Training Guide program for now. She also added New meeting notes format, TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. ticket for an approval button forย WordPress.tvย categories and Content Maintenance Project

Wes Theron Working on Creating video lessons for the Advanced user learning pathway. Collaborating on lessons with other contributors and Writing scripts.

Rico F. Lรผthi Working on Familiarization with video production and how efficiently videos can be translated into other languages.

Kathryn Presner Working on Faculty Program retirement โ€“ working on process/handbook updates with the team reps, Guide program admin โ€“ matching guides with new contributors, ongoing program maintenance, Learn WP remake โ€“ moving along remaining items on theย  project, and Co-hostedย Cynthia Norman first Online Workshop and guided through prep/after-workshop steps

Jonathan Bossenger Working with various contributors on the 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 developer learning pathway content, Guiding two new members to the training team, Hosted dev-squad triage, Planning next in person course cohort withย Kathryn Presner

Open Discussions

This was mentioned above, but will repeat here in context. Open discussions and looking for feedback should have a follow up place. If you have any ideas reply in the threadย above. If you have topics youโ€™d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue. You can see all meetings scheduled onย this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk throughย our onboarding programย to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out inย the #training Slack channelย at any time.

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.

#learn-wordpress, #meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Zeel Thakkar 1:35 pm on August 21, 2024
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Training Team Meeting Recap โ€“ 15th August 2024

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you donโ€™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 21 attendees @lada7042, @piyopiyofox, @zeelthakkar, @gwallace87, @rebeensarbast, @voboghure, @jagirbahesh, @digitalchild, @west7, @rithika3, @devmuhib(async), @nishitajoshi(async), @dhaval59(async), @darshanprajapat09(async), @noruzzaman(async), @psykro(async), @zoonini(async), @sierratr(async), @shalomt(async), @cnormandigital(async), @ironnysh(async)

Welcome, to all the new contributors who joined the Training Teamโ€™s Slack channel in the last week:

@rebeensarbast, @Mathieu Lamiot, @Oliver Bock, @Brett McSherry, @EidolonNight

For those who are new here, the WordPress Training Team helps people learn to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through educational content hosted onย Learn.WordPress.org.

If you havenโ€™t seen them yet, then I recommend checking out ourย onboarding program, and ourย Guide Program

News

Meeting Note Takers

August 15 โ€“ย @zeelthakkar
August 22 โ€“ย @noruzzaman
August 29 โ€“ย @Marar Rithika
Sept. 5 โ€“ @nishitajoshi

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 on thisย handbook page.

Looking for feedback

Vote for the Learn WordPress North Star by submitting their choice in this survey

With the launch of the new Learn WordPress site, several post-launch tasks need attention. You can view the list here: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/milestone/21. If you find any bugs or have suggestions for improvements, please use the feedback template on 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 โ€˜pull requestโ€™ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/.

With the new learning pathways published, some courses have become outdated. To streamline content, @west7 and @psykro propose deprecating several courses and directing users to the relevant pathways. This will reduce duplication and make updates easier. If you have suggestions for other courses to deprecate or believe any on the list should be kept, please share your thoughts in the thread.

Looking for volunteers

Call for contributors: Intermediate Plugin Developer Learning Pathway

@psykro is working on this and is looking for scriptwriters, video editors, and researchers to assist. If you have time to help, please reach out.

Project Thread: Content Maintenance Process Update Phase 1

Weโ€™re currently reviewing all learning materials, and setting up clear guidelines will make this task easier in the future.

Call for Testing: Playground BlockBlock Block 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. on Learn WordPress

Thanks to @alexstine and @brandonpayton, a11yAccessibility 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 โ€œdirect accessโ€ (i.e. unassisted) and โ€œindirect accessโ€ meaning compatibility with a personโ€™s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) issues in the Playground block have been addressed. Weโ€™re now asking other a11y experts to help with testing. More details are available in the testing issue #2352.

