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Looking for feedback
The Training Team has had an Administration project board inGitHubGitHubGitHub 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/for a couple of years. With the majority of project tracking now happening on the team blog, team reps are planning on cleaning out the board, leaving just the meeting agenda and handbook feedback items. Are any team members still actively using this board?
Looking for volunteers
@Jonathan and @westnz started triaging the Tutorials in this spreadsheet, marking those that the team should keep, modify, or retire. There are still over 100 Tutorials that need triaging. Feel free to add your thoughts directly in the spreadsheet, or comment here if you need assistance.
Other News
Our WordCamp Europe 2024 Contributor Day post is now up for contributors to review. You can participate either in person or online, so click this link to find out how to contribute Try and get a group photo.
Join our June Content Creation Coffee Hours! It’s a great chance for anyone working on or interested in learning pathway content to meet, discuss projects, ask questions, or find new content to work on. Meetings alternate between two time zones each month.
Check out these informal discovery and Q&A sessions about the Five for the Future program at WCEU this week for companies interested in joining. Sessions are on Saturday, June 15, at 9:00 AM and 3:15 PM, meeting at the Community Booth. The location might change based on attendance. Spread the word and refer to the newly publishedFive for the Future Handbookfor more information. Thank you!
A new handbook page onVideo Best Practiceshas been published, featuring an embedded online workshop. For the list of resources, please share any other free video editing software you recommend for their excellent performance.
What have you been working on and how has it been going?
@lada7042created a lesson on the GroupblockBlockBlock 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.and worked on video editing and publishing. She encountered issues but received assistance from@westnz.
@piyopiyofoxbegan as a Guide in the Guide Program, onboarded@Jamie Maddenas a new co-rep, and is actively involved in the content maintenance proposal while creating a half-year goals post.
@westnzhas recently created two new lessons for the Intermediate user learning pathway and is involved in the Guide program.
@devmuhibrecently co-hosted workshops on “WordPress Support Engineer Roles and Responsibilities” and “Training TeamWordCampWordCampWordCamps 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 Contributor Day Online” with@jagirbahesh. He is actively managing HelpScout tickets, onboarded two new content creators this week, and is currently triaging GitHub issues related to content translation.
@zooniniis currently coordinating a thumbnail creation/replacement project, matching guides with new contributors, and overseeing the Faculty program retirement proposal. She is also involved in coordinating marketing and communication plans for the site relaunch and recently hosted an online workshop with@westnzon recording impressive demos.
Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
@westnzis completing work on the custom post-type video.
You can see all meetings scheduled onthis meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk throughour onboarding programto get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channelat any time.
Hey there friends! With it now being June, it’s time for the team to take a look at how we are tracking toward the goals we set at the beginning of the year. We will use this post as a guide for ongoing conversations in our team meetings going forward as well.
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 4 out of 7 goals for the first half of the year, and have 5 goals from the second half of this year currently in progress.
January to March 2024 – 1 Completed, and 3 In Progress
🚧Create a Marketing Campaign for Learning Pathways with Marketing (Complete Q2)
Launch communication plan shared in GitHub, including a video tour of the new site
🚧Brainstorm the evolution of Online Workshops
We are working to send out a survey to folks in our Online WorkshopsmeetupMeetupAll local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized throughhttps://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.group to get their feedback on how they’d like to see Online Workshops evolve
✅Implement data analyzing practices to gauge the health and effectiveness of the Training Team and Learn’s Content
✅ Create and maintain shared resources that promote the Training Team and Learn
We have a shared Google Drive folderwhich includes resources like slides for volunteers and contributors to use to promote the Training Team and Learn WordPress
✅ Create or update a handbook page that clarifies where people’s contributions to the team will appear/be displayed
🚧 Work with the Community team to promote Learning Pathways at Meetups
We’ve been encouraged to share updates with the Community Team so that they can include it in their monthly newsletter
🚧 Figure out a method to manage localized content translation
The team had a great conversation around whatTranslation plugin to use4 for Learn, and we are currently testing out TranslatePress on the Learn WordPress staging site
In preparation for therelaunch of Learn.WordPress.org and Learning Pathwaysscheduled for July, we need to create a large quantity of small graphics – called thumbnails – 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.
