Lesson Plan Style


Original lesson plans were written in a script (paragraph) style.

Newer lesson plans have more of an outline format, as this was found to be preferred based upon user feedback.

We need to determine which lessons need to be revised to the newer format.

Example of outline (newer) style:

Example of script (older) format:

Steps to sort:

  • Log in to https://learn.wordpress.org/wp-admin
  • Go to Lesson Plans > All Lessons
  • View lessons in browser
  • Edit a lesson if it uses the old style
  • Check the Editorial Metadata if the lesson needs to be revised to an outline style

Revising Lesson Plans to Outline Style:

We have an audit tool in the works to replace the features we miss from GitHub. Meta is working on this, but we do not have an ETA yet. Our tentative guideline for editing live lesson plans until then is:

  1. Copy/paste live content to a draft post
  2. Title the work in progress as “DRAFT: Title of original”
  3. Save, but do not publish
  4. Leave a message in Training

This will allow anyone to pick up and continue the work, track revisions, and set media images on Learn site for others to access.