Updates from last weekโ€™s dev-squad triage session

Attendees: @psykro, @rfluethi, @noruzzaman, @digitalchild

User reporting strange behaviour when attempting to access course content #2774

Dev squad meetings are now scheduled biweekly on Thursdays at 07:00 UTC. Check the Training Team site welcome box for the updated calendar.

Other News

Until we test TranslatePress and document a new localization process, do not publish new translated courses or lessons. Prepare translations outside of Sensei for future use. (See Installing TranslatePress Pro on Learn #2445 &
Test TranslatePress #2339)

Thanks to @Jamie Madden and feedback from others, we clarified the admin approval process for videos. @Kathryn Presner & @Laura A updated the guidelines, and @Destiny will add an Approve button for categories. Thanks to @nilovelez for the feedback.

Callout blocks are deprecated. Use Notice blocks instead. When updating lessons, transfer text from Callout to Notice blocks. @Kathryn Presner added this update to the Learn.WordPress.org handbook.

Slack groups @faculty, @faculty-admin, @faculty-content-creators, @faculty-editors, @faculty-smes, @faculty-dev-squad, and @faculty-translation-coordinators have been retired. The private Faculty Program channel will be archived on Aug. 15. Weโ€™ll assess the need for new groups or channels based on feedback.

Come and Contribute

Feedback awaiting validation

Contributor Acknowledgement

@west7 suggested giving props to:

Kudos to @iRonnysh for finishing two new scripts for the Advanced user learning pathway.
Cheers to @Emmanuel for his first draft script on advanced SEO techniques.
Shoutout to @Ervan Yuffrizal for consistently producing high-quality videos.
Thanks to @Jamie Madden for script reviews.
Appreciation to @Maya for writing and organizing Spotlight posts.
Shoutout to @Soir and @Roelof Wobben for content reviews.

Project Updates

Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress

See the latest project update here:ย https://make.wordpress.org/training/2023/07/07/project-thread-learning-pathways-on-learn-wordpress/#comment-4336

Open Discussions

@Jonathan suggests discussing the application of a feedback framework for GitHub issues related to the Learn WordPress site. With the new theme allowing the use of modern WordPress features, itโ€™s crucial to balance control and influence. @Jonathan proposes addressing key questions: distinguishing features from bugs, setting priorities, determining testing and feedback timelines, and conducting risk analysis before implementing new changes. He seeks to start a discussion to establish and document a clear approach in the team handbook.

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 theย #trainingย Slack channel at any time.

#learn-wordpress, #meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Laura Adamonis 8:43 pm on August 20, 2024
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WordCamp US 2024 Contributor Day

Thank you for joining the Training Team for 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 theyโ€™ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. US 2024 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/.! Weโ€™ve prepared activities for both new and experienced contributors to join in on the day. See the schedule for WCUS Contributor Day here.

We are excited to announce that we will be hosting online events during Contributor Day, allowing those who couldnโ€™t attend WordCamp US to participate remotely. You can join us for online contributions by following the 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 โ€˜WordPressโ€™ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. link below. Stay tuned for scheduled events!

Join the online events on Meetup: link TBA

Table Leads:ย Laura Adamonis (@lada7042), Kathryn Presner (@zoonini), Cynthia Norman (@cnormandigital)

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/.ย Monitor:ย looking for volunteer

Online Coordinator:ย Oderinde Oluwasegun (@webcreative), Jonathan Bossenger (@psykro)

How can I best prepare?

You can prepare for Contributor Day by ensuring youโ€™ve got these starter tools ready:

Instructions for preparing in advance can be found here: Welcome to the Training Team! If you are a developer, check out these Dev-squad guidelines.

Please Note: For registering for Slack, be sure to log in usingย yourusername@chat.wordpress.orgย as your email address. Not your normal email address.

Training Team Mission

The WordPress training teamย helps people learnย to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through courses, lessons and Online Workshops, viaย learn.wordpress.org.

