Title: Training Team Update for January 6, 2016
Author: Beth Soderberg
Published: January 7, 2016

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1:39 am _on_ January 7, 2016     
Tags: [training ( 72 )](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/training/)

# Training Team Update for January 6, 2016

We now have a [Gantt chart](https://www.tomsplanner.com/public/wptraining) to track
our progress, which you can read all about in [this week’s meeting notes](https://make.wordpress.org/training/2016/01/07/recap-of-january-5-2015-meeting/).

The team’s current progress on Tier 1, a user level set of workshops that focus 
on getting to know WordPress that is the current focus of the training team, is:

### Plans Ready to Test

 * Basic WordPress Concepts
 * Choosing and Installing Plugins (tested 1x)
 * How to Find Help with WordPress
 * How to Install WordPress on a Server
 * High Level Overview (tested 1x)
 * Overview of the Dashboard
 * Settings
 * Theme CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most
   modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance
   settings.
 * What to do when you Forget your Password

A full list of plans that are ready to test is located here: [https://make.wordpress.org/training/testing-modules/lesson-plans-to-test/](https://make.wordpress.org/training/testing-modules/lesson-plans-to-test/)

### Plans In Copy Editing

 * Posts vs. Pages

### Plans Being Written Now

 * User Management
 * Content Editor Overview
 * Overview of Common Plugins**
 * Local InstallLocal Install A local install of WordPress is a way to create a 
   staging environment by installing a LAMP or LEMP stack on your local computer.
 * Introduction to the Customizer
 * Choosing and Installing Themes
 * Managing Media
 * Managing Widgets
 * Categories vs. Tags
 * Troubleshooting Basics
 * Setting a Static Page as Your Main Page
 * What is a Theme (may be combined with Choosing and Installing Themes)
 * What can you do with WordPress**
 * What is Google XML Sitemap*
 * What is Contact Form 7*
 * What is Yoast SEO*
 * What is Duplicator*
 * What is Akismet*

*These may be Tier 2 plans.
 ** These are planned to move into copy editing in January

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