We invite volunteers atWCEU’s Contributor Dayon June 13 – and beyond – to pitch in and create as many of these thumbnails as possible. Even if you’re not attending WCEU in person, you’re welcome to help out. Just follow the steps below, and let the team know in the#training channel in Slackso we can recognize your contributions.
Thank you in advance to everyone who’s able to lend a hand with this group effort! We’ll keep the project going for as long as needed.
Open the content-tracking spreadsheet. (You’ll find the link in the Training team’sSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platformhttps://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel athttps://make.wordpress.org/chat/.bookmarks –screenshot.)
Working from the top down in one of the three sheets (tabs), choose a lesson, course, or tutorial for which you’ll create a thumbnail. (Ignore anything with a “Deprecated” status.)
Put your name in theThumbnail bycolumn to claim it.
For those who speak a language other than English, see if there are any lessons, courses, or tutorials in that language and prioritize those first.
Step 2: Create your thumbnail
Create the thumbnail by going through thethumbnail creation guide, also following these important points specific to this project:
Vary the colour palette and slide template style.Try not to repeat the same template or colour palette on consecutive images. Keep in mind that the order in which the content is listed in the spreadsheet is the order in which the thumbnails will appear on the site, so the idea is to vary the thumbnail styles and colours that are next to each other. The goal is to end up with something a bit random like this:
Andnotend up with something where there are a lot of the same colour-palette variations repeated next to each other, like this:
Copy-paste the course/lesson/tutorial title into the text area of the thumbnail generator, from the column that saysLesson (tutorial/course) title – for copying.It’s not obligatory to use the title in your graphic; if you find a great image to represent the course/lesson/tutorial, feel free to use one of the templates without text. (More on finding images below.)
We are not usingFacesorGuest namesfor these thumbnails. If you’ve chosen a template with any Faces (avatars), click theFacescomponent and click the eye icon next to it to hide it, or right-click the component and select the “Show/Hide” option in the menu.
Similarly, if you’re using a template with Guest names, select theSpeakercomponent and and click the eye icon next to it to hide it, or right-click the component and select the “Show/Hide” option in the menu.
If you’ve chosen a template that features an image (other than the ones that feature a preselectedBlockBlockBlock 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.Editor image), replace it with anopen sourceOpen SourceOpen 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.image from theWordPress Photo Directory,Openverse, orPexels. Make sure no credit is required in the image’s license terms.
Step 3: Export, upload, and record your thumbnail
Exportyour thumbnail by following thehandbook instructions. Rename the file using this naming convention:yyyy-mm-dd-name-of-tutorial-or-other-content-type Example:2024-06-13-introducing-the-twenty-twenty-four-themefor a tutorial titled “Introducing the Twenty Twenty-Four theme.” (Do not use any spaces or uppercase letters in the file name.) The file will automatically be given the .png extension by the generator – don’t change it.
Upload the thumbnail file to the Google Drive, in either the Courses, Lessons, or Tutorials folder. (You’ll find the link in the Training team’s Slack bookmarks –screenshot.)
In the spreadsheet’sThumbnailURLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.orgcolumn, paste the URL from the Google Drive by clicking the three dots next to the file > Share > Copy link.
Leave all other columns blank, unless you receive further instructions.
If you haven’t been able to upload thumbnails for all the ones you “claimed” in step 1, go back and remove your name next to that piece of content so someone else can get to it.
We got some input from a Marketing team member last week. Please continue to contribute to this conversation by providing your thoughts on the post by June 13th.
The team has had an administration project board for a couple of years. With the majority of project tracking now happening on the team blog, team reps are planning on cleaning out the board, leaving just meeting agenda and handbook feedback items. Are any team members still actively using this board?
Faculty program retirement
We’d like to share a proposal to retire the Faculty program in its current form. This proposal was already discussed within the Faculty group, and since the overall consensus was to go ahead with retiring the program, we’re now sharing the proposal with the whole team before we move forward with any of the suggested steps.
@bsanevanshas proposed the below plan to the team and team agreed on that. Below are the@bsanevansproposal:
Firstly, we wanted to give a huge thank you for all your hard work in keeping things running so smoothly. Thanks to you all, we’ve been able to set up team processes, catch up on a backlog of tasks, and set ourselves up for future success.