Iโ€™m new to the Training Team!
I have experience working as a contributor!

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Thanks for joining! Please walk through our brand-new Onboarding Program. This will give you an overview of the team, help you set up the accounts you need to contribute, and even walk you through your first contribution!

Getting Started โ€“ The Training Team Onboarding Program

We expect the onboarding program above to take 30-60 minutes. Once youโ€™ve completed onboarding, jump into these other activities to continue contributing!

Review published content and submit feedback

WordPress software continues to grow and new features get added all the time. Reviewing published content and updating content is important in keeping the Learn WordPress website current. Follow the team guide about reviewing published content to leave feedback about any content below. (Reviewing older content would be helpful!)

Lessons

Thumbnail Creation Project

This ongoing project continues to need to create a large quantity of small graphics โ€“ called thumbnails โ€“ to serve as featured images for each course, lesson, and tutorial. This will create a visually appealing site that will entice learners to dive in and get started on their learning journey. Thumbnail Creation Project

I have experience working as a contributor!

Thanks for joining! Depending on your interests, there are a few ways you can get involved. For each of the tasks below, the team handbook should help you with process specifics. But if you have any questions, feel free to reach out!

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Content reviews

Are you interested in editing content? If so, then reviewing content waiting to be published is our priority today.

Start by finding a piece of content to review in our content development board. This GitHub view has filtered all content waiting for reviews before it is published. Follow the teamโ€™s Guidelines for reviewing content and leave your reviews right there 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 โ€˜pull requestโ€™ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/.

Validating and applying feedback issues

Are you a developer interested in working on issues for the Learn website? If so, then working through our LearnWP Content โ€“ Feedback project board

Start by reviewing issues โ€œFollow these stepsโ€. Any help you can provide regarding issues โ€œAwaiting Fixโ€ would be great, too. But in general, any attention you can give to any issue would be much appreciated.

If there are enough interested Developers, then we can also create a developer-focused working group so that they can focus on related issues.

Data migration (more information to come)

Brainstorming session

We would like to set aside time (TBA) for a brainstorming session to come up with proposals for activities to draw new learners toย Learn.WordPress.org, based on an upcoming p2 (blog) post.

Before you leaveโ€ฆ

Weโ€™d love to hear what you achieved on the day. Before leaving the table, please submit the Contributor Day Attendee Feedback Form and respond to the relevant thread in Slack.

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Dhaval Prajapati 5:45 pm on August 13, 2024
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Training Team Meeting Recap โ€“ 8th August 2024

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you donโ€™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 22 attendees: @digitalchild,ย @piyopiyofox,ย @westnz, @shalomt,ย @lada7042,ย @noruzzaman, @webcreativeng,ย @jagirbahesh,ย @dhaval59, @zeelthakkar, @rithika3,ย @nishitajoshi, @darshanprajapat9, ย @rinkuiihglobal,ย @chauhanraj754, @rfluethi (async),ย @devmuhib (async),ย @cnormandigital (async), @ironnysh (async), ย @zoonini (async),@quitevisible (async),ย @vanpariyar (async)

Iโ€™d also like to welcome all the new contributors who joined the Training Teamโ€™s Slack channel in the last week:ย ย @zainabbas056ย  @sandy-wcmpย  @shalomtย ย @jeherveย ย @davidmuteroย ย @dapobabarindeย ย @nikovย 

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster.

Looking for feedback

Looking for volunteers

  • Project Thread: Content Maintenance Process Update Phase 1
    • We are still looking for contributors to help shape and work on this project. Please comment on the post if youโ€™re interested.
    • We have collected feedback about Learn WordPressโ€™ North Star, and the team reps will reflect on what was discussed and present some options to the team in our next meeting.

