March 2022 Team Sprint

The Training team is using the Sprint method to determine what we are working on and to determine our timeframe for delivery.

What is a Sprint?

Sprints are fixed length events of one month or less to create consistency. A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

https://www.scrum.org/resources/what-is-a-sprint-in-scrum

Sprint Goals

Learn Content

We are currently using GitHub to manage and keep track of the status of each piece of content on Learn (lesson plans, video workshops and courses). Every piece of content has its own GitHub Issue. The GitHub Project Lists represent our Development Workflow, each list contains a card that explains how to use that list.

Types of themes:

• Block theme: a theme made for FSE using HTML templates and theme.json, allowing one to manage all parts of their site with blocks.
• Universal theme: a theme that works with both the Customizer and the Site Editor.
• Hybrid theme: a classic theme that adopts a feature(s) of FSE, like theme.json or the template editor.
• Classic theme: a theme built with PHP templates, functions.php, and more that does not work with Site Editor.

See FSE Program: Answers from Round Three of Questions for information about the types of themes.

Please keep this in mind when creating and revising content for Learn WordPress.

WordPress 5.9 Revisions Needed:

WordPress 5.9 New Content Needed:

Courses Needed

General

1. Contributor courses

Learn Functionality

1. Style a print-friendly style sheet (transcripts and lesson plans)
   • https://github.com/WordPress/learn/issues/155
2. Integrate speaker feedback tool
3. Google Slides block for Lesson Plans The team is carrying out an audit of the Slides Plugin to ascertain the level of maintenance required and amount of work needed to fix the bug @binarygary @alexstine @danilong
4. Updates to handle course, lesson & quiz flows
5. Automatically recognize contributions on Profiles
6. Fix quiz button styling to match other buttons
7. Learner recognition on WordPress.org profile
8. Use consistent templates and styles across post types
9. Styling for the Details Summary block
10. Modify workshop archive ordering
11. New page showing version-specific content
12. Add new Header

Training Team Goals

1. Team Goals to be delivered by March 2022
   1. Use GitHub Projects in LearnWP repository for managing team activity
   2. Implement a Faculty program (like Community Deputies, name to be determined)
   3. Brainstorm and discovery for the creation of a Needs Analysis
   4. Plan promotions with the Marketing Team
   5. Create Instructor/Facilitator resources portion on LearnWP
2. Ongoing
   1. Fix 404 errors on Learn
   2. HelpScout rotation
   3. Meeting notetakers rotation

Upcoming Meetings

• Tuesday 17:00 UTC Team meeting, weekly
• Wednesday 11:30 UTC APAC friendly team meeting, weekly
• Friday 11:00 UTC Office hour, weekly
• Friday 14:00 UTC Coffee hour, weekly

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. Here’s what you need to know to get started.

Team Links

1. Learn.WordPress.org
   1. Lesson Plans
   2. Workshops
   3. Courses
   4. Social Learning Spaces
   5. Pathways to Learn WordPress
2. Getting Involved
   1. GitHub Website Development
   2. GitHub Content Development
   3. What We Are Currently Working On This Month
3. About The Team
4. Our Team Blog