Over the past while, we’ve observed that the Faculty program is due for a rethink. For example, many folks in the Faculty group are no longer active on the team at all, and there are many roles that are under-used and difficult to recruit for. As well, there’s a level of administrative overhead that’s somewhat complicated,and having to be part of the Faculty program may be seen by contributors as a barrier to doing certain types of work on the team. Finally, the now-established Guide Program serves as a welcoming path for people to get more involved in the team.
We’ve been thinking of ways to streamline things to make the team run more efficiently. In turn, this should free up time to focus more on higher-impact areas.
In thinking things over, we’d like to suggest retiring the Faculty program in its current form. We propose the following steps:
Add a new area in the handbook, outlining the history of Learn.WordPress.org and the Training team. This section would also include the names of past team reps and Faculty members, so that folks’ contributions are visible and recognized in the context of the Training team’s history.
Shift the work done by the current Faculty Admin group to a smaller group of administrators, starting with the team reps. Additional admins will be added over time, while the current admin needs of the team are reassessed. We will likely look for Training team members who have made consistent contributions over the last 6-12 months.
Update the handbook to remove the Faculty Program section.
Feedback on sharing experienced content creator processes with the team
@psykro and @west7 have identified a need for content creators to view their content creation process. They plan to add the following links as additional resources to the “Create a Lesson” page. They are also considering creating an informal video recording of these processes to support visual learners. We welcome any feedback or concerns you might have regarding this plan.
To simplify Learn.WordPress.org, two content types will be gradually phased out: tutorials and lesson plans. As a first step, before launching the new site some outdated tutorials are going to be unpublished. A redirect will be added for each one, to send visitors to the most relevant alternative content.
@west7and @psykro have already started going through all existing tutorials to note whether they should be kept, deprecated (unpublished), or updated.
We are looking for volunteers to continue going through the rest of the tutorials to indicate the status of each (keep/deprecate/update) and a potential redirectURLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org. If you are available, please make edits directly to the spreadsheet.
Note that some of this content is in languages other than English, but you could use an online translation tool to translate the tutorial title to help determine whether it’s still relevant or has a more up-to-date equivalent tutorial or lesson.
You can participate either in person or online, so click this link above to find out how to contribute WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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.EUContributor DayContributor DayContributor 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 ofhttps://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/.will be happening on June 13th.
The WordPress Project’s Video Thumbnail Generator
The WordPress project has a new handbook page on how to create video and event thumbnails.Going forward, please use this thumbnail generator for all thumbnails that need to be created for Courses, Lessons, and Online Workshops.
When using the generator, please first watch the walkthrough video shared on the handbook page. I’ll also link the video here:
All Online Workshops going forward should use the same pale blue template as this image. This is also noted in our handbook
This is a big process change for the team. So don’t hesitate to ask questions in this channel as you get used to using the thumbnail generator
After WordCamp Europe, I will be absent from the team for three months, taking a sabbatical from work and WordPress contributions. I’ll be back from September 25th, though, so don’t worry
While I’m away,@digitalchild will be stepping in as interim team lead. Please see the post above for more details.
This is an opportunity for anyone working on learning pathway content or anyone interested in learning pathway content to meet, discuss what content they are working on, ask questions, or find content to work on for the learning pathways. Currently, we alternate meetings between two time zones each month.
Jonathan—13 June 2024 @ 14:00 UTC (The Zoom link will be shared the day before the session and again on the day of the session, just before it begins.)
We found out this week that the Learn news letter wasn’t sending to subscribers until now Thanks to @adamwood for identifying this issue, and fixing it in preparation for the site relaunch.
One exciting development is that a theme switcher now lets you preview the new theme on theproduction siteProduction SiteA production site is a live site online meant to be viewed by your visitors, as opposed to a site that is staged for development or testing., with all its data. You can try it at: https://learn.wordpress.org/?new-theme=1
Open Discussion
First of all, thank you to @lada7042@zoonini and @west7 for adding additional meeting topics on the GitHub agenda beforehand Each week, if anybody else has topics they’d like discussed, feel free to add it to the agenda so we can dedicate space for it within the meeting
And finally… Was there any other topic folks wanted to bring up today?
It’s just one more week until WordCamp Europe starts I can’t wait to present all the exciting things the Training Team has been doing with Learning Pathways and the site redesign
And with that, I’ll close this week’s meeting. Thanks to everyone who attend live, and to everyone who attended asynchronously. See you all next week!