Updates from last weekโ€™s dev-squad triage session

  • There was no dev squad last week. You can join this week!
  • The calendar for when these meetings occur has also been updated on our Training Team site welcome box, so please be mindful that the dev squad meets biweekly (every other week) on Thursdaysย 07:00 UTC. You canย view our scheduled meetings in this calendar.

Other News

  • Weโ€™re starting to see reviews come in with a great review inย WPShout.

Come and Contribute

Content ready for review

Feedback awaiting validation

This is an area we would like to continue focus on as the list continues to grow each week.

Topics awaiting vetting

  • Seeย Vetting Topic Ideasย for step-by-step guidance on vetting topic ideas.
  • We have 4 issues that require vetting

Weโ€™d like folks to continue our focus onย Validated feedback awaiting fixย this weekย 

Project Updates

Open Discussions

Jamie Madden @digitalchildโ€“ While I was working on last monthsย Learn Newsletter, I found it hard to find recent videos onย WordPress.tvย and impossible on theย YouTube Channel.ย We do haveย https://wordpress.tv/category/learn-wordpress/ย and a feed here โ€“ย https://wordpress.tv/category/learn-wordpress/feed/.

In order for this to work, we need to remember to add theย Learn WordPressย categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. when submitting videos toย WordPress.tv. For Online Workshops, the categoryย Learn WordPress Online Workshopsย should be added as well. Full steps to submitting a Learn WordPress video in these guides:
https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/guidelines/tutorials/publishing-a-tutorial/
https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/online-workshops/after-an-online-workshop/

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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 theย #trainingย Slack channel at any time.

#learn-wordpress, #meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Noruzzaman 10:58 am on July 25, 2024
Tags: learn-wordpress, , ,   

Training Team Meeting Recap โ€“ 18th July 2024

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you donโ€™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 24 attendees @piyopiyofox, @cotorra42, @west7, @voboghure, @jagirbahesh, @digitalchild, @dhaval59, @devmuhib, @onealtr(async), @rithika3, @nishitajoshi, @rinkuiihglobal, @darshanprajapat9, @sumitsingh, @zeelthakkar, @rfluethi, @psykro, @lada7042, @cnormandigital, @zoonini, @amitpatelmd, @sierratr, @quitevisible, @ironnysh

Welcome to all the new contributors who joined the Training Teamโ€™s Slack channel in the last week:

@mokosu, @imranex, @priyazes, @greeninkerry, @eizwanzulkipli, @jwilson254wp, @roelof, @hardipparmar, @sam33r42, @raissamatho, @keithnoseworthy, @piotrmonka, @enamulwp

For those who are new here, the WordPress Training Team helps people learn to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through educational content hosted onย Learn.WordPress.org.

If you havenโ€™t seen them yet, then I recommend checking out ourย onboarding program, and ourย Guide Program

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 on thisย handbook page.

Looking for feedback

@digitalchildย is finalizing a survey for Online Workshop attendees in our Online Workshop 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 โ€˜WordPressโ€™ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. group.

  • Please share your feedback when the survey goes out
  • Also, if you are hosting an online workshop, please share the survey link after your session!

Jamie will share the survey link here once itโ€™s finalized.

Looking for volunteers

Brainstorm & Table Lead โ€“ WordCamp US 2024 Contributor Dayย โ€“ we are looking forย onsite and onlineย table lead volunteers and ideas for 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 theyโ€™ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. US 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/.!

  • Comment on this post with your ideas for what we should work on
  • Comment on this post to be considered for the table lead role

Project Thread: Content Maintenance Process Update Phase 1ย โ€”ย we are recruiting project members for this projectย to help us with research and documentation.

  • Comment on this post if you are able to help with this work, and which part youโ€™d like to help withย 

Dev Squad Updates

I see that the dev squad met last weekโ€”any updates to share? @faculty-dev-squad

Other News

Gutenberg Timesย mentioned Learning Pathwaysย 

Destiny Kanno says about WordCamp Canada last week โ€” do attendees have any highlights to share?
Kathryn Presner says It was an excellent inaugural WordCamp Canada in Ottawa, Ontario! She ran the Training team table during Contributor Day and got three people started with testing the new Learn WordPress site (more details in the props section). They all did a great job finding bugs and reporting issues on 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 โ€˜pull requestโ€™ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/, and one of them also made some thumbnails!

