Training Team Meeting Recap – 4th March 2025

Meeting Agenda: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3110
Slack Log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RW657Q/p1741071666413869

Attendees: @rithika3 @muddassirnasim @digitalchild @sumitsingh @rahulmanek @nishitajoshi
@rraventos @shubhamsedani @hemant-ahir @benazeer @nazmul111 @devmuhib @dilip2615
@nazmulpcc @utsav72640 @rfluethi @logicrays @dparthj @vasantrajput @rinkuiihglobal
@tuba121 @chauhanraj754 (async) @zeelthakkar (async) @jagirbahesh (async) @huzaifaalmesbah (async)

Newcomers: @muddassirnasim @nazmulpcc @jaygumanid

News

Meeting Note Takers

Looking for feedback

  • Learn WordPress is a contributor-focused platform where various contributors create and share content. Often, contributors host their materials, such as slides or presentations, on personal platforms like Dropbox or Google Drive. This can sometimes lead to challenges when there are errors in the shared content, as the Training Team may not have access to make corrections or updates. We want to hear your feedback on this.
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Looking for volunteers

  • At Learn WordPress, we develop a variety of educational content to support the WordPress community. Our current focus is on creating localized content to make learning more accessible and relevant. If you have experience translating content, this is a great way to contribute.
  • We’re looking for editors to assist with githubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ issue content updates. The ideal candidates will have had experience writing meeting notes as well as using Sensei LMS. Reply in this thread if you’d like to help out. If you have experience with Training Team activities and have been active within the team for the past six months, we encourage you to apply for the editor role. If you’re confident in your skills, don’t forget to submit your application!
  • We’ve created a snippet to promote Learn WordPress content across social media! Please help us spread the word by sharing this on your social media accounts so more people can join and contribute to the learning community. Let’s grow together!

Want to learn WordPress?
Join the largest contributor-driven learning platform and level up your WordPress skills today!

 Explore free courses, tutorials, and more at https://learn.wordpress.org/
#LearnWordPress #WordPressCommunity #WordPressEducation #WordPressTraining

 Update for last weeks triage squad

Triage squad will restart this month, if you would like to host or join please let us know.

 Other news

  • We announced our first deputy training 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. today and our new program. I would like to thank and congratulate @Sumit Singh as our first deputy!

Come and Contribute

Content ready for review

Feedback awaiting validation

Topics awaiting vetting

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

Good first issues for developers

  • See Developing Learn WordPress for instructions on contributing to the Learn WordPress code.
  • We have # issues requiring development

Validated feedback awaiting fix

Contribution Acknowledgement

Contributor Badge Awarded to: @rraventos
Team Badge Awarded to: @sumitsingh

Project updates

  • I continue to slowly work on the content maintenance project and hope to have a report ready this month.

Upcoming Online Workshops

No upcoming workshops. If you would like to host a workshop, apply today.
Your workshop could also be a study hour where you host a time for people to work and contribute together

Open Discussions

We don’t have anything at the moment.

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

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

Training Team Meeting Recap – 25th February 2025

Meeting Agenda: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3106
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/p1740466824072309
Attendees:  @muddassirnasim @dilip2615 @noruzzaman @shubhamsedani @vishitshah @devmuhib @vasantrajput @hemant-ahir  @rithika3 @benazeer @nikitad @dapobabarinde  @Ruth Raventos @Khoaiz @Hannah KAO @freewebmentor (aync) @jagirbahesh @dparthj @pooja-n (aync) @sonaliprajapati (aync) @Tuba Saif  @sumitsingh (aync) rafikwp (aync) @chauhanraj754 (aync) @logicrays (aync) @rinkuiihglobal (async) @rfluethi (async) @zeelthakkar (async) @sajid_ansari @nishitajoshi(aync) iconithemes (async)
Newcomers@ivahyael@Troy@Hannah KAO@Syeda Faiza Karima@vytas@Varun Goyal@Ričardas Kudirka@Joana Alasaas@princessr@khoaiz@sajid_ansari @ankitpanchal@Tuba Saif

Note taker: @benazeer

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Looking for feedback

  • Learn WordPress is a contributor-focused platform where various contributors create and share content. Often, contributors host their materials, such as slides or presentations, on personal platforms like Dropbox or Google Drive. This can sometimes lead to challenges when there are errors in the shared content, as the Training Team may not have access to make corrections or updates. We want to hear your feedback on this.

Looking for volunteers

  • If you’re passionate about teaching and sharing your knowledge, we invite you to join us as a content creator. To get started, please refer to our onboarding document for all the information you need to begin contributing.
  • We’ve created a snippet to promote Learn WordPress content across social media! Please help us spread the word by sharing this on your social media accounts so more people can join and contribute to the learning community. Let’s grow together!
    Copy and Share this on Your Social Media:

    :rocket: Want to learn WordPress?
    Join the largest contributor-driven learning platform and level up your WordPress skills today!
    :books: Explore free courses, tutorials, and more at https://learn.wordpress.org/
    #LearnWordPress #WordPressCommunity #WordPressEducation #WordPressTraining

Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session

  • There were no meetings last week.