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.
For those who are new here, the WordPress Training Team helps people learn to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through educational content hosted on Learn.WordPress.org.
OurWordCamp Europe 2024 Contributor Daypost is now available for review. You can participate either in person or online. Click this link to learn how to contribute.
The Training Team Reps are preparing a survey for ourMeetup.com Online Workshop group. We will email this survey throughMeetupMeetupAll local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized throughhttps://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.to better understand the types of workshops participants are interested in for the future.
We have a newhandbook page on how to create video and event thumbnails for Learn WordPress and our Online Workshop group.Going forward, please use this thumbnail generator for all thumbnails that need to be created for Courses, Lessons, and Online Workshops.
Props:@zooniniand@fcoveramfor creating the video best practices handbook page, and together both are creating the video for our new thumbnails and handbook page.
Props:@sumitsinghfor his hard work on publishing theWordCampWordCampWordCamps 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.EuropeContributor DayContributor DayContributor 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 ofhttps://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/.Post.
May 27th update: Thumbnail generator work is complete, and development progresses with the landing page receiving its first update with the new design.
Open Discussions
You can see all meetings scheduled onthis meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk throughour onboarding programto get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channelat any time.
Training Team co-reps@bsanevans@lada7042and I are very excited to welcome Jamie Madden as interim Training Team co-representative (co-rep).
A few months ago we discussed the idea of an interim lead with the team, and the idea was largely accepted. An interim co-rep is an active Training Team member who fitsour documented criteria, and is able to step in to help lead the team when another co-rep is on a leave for longer than 1 month.
Our fellowteam repTeam RepA 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.@bsanevanswill be away on a three month sabbatical on June 24th, and we will begin onboarding Jamie to the co-representative team starting from this week (June 3rd). He will be staying on as an interim co-rep until the end of the year.
Jamie Madden has been involved in open-source long before WordPress’ first release. He made his first contribution to the Red Hat kernel in 1999. Since then, he’s been contributing to the WordPress documentation, testing, and, of course, Training Team.
Jamie has been an active contributor in the Training Team since July 2022, and joined us as a Faculty Member in September that year lending his Subject Matter Expert and Editor expertise to the team.
In last week’s Training Team (see Slack thread here) meeting we brought up the question of “what content are we obligated to leave on learn and until what version of WordPress do we need to support”.
This question is a critical one as the team is currently working on relaunching Learn WordPress with a fresh new design and streamlined content experience which includes Learning Pathways, Courses, and Lessons. Part of this project includes content deprecation for Tutorials and Lesson Plans,and a push toward presenting content on the site that is new, fresh, and relevant.
Here’s some takeaways from the discussion onSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platformhttps://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel athttps://make.wordpress.org/chat/.:
Content that is not relevant to currentcoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.features of WordPress should be removed (ex. classic editor)
We could view the WordPress version usage stats to decide what content is most relevant and should be the focus for our team.
We can use WordPress andPHPPHPPHP (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.http://php.net/manual/en/intro-whatis.php.usage metrics to guide our content maintenance process
More than 70% of WordPress installs are using either 6.5 or 6.4.
Historically the project maintainers have used 5% as the baseline, ie if more than 5% of WordPresses are using that version of PHP, then support it (this currently aligns with the above point).
The team should review content every 6-12 months for relevancy
Proposed path forward
Adopt 5% baseline for content, which equates to supporting the last two versions of WordPress
Create a content maintenance review process that is run twice a year
TriageGitHubGitHubGitHub 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/for content issues which can be closed based on the new baseline
Contribute to this conversation
Here’s some questions to help keep the conversation going:
Do you agree with the proposed 5% baseline for content relevance? Why or why not?
Should there be exceptions to the 5% rule in certain circumstances? If so, what might those exceptions be?
What are your thoughts on the proposed bi-annual (twice a year) content review process?
How can we ensure that the content review process remains thorough and effective?
What strategies could we adopt to effectively communicate content deprecations to our learners?
What other metrics or data sources could be beneficial for informing our content maintenance process?
Please share your thoughts on this topic by June 13th, 2024
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Looking for feedback
Would love everyone’s feedback with the introduction of the Learning Pathways.
What content are we obligated to leave on Learn? Ex. Classic editor
Until what version do we need to support?