It was delightful to chat with Cynthia Normanย (content creator working on the Intermediate Theme Developer Learning Pathway course) Bud Krausย (participant in the recent course cohort on developing your first blockBlock Block 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.). She also gave a talk on Untangling Templates and had some great audience questions!

Come and Contribute

Weโ€™d like folks to focus onย Content ready for reviewย this weekย 

Find other ways to contribute to this

Feedback awaiting validation

Topics awaiting vetting

  • Seeย Vetting Topic Ideasย for step-by-step guidance on vetting topic ideas.
  • We have 2 issues that require vetting

Good first issues for developers

  • Seeย Developing Learn WordPressย for instructions on contributing to the Learn WordPress code.
  • We have 0 issues requiring developmentย 

Validated feedback awaiting fix

Contribution Acknowledgement

Kathryn Presner shares: Props to the three people who attended WordCamp Canadaโ€™s Contributor Day and tested out the new Learn WordPress site: Ryan Frizzell, Teuila Mau, and Keith Noseworthy. Among them, they submitted five GitHub issues, and Teuila also created seven thumbnails! Thank you so much for your efforts in helping to make the new site the best it can be.

Teuila Mau also shares: It was nice meeting everyone! The Figma thumbnail generator was very easy to use and thanks toย Kathryn Presnerย for getting me started on GitHubย 

Project Updates

Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress

Project Thread: Content Maintenance Process Update Phase 1

  • We kicked off the What is Learn WordPressโ€™s north star and content commitments.ย discussion the previous week and weโ€™ll bring it up again in todayโ€™s meeting for further feedback

Contributor Updates

Wes Theron has been working on a video lesson about WordPress 6.6 and a lesson for the Advanced user learning pathway.ย  Things have been progressing nicely. He was wondering if there are any folks who would be keen to write scripts for the Advanced user learning pathway.ย  This is a great way to contribute to content creation as well.

Muhibul Haque worked on a thumbnail generator project.

Destiny Kanno has done some handbook page updates for online workshops and is working on recording an updated video for creating an online workshop. Iโ€™m also trying to gather feedback for the new content maintenance process project.

Sumit Singh is guiding new members and he can see some more Indian WP folks active in todayโ€™s meeting. Also, he is working on polyglot for my local language

Rico worked on the thumbnail. He helps newcomers go through the WordPress Learn paths and answer additional questions. He also tries to find out why WordPress Learn is hardly known in German-speaking countries. (For example, the Learn page on the German-languageย WordPress.orgย site is only linked in the footer). Try to find the person responsible who can change this.

Laura Adamonis is Working on handbook pages about writing newsletters and team updates, online workshops, guide program.

Cynthia Norman has completed the recording of all of the planned Intermediate Theme Developer Learning Pathway lessons. Lessons are in review and should be on Sensei soon.

Kathryn Presner participated in WordCamp Canada as a speaker, Training team table lead at Contributor Day, and Happiness Bar volunteer. Continued to help with the Learn WP remake, including coordination of testing, thumbnails, marketing, an Online Workshop, and launch timing. Ongoing coordination of the Guide program, and worked on the firstย steps to retire the Faculty Program, which involved access changes and some initial handbook tweaks.

Open Discussions

  • What are Learn WordPressโ€™s north star and content commitments?
    • Wes Theron says he is teaching and assisting learners of all skill levels to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress. He asked Destiny Kanno could you clarify what you mean by Learnโ€™s content commitments?
    • Destiny Kanno replied Absolutely! I mean when it comes to our content maintenance. For example, is Learn WordPress focused on the most up-to-date and relevant content?
  • Last topic for the dayโ€ฆ โ€“ Are the meeting notes in its current form beneficial?

