Meeting agenda for March 28, 2023

This week’s meeting will be held in EMEA/AMER timezone on Tuesday, March 28th, 2023, at 16:00 UTC. @webtechpooja and @lada7042 will be co-hosting.

1. Intro/Welcome

Welcome to all new teammates who joined the Training Team this week!

2. News

1. Meeting Note Takers
   • March 28 – @sagarladani
   • April 4 – @faguni22
   • April 11 – @afrin29
   • April 18 – @idrissathiam01
   • April 25 – need volunteer
2. Faculty Members Update
   • Faculty members had an annual check-in survey they completed recently. Read all about the results on Faculty Survey Results – Q1 2023.
     • From the post: “Based on the responses, main takeaways are to recruit and/or train more Administrators, increase engagement on the team blog, and continue to focus on improving communication, collaboration, and processes.“
3. Please see the Make WordPress Meeting Calendar for up-to-date information about meeting times
   • Meeting times for EMEA/Americas have changed
   • Dev-squad Triage Sessions have also been added to the calendar
4. Learning pathways
   • @courane01 is also looking for feedback on a broader proposal. Please leave feedback on the Google Doc linked in this Slack thread.
5. We’re looking for WordCamp EU Contributor Day Table Lead volunteers!
   • 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. EU 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://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ will be on June 8th this year. @webtechpooja will be attending, and will be one of two Table Leads. We’re looking for one more volunteer!
   • If you’re interested in becoming a Table Lead, please reach out to a 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. (Pooja or Ben) to show your interest.
   • Please show interest by March 29th. The selection will be announced by March 31st.
6. Proposal: How to run a Learn WordPress course cohort
   • This new proposal is looking for your feedback by April 7th.
7. We have a new handbook page drafted: Preparing for a Flagship WordCamp Contributor Day
   • Please leave feedback on the draft by March 31st. You can find the draft linked in this Slack message.
8. News from other WordPress teams
   • Call for volunteers to help with 6.2 end user documentation (Documentation team)
   • Recap of Contributor Working Group Inaugural Mentorship Chat on March 20, 2023 (Community team)

3. Creating content for the WordPress 6.2 release

Please reference the resources below as we prepare content on Learn for the 6.2 release.

• WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 2
• Your WordPress 6.2 Preview
• For revisions, use this custom plugin in LearnWP
• Use this link to create a site while revising/creating content, testing features, etc.

Content for 6.2

• Looking for Content Creators (vetted topics with no assignee)
  • Managing Widgets – Lesson Plan
  • Tutorial – Migrating from Classic theme to Block theme
• Looking for Subject-Matter Experts (topics not yet vetted)
  • Kerning vs Leading vs Tracking and how to use these in Site Editor – Lesson Plan
  • Kerning vs Leading vs Tracking and how to use these in Site Editor – Tutorial

4. Content published in the last week

• Tutorials
  • WordPress REST API – Modifying responses
  • How to use featured images
• Courses
  • Converting a Shortcode to a Block

5. Open requests for review

• Tutorial
  • Intro to the Site Editor and Template Editor – Tutorial
  • Using Block Patterns – Tutorial
  • Tutorial – WP REST API – custom routes and endpoints
  • Tutorial – Plugin Security: Common Vulnerabilities
  • Tutorial – Add media and Openverse images to your content directly from the Inserter
  • Tutorial – Developing WordPress User Roles and Capabilities
• Lesson Plan
  • CSS Flexbox – Lesson Plan
• Translated content
  • Spanish
    • Spanish translation for Lesson Plan “Managing Comments”
  • Tamil
    • Tamil translation for Lesson Plan “Choosing And Installing Plugins”
    • Tamil translation for Lesson Plan “Pages vs. Posts”
    • Tamil translation for Lesson Plan “Intro to the Site Editor and Templates”
  • Khmer
    • Khmer translation for Lesson Plan “Dashboard Overview”
  • Hindi
    • Hindi translation for Hanbook Page “How to Conduct an Instructional Review”

6. Project updates

• Content Localization Foundation – @bsanevans
  • Please see March 27th update for a breakdown of content translated so far.
• Individual Learning Survey for the Needs Analysis – @west7
  • An analysis report of the data has now been pushed back to April 6th. See this recent update for more information.
• Other projects
  • Request for Testing: Slides Plugin – @courane01 @meaganhanes
  • Skill Management platform – @courane01
  • Exploring WordPress Certifications – @courane01
  • Training Team Site GutenbergGutenberg The 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 – @amitpatelmd

7. Open discussions

If you have topics you’d liked discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this post.

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.