@bsanevanssuggests revisiting Learning Pathways annually to ensure they remain current. He believes that content irrelevant to theBlockBlockBlock 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.Editor should be removed, noting that the classic editor was removed from thecoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.over five years ago. By reviewingWordPress version usage stats, and focusing on content for versions 6.4 and 6.5, which cover over 70% of installs, we can keep Learn up to date with the majority of use cases.
@psykrosuggests yearly updates for Learning Pathways and every six months for newer features like the Site Editor and InteractivityAPIAPIAn API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.until they stabilize. He agrees that content related to features removed from the core should be removed. For WordPress versions, he proposes using a 5% usage baseline to determine content support, ensuring we cover versions 6.4 and 6.5 but also older versions if their usage exceeds 5%.
Training’s 2024 goals– we asked this question last week and didn’t get any feedback. I added a multiple-choice option if that is easier.
We’d like to send out a survey to the 10,000+ members of the Meetup.com Online Workshop group to get their input. What do folks think about these three questions?
What is currently working well with Online Workshops?
What would you like to see changed with Online Workshops?
Do you have any suggestions for future Online Workshop topics?
@Kathryn Presner has published a new page in the Resources section of the handbook called Video Best Practices, which replaces the previous video and sound information in the Creating a lesson page. This is intended as a starting point to help content creators create good-quality video recordings for lessons on Learn.WordPress.org.
Looking for volunteers
Is this the volunteer project you have been looking for? We are looking for someone/or several people to triage the spreadsheet of all the available tutorials and recommend which ones to keep, modify or deprecate. There are only 255.
Thank you to the following team members for volunteering to beWordCampWordCampWordCamps 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 2024Contributor DayContributor DayContributor 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 ofhttps://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/.Training Team Contributor Table
Last week’s Dev squad session was postponed by a week due to member unavailability. With no new bugs or PRs to triage, the focus was on reviewing and testing open PRs.
We invite developers familiar with the Learn WordPress codebase to help us finalize these PRs.
Other News
Learn redesign update:
From @adamwood This week we made good progress, finalizing some technical decisions and shipping some important pieces:
The Learning PathwaytaxonomyTaxonomyA 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.was created, allowing Courses to be classified as one of 4 Learning Pathways (designer, user, developer, contributor), and thereby be included on the new home page and taxonomy pages.
Props: @Prem Tiwari has joined our team as an Administrator and Content Creator. With his expertise inpluginPluginA 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-partydevelopment and knowledge ofGutenbergGutenbergThe Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc.https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/Blocks, he aims to assist in training team members.
Props: @Emmanuel for reviewing his first pieces of content.
props: @magicroundabout for his excellent reviews of some of my recent lessons.
As we near the tentative launch date of July 2024, we need volunteers to help with creating a marketing campaign for Learning Pathways. @abhanonstopnewsuk volunteered last week, and it would be great if we could have another 2 people or so join. Please comment in this thread if you’d like to help out
What have you been working on and how has it been going?
@west7creating lessons for the Intermediate learning pathway. Making steady progress.
@bsanevanshas been launching the second course cohort with 17 participants and great engagement.@Jonathanhad a successful call with them last week.
@cnromandigitalis still working on the Intermediate Theme Dev LP: she just released 3 Template videos and working on publishing 5 lessons in the Global Settings and Styles module.
@Jonathanis working with@cnromandigitalon Intermediate Theme Developer lessons. It’s been fun to switch my mind to themes for a bit.
@Kathryn Presnerhas been co-facilitating the second-course cohort with@bsanevansand@Jonathan. They are preparing for next week’s Guide program workshop and planning June’s workshop on the new Video Best Practices handbook with@west7. She is also volunteering for marketing efforts around the newLearn siteLearn siteThe Training Team publishes its completed lesson plans at https://learn.wordpress.org/ which is often referred to as the "Learn" site.and finalizing the video thumbnail generator for team use.
@lada7042is recording lessons for the intermediate learning pathways and preparing a presentation for next week’s WordCamp Montclair.
Is there anything you’ve accomplished within WordPress or in your personal life?
Can other Faculty or Training Team members help you in some way? Please reach out to the team reps @lada7042, @piyopiyofox,@bsanevans or any of the other members for help. That is what is awesome about this community.
Open Discussions
You can see all meetings scheduled onthis meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk throughour onboarding programto get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channelat any time.
