This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a Slack account, you can set one up.)
Introductions and Welcome
There were 18 attendees @lada7042, @devmuhib, @west7, @zeelthakkar, @jagirbahesh, @piyopiyofox, @pooja9712, @rcreators (async), @gmrafi (async), @voboghure (async), @digitalchild (async), @sumitsingh (async), @bsanevans (async), @freewebmentor (async), @cnormandigital (async), @zoonini (async), @ironnysh (async), @sierratr (async)
Welcome, to all the new contributors who joined the Training Team’s Slack channel in the last week:
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.
If you haven’t seen them yet, then I recommend checking out our onboarding program, and our Guide Program
News
Meeting Note Takers
June 13 – @zeelthakkar
June 20 – @jagirbahesh
June 27 – @Arun Sharma
July 4 – looking for volunteer
Meeting recap notes are one of the best ways to get started contributing to a team, and you can find details on how to write notes on this handbook page.
Looking for feedback
The Training Team has had an Administration project board in GitHub 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 The Thumbnail Creation Project to design graphics for the new site! Participate at WCEU’s Contributor Day or remotely. Check out the new handbook page for guidelines on creating video and event thumbnails for Learn WordPress and the Online Workshop group. Use the provided thumbnail generator for all Courses, Lessons, and Online Workshops.
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.
- Jonathan – Thursday 13 June 2024 @ 13:30 UTC (Zoom Link)
- Wes – 25 June 2024 @ 21:00 UTC (Zoom link)
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 published Five for the Future Handbook for more information. Thank you!
Come and Contribute
- See Validating and Applying Content Feedback for step-by-step guidance on validating feedback.
- We have 26 issues that require validation
- Update on the Learning Pathways post
- A new handbook page on Video Best Practices has 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.
Contributor Acknowledgement
Badges awarded:
- Props: @Ben Evans received props for being featured as a contributor on Do The Woo: WordPress Event Talk.
- Props: @lada7042 was recognized for her interview on Do The Woo: The WordPress Way
Project Updates
Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress June 3rd Update: A theme switcher now lets you preview the new theme on the production site, with all its data. You can try it at: https://learn.wordpress.org/?new-theme=1
Faculty Updates
- What have you been working on and how has it been going?
@lada7042 created a lesson on the Group block and worked on video editing and publishing. She encountered issues but received assistance from @westnz.
@piyopiyofox began as a Guide in the Guide Program, onboarded @Jamie Madden as a new co-rep, and is actively involved in the content maintenance proposal while creating a half-year goals post.
@westnz has recently created two new lessons for the Intermediate user learning pathway and is involved in the Guide program.
@devmuhib recently co-hosted workshops on “WordPress Support Engineer Roles and Responsibilities” and “Training Team WordCamp 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.
@zoonini is 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 @westnz on recording impressive demos.
- Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
@westnz is completing work on the custom post-type video.
@Jamie Madden reviewed tutorials provided by @westnz and @Jonathan.
Open Discussions
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.