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 theย #trainingย Slack channel at any time.

#learn-wordpress, #meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Arun Sharma 9:06 am on July 12, 2024
Tags: learn-wordpress, , ,   

Training Team Meeting Recap โ€“ 27th June 2024

This meeting followedย this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in thisย Slack Log. (If you donโ€™t have aย 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/.ย account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 23 attendeesย @piyopiyofox, @gmrafi, @west7, @soir7, @digitalchild, @huzaifaalmeabah, @sumitsingh, @voboghure (async), @dextorlobo (async), @rithika3 (async), @freewebmentor (async), @mebo (async), @baheshjagir (async), @zeelthakkar (async), @devmuhib (async), @zoonini (async), @cnormandigital (async), @ironnysh (async), @backpocketACE (async), @lada7042 (async), @quitevisible (async), @sierratr (async), @rfluethi (async)

Welcome all the new contributors who joined the Training Teamโ€™s Slack channel in the last week:

@mokona84, @cotorra42, @laurahartwigdesign, @vonconcepts, @stanfordgriffith, @nilovelez, @saeedja, @gorangagrawal, @chauhanraj754, @kel-dc, @hmbashar, @darshanprajapat09

For those who are new here, the WordPress Training Team helps people learn to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through educational content hosted onย Learn.WordPress.org.

If you havenโ€™t seen them yet, then I recommend checking out ourย onboarding program, and ourย Guide Program

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 thisย handbook page.

Looking for feedback

Looking for volunteers

Other news

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 โ€˜pull requestโ€™ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ clean up updates โ€“ I have gone through ourย Content Development boardย and closed issues that are not Lessons, Learning Pathways content or Online Workshops. Some issues flagged as Tutorial remain as we determine whether or not they can be made into Lessons.

Come and Contribute

Weโ€™d like folks to focus onย Feedback awaiting validationย this weekย :bulb:

Find other ways to contribute:

Topics awaiting vetting

  • Seeย Vetting Topic Ideasย for step-by-step guidance on vetting topic ideas.
  • We have 4 issues that require vetting

Content ready for review

Validated feedback awaiting fix

Contribution Acknowledgement

Badges awarded: Training Contributor Badge awarded toย @shiponkarmakar

  • Props:
  • @zoonini sends props toย @lada7042ย for co-hosting the Thumbnail-a-thon Online Workshop with me at the last minute!
  • She also shared props withย @laurahartwigdesign,ย @rfluethi,ย @Kel Santiago-Pilarski,ย @nilovelezย andย @hellosatyaย for helping create thumbnailsย :smile:
  • @west7ย for his great work on these advanced topics in website optimisation
  • @ironnyshย โ€“ Helping with the advanced learning pathway outline + writing scripts
  • @digitalchildย Reviewing content and providing helpful feedback
  • @lada7042ย Running a three-part Online Workshop series
  • @psykroย Publishing the Beginner developer learning pathway
  • @zooniniย โ€“ Managing the thumbnail creation project + site redesign
  • @lada7042ย for her patience and kindness and her encouragement in getting me started on this venture.

Project updates

  • Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPressย โ€“ see the fullย latest update on the thread hereย and some snippets below:
    • This week the dev team shipped a number of templates, a fallback featured imageFeatured image A featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts. (used in the card grids in all archives), and filters on taxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies. archives.ย See screenshots in Slack.
    • The communityโ€™s help will be needed when the site is ready for QA.
    • Work is under way on a video walkthrough, News announcement, and Media Corps briefing โ€“ย GitHub issue.
    • Weโ€™ll plan an Online Workshop to go through the new site for week after launch so it can be included in News announcement.
  • Thumbnail Creation Project
    • An Online Workshop Thumbnail-a-thon was held yesterday to get community help in generating thumbnails. Help is still needed!ย Watch the recordingย and check out the resources in the comments, and pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test itโ€™s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of โ€œPing me when the meeting starts.โ€ in theย #training channel in Slackย if you have any questions.