Other News

  • WordCamp Asia 2025 recently concluded with an impressive turnout in Manila, Philippines. Over 1,400 attendees from 71 countries gathered at the Philippine International Convention Center, while nearly 15,000 more participated online.

Come and Contribute

This week’s contribution focus area

Contribution Acknowledgement

  • Badges awarded: Training Team Badge Awarded to @Shipon Karmakar
  • Props: @devmuhib  gave props to Jamie Madden , Jagir Bahesh and  westnz for leading Training team table at 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. Asia 2025.

Project updates

  • @devmuhib is working on marketing snippet for Learn WordPress.

Upcoming Online Workshops

  • No upcoming events. If anyone is interested to host events on Learn WordPress, Please check this onboarding document.

Contributor Updates

Open Discussions

  • We don’t have anything at the moment.

I would like to give props to @devmuhib for guiding to create this meeting recap.


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

WordCamp Europe 2024 presentation recap

On June 14, I had the privilege to present the Training Team’s vision for Learn WordPress at 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. Europe 2024. The presentation saw an engaged audience of 300-400 people in the main hall, with many more tuning in online. I wanted to document the feedback I received here for the team to consider as we continue improving Learn WordPress.

The presentation slides are available for download and reuse: Google Slides, PDF

Ideas from the community

  • Show Learn content in the WordPress dashboard.
    • Hosts would love for a way to show content right there without the user having to leave their site.
  • Provide Learn content in a way that hosts etc. can add/subtract modules as needed for their use cases.
    • Building a 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 was one idea as a way to achieve this.
  • Clarify how users can get help with the content.
    • Learn could show a call-to-action “click here for help” within content.
  • Offer a glossary so that users know what to call the things they’re learning.
    • There have been previous efforts to create a unified WordPress glossary (Slack conversation) which would be great to integrate on Learn for learners.
  • Provide certifications for learning achievements.

#learnwordpress, #wordcamp

Training Team Goals for 2024

You can find our asynchronous discussion on Team Goal Setting for 2024 here.

Vision

In 2024, the Training Team will shift Learn WordPress from theory to outcome/project-based learning, explore new streamlining technologies, improve team processes and increase global community/contributor engagement.

Values

The Training Team’s values are DEIB, Collaborative, Sustainable Growth, Impact, and Empathy. Folks can read more about them on our Team Values handbook page.

Goals to roll over from 2023

Listed below are goals session participants thought would be good to roll over into the 2024 goals.

  • Continue work on Learning Pathways
    • Create a Marketing Campaign for Learning Pathways with Marketing
    • Work with the Community team to promote Learning Pathways
  • Establish monthly recurring onboarding Online Workshops in different time zones for training team roles
  • Continue involvement with the redesign work happening on Learn
  • Audit Handbook

Milestones

The new goals session participants would like to see the Training Team work on this year are listed below. The next step is for folks to volunteer and take ownership.

Q1 – January to March 2024

Q2 – April to June 2024

  • See Learn redesign to completion with Learning Pathways as the focus
  • Create and maintain shared resources that promote the Training Team and Learn
  • Create or update a handbook page that clarifies where people’s contributions to the team will appear/be displayed
  • Any goals rolled over from the previous quarter.

Q3 – July to September 2024

  • Work with the Community team to promote Learning Pathways at Meetups
  • Figure out a method to manage localized content translation
  • Launch Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress
  • Migrate/Deprecate Learn content
  • Run 1-2 outcome/project-based course cohorts
  • Any goals rolled over from previous quarters.

Q4 -October to December 2024

  • Create a system for better surfacing Training Team member’s contributions
  • Audit Handbook
  • Any goals rolled over from previous quarters.

Stretch

Props:

Attendees: Thanks to @bsanevans, @piyopiyofox, @lada7042, @devmuhib, @ardhrubo, @westnz, @sierratr 

Proofreading: Thanks also to @bsanevans and @piyopiyofox for proofreading this summary of the goals for 2024.

#goals, #learn-wordpress, #learnwordpress, #training-team

Recap for Training Team Meeting October 19, 2021

Slack Log (Requires 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/. login to view. Set one up if you don’t have a Slack account.)

The agenda for the meeting can be found here.