Contributor Updates

As noted in last weekโ€™s meeting, we are transforming the bi-weeklyย Faculty Updatesย intoย Contributor Updatesย , and inviteย everyone in the Training Teamย to share what they have been working on recentlyย :smile:ย :dance:

You can engage in sharing updates:

  • What have you been working on and how has it been going?
  • Anything youโ€™ve accomplished since the last meeting?
  • Do you have any blockers?
  • Can other Training Team members help you in some way?
  • @sumitsingh
    • I have 5 new contributors and I am starting soon guide program with all
  • @digitalchild
    • Content reviews including videos and scripts. Interim training rep duties. No blockers. We can always use more people reviewing content/tutorials for the new pathways.
  • @west7
    • Created 2 new lessons
    • Created activities and quizzes for the Intermediate user learning pathway
    • Blockers:
      • Coordinating reviews and updates across different time zones with various participantsย ย :sweat_smile:
      • Updating content can be time consuming
  • @rfluethi
    • I am still trying to find my way around the extensive information provided by the training team. (Sorry for my slowness.)
    • Creating thumbnails
    • Talking to the local team about the need for learning path translations
    • Discussions with 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 โ€˜WordPressโ€™ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. organisers about the possibilities of forming supportive learning groups of participants in learning paths
  • @zoonini
    • Wrapping up the second course cohort and preparing recap post
    • Helping coordinate the Learn remake, including wrangling thumbnail creation and hosting thumbnail-a-thon Online Workshop, and planning community QA/testing
    • Ongoing admin for the Guide program
    • Working on Faculty program retirement plan
  • @cnormandigital
    • LP lessons for theme development
  • @lada7042
    • onboarding 2 contributors
    • team rep meeting
    • GatherPress test site
    • scheduling online workshops
  • @piyopiyofox
    • Working with a Guide Program
    • Drafting a proposal for our content migrationMigration Moving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies. project
    • Preparing Learn Newsletter and Monthly Update
      Iโ€™m also preparing for some AFK next weekย :slightly_smiling_face:

Open Discussions

Does anyone have an open discussion topic to bring to the team?

@gusaย I have a random question coming out theย recent Contributor Working Group chat. In our discussion about potential mentorship projects for the next cohort, the idea ofย do_action for mentored contributionsย once again came up. This was also something weโ€™ve on/off discussed with the training team in meetings and related issues (for example). Noticing that issue was closed (yesterday I think?), I was wondering if that means thereโ€™s been progress (or possibly because that particular issue hasnโ€™t been active recently).

In addition to creating training materials for do_action, it seems likeย other potential mentorship projectsย along with the goal to launch โ€œOn Demand Mentorshipโ€ would benefit from resources provided by the Training Team.

Curious if thereโ€™s been recent cross team/working group discussions on any of the above.

#learn-wordpress, #meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Zeel Thakkar 6:27 am on July 10, 2024
Tags: learn-wordpress, , ,   

Training Team Meeting Recap โ€“ 4th July 2024

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log.(If you donโ€™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 19 attendees @Jamie Madden, @newyorkerlaura, @lada7042, @voboghure, @west7, @zeelthakkar, @noruzzaman, @jagirbahesh, @devmuhib, @sumitsingh, @zoonini, @amitpatelmd (async), @gmrafi (async), @ironnysh (async), @freewebmentor (async), @cnormandigitalย (async), @quitevisible (async), @piyopiyofox (async), @backpocketACE(async).

Welcome, to all the new contributors who joined the Training Teamโ€™s Slack channel in the last week:

@Soir, @Abheesh,ย @omerkurd,ย @Billal hossain,ย @Chigozie Orunta,ย @Anfisa Breus

For those who are new here, the WordPress Training Team helps people learn to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through educational content hosted onย Learn.WordPress.org.