Introductions and Welcome

In attendance: @azhiyadev @courane01 @nikhiljoshua @onealtr @peteringersoll @tantienhime @arasae @rkohilakis @webcommsat

Welcome to the following:

News

  1. Welcome and Support Flow Wranglers – we are still looking for team members interested in managing account access to Learn/Training team sites, and answering any questions for new people. This could also include helping new team members draft meeting recaps, pointing them to specific content in the handbook, and more. Interested? Let us know!
  2. Meeting Note Takers – We haven’t had any meeting notes for a few weeks now and urgently need help with this. It is a great way to learn more about the Training Team and what we are working on. Interested? Let us know!
  3. A Dedicated Volunteer Program for the Training Team – this is similar to the deputies in #community-team but specific to Learn/Training. Comments on this have now closed. A8C will be hosting a session to document all the work that goes into Learn WordPress management. This has been scheduled for the week beginning 8th November. Exact times and dates to be communicated. Everyone is invited.
  4. Meeting Time Changes – Please let us know your preference for future meetings by completing our poll. We will close the poll at next week’s meeting and annouce the results after the meeting.
  5. Contributor Days – these are open opportunities for our team and anyone interested to participate.
    1. Contribute2WP with WP Engine – Sign up forms are on the WP Engine post, and this is awaiting review from their team. Many will be new to contributing and Learn itself. @rkohilakis is going to work on some instructional design ideas that could help out. This will hopefully develop into a workflow around working with Subject Matter Experts.
    2. Documentation for faculty program with Automattic – we will await more info on the Automattic contributor session will occur during the week of November 8.
  6. Comments needed 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 ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ about Workshops – this is a continuation of the video production quality.

Badges Awarded

These folks have contributed content, community outreach, and more over the past few months. Check out your .org profiles @peteringersoll @binarygary @hughlashbrooke @rkohilakis @west7 @arasae

October Sprint

Progress

  1. Learn Content- the following workshops have now been published:
    1. How to create a Post of Page with the WordPress Block Editor @west7
    2. Managing Settings: General @rkohilakis
    3. We need start a workflow to promote these. During Yoast’s 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/.@abhanonstopnewsuk @vimes1984@yvettesonneveld and others began drafting social media posts to promote each published item on Learn. We’d will continue sharing what is published and ready for promotion. This will be held in #marketing after their team meeting which starts at 14:00 UTC.
  2. Learn Maintenance
    1. Check out the list of open Learn issues on GitHub. If you are interested in helping out then please let us know.

Check-in

@courane01 is going to write a lesson plan, create a workshop vid, get her workshop subtitled, and work on the Training team course.

@rkohilakis will be breaking down the Admin Setting lesson plan into smaller video chunks as the original video was too long. She has also hosted her first discussion group. She will continue to keep updating the Setting workshops and plan for another meeting. For those interested in running a discussion group check out the following:

@azhiyadev will recap all the meetings for this month.

@arasae is still working on the course Getting Started With WordPress: Get Familiar. She has experienced a few issues uploading and linking to videos. She is considering making a few short video workshops to embed into the course as well as to engage all learning styles, specifically on Posts vs. Pages, demo content, and possibly query loops

Open Discussions

@peteringersoll asked if we have any stats on video workshops and courses viewed. This could be an indicator of how effective the promotion of new workshops is. We will be promoting content on Learn as part of the collaboration with #marketing tomorrow. @hughlashbrooke said video views are hard to obtain but page views can be obtained via Google Analytics. He is going to ask for this to be added to the dashboard.

@peteringersoll asked if our hashtags are #LearnWP and #wptraining. @webcommsat confirmed that our hashtags are #LearnWP (in this format). #marketing does monitor #WPTraining which is used for non LearnWP items but it is not one that is currently used by #marketing. There are some promotions outside of WordPress, like #LearnWordPress that can be more effective.


Upcoming Meetings

You are welcome to join the team at any time! If you are new to the Training Team, please introduce yourself in the #training channel before the meeting (or anytime!) and feel free to join us in the meeting and participate as you are able.


Training Team Mission

The WordPress training team helps people learn to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through synchronous and asynchronous learning as well as downloadable lesson plans for instructors to use in live environments, via learn.wordpress.org.

Getting Involved

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join in, comment on posts, and participate in meetings and on projects.

Team Links

  1. Getting Involved:- https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/getting-started/
  2. About The Team:- https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/about/ 
  3. Our Team Blog:- https://make.wordpress.org/training/ 
  4. Our Content Roadmap:- https://trello.com/b/BsfzszRM/wordpress-training-team-lesson-plan-development 
  5. What We Are Currently Working On This Month:- https://make.wordpress.org/training/category/sprint/
  6. Learn WordPress Roadmap:- https://trello.com/b/rK1tztAA/learn-wordpress 
  7. Learn WordPress Issues Log:- https://github.com/WordPress/learn
  8. Our Lesson Plans:- https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson-plans/
  9. Our YouTube Channel:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnxqNA0WORZXWurEP6cNV6w 
  10. Learn Website:- https://learn.wordpress.org/

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