If you havenโ€™t seen them yet, then I recommend checking out ourย onboarding program, and ourย Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

July 4 โ€“ย @zeelthakkar
July 11 โ€“ย @Kruti
July 18 โ€“ย @noruzzaman
July 25 โ€“ @jagirbahesh

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 on thisย handbook page.

Looking for feedback

Looking for volunteers

  • We are looking for folks toย review tutorialsย and determine if we keep, update, or deprecate them.
  • Theย Thumbnail Creation Projectย also requires volunteers to help make thumbnails for the new 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..

Other News

  • Translating lesson content: It looks like if translators assign a translated lesson to the original course and module, it replaces that lesson in the course (more informationย here). We will need to investigate to confirm this, but until we do, it might be useful if translators of lesson content donโ€™t assign the course or module to a translated lesson.
  • The second course cohort wrapped and the recap post is up, including feedback survey results from participants and next steps:ย https://make.wordpress.org/training/2024/07/02/recap-the-second-learn-wordpress-course-cohort/
  • Thumbnail Creation Project
  • The Thumbnail-a-thon online event on the 26th of June, with 18 participants working on creating thumbnails for the project.
  • A total of 21 thumbnails were created for the project

@zeelthakkar is interested in creating thumbnails. @west7 suggested reviewing @zooniniโ€˜s online workshop recording for guidance and to reach out to @zoonini with any questions.
@jagirbahesh also interested to creating thumbnails.he will check the post.
@sumitsingh and @zoonini are available to help with creating thumbnails. Feel free to pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test itโ€™s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of โ€œPing me when the meeting starts.โ€ me if you need assistance.
@zoonini thanked for pitching in!
@piyopiyofox advises that translated lessons should only be created as standalone unless the entire course is fully translated.

Come and Contribute

Content ready for review

Feedback awaiting validation

Topics awaiting vetting

  • Seeย Vetting Topic Ideasย for step-by-step guidance on vetting topic ideas.
  • We have 4 issues that require vetting.

Validated feedback awaiting fix

Contributor Acknowledgement

@Jamie Madden expressed appreciation for @west7 diligence in updating content based on recent reviews.
@Laura A thanked @Jamie Madden for hosting his first Training Team meeting!
@jagirbahesh suggested giving props to @zeelthakkar for actively working on meeting recap posts.
@zooniniย suggested giving props to @laurahartwigdesign for creating 53 thumbnail graphics for lessons on the Learn WP site!

Project Updates

Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress

An amazing amount of work has been going into the learning pathways project. Folks are always welcome to volunteer their time to our team projects as wellย 

Contributor Updates

You can engage in sharing updates in this

  • What have you been working on and how has it been going?
  • Anything youโ€™ve accomplished since the last meeting?
  • Do you have any blockers?
  • Can other Training Team members help you in some way?

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@Jamie Madden has started their role as the training team interim rep. They have been reviewing several advanced tutorials and assisting @west7 with scripts and feedback on a few tutorials. Currently, they have no blockers.

@lada7042 is preparing for her upcoming online workshop after a productive WP fun day exploring new site editor features.

@west7 is currently publishing the Intermediate user learning pathway, updating existing content, and developing new lessons.

@sumitsingh is providing training new WP users, reviewing and translating Hindi content, and planning to create more thumbnails.

@zoonini wrapped up the course cohort, published a recap post, coordinated the thumbnail project, assisted with the Learn WP remake, guided program admin, published the Faculty program retirement plan, and prepared a testing/QA plan for the Learn site.

@Rico creates thumbnails, trains WP users, and organizes local learning groups to go through learning paths together.

@cnormandigital is completing the Intermediate Theme Developer learning pathway.

@devmuhib is publishing thumbnails on Learn WordPress, mentoring in the Guide Program, and assisting with translations.

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 theย #trainingย Slack channel at any time.

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