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.
GitHub issues – Learn.WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ site functionality
You don’t need to be an educator to contribute to the Training team. We have a number of different roles on the team and ways to contribute. Join our #training Slack channel to find out more.
If you are interested in any of the roles listed below then please let our Team Reps: Courtney Robertson or Hauwa Abashiya know.
Training Team Liasion (Training Team 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.) #Training Team Liasion (Training Team Rep)
Responsibilities:
Reports to the larger WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ organization
How do I do this job?
Provide a weekly update on the Team Updates blog and/or in the Team Rep Slack channel
Add new members to the tools used by the team such as TrelloTrelloProject management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example: https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing., “Make Training”, and “Learn WordPress”
Be responsible for the content of the Style Guides and keeping them up to date. This could include lesson plans, workshops videos, courses, team meeting recap, team meeting agenda, contributor 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 of https://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/. agenda, and team Sprint.
Incorporate the feedback of the team for changes.
How do I do this job?
Update the Style Guide which is on the Make blog
Update the reusable blocks on Training “Make” site
Ensure that the information in the Training Team and Learn handbooks are accurate and work to improve it.
The “Make Training” site houses the team handbook of information on what we do and how people can contribute to the team. The Learn WordPress site houses the Learn Contributor handbook on what Learn is and how people can contribute to Learn.
GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can 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/ Wrangler #GitHub Wrangler
Responsibilities:
Vet issues that have been submitted to Learn.
Respond to any requests from MetaMetaMeta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. or other functionality related needs of Learn.
How do I do this job?
Read GitHub notifications and respond.
Discuss at team meetings any concerns or what items we might submit to GitHub Learn.
Report to the “Make” teams such as AccessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility), Design, Docs, Community, Marketing, Meta, Polyglots, Support, and any other team.
How do I do this job?
Be aware of what the “Make” Training Team is working on. (Keep up with their “Make” blog and Slack channel.)
Bring any relevant items that they are working on to the attention of the Training Team.
Be the voice of the Training Team in their “Make” Team discussions.
Provide the knowledge in your area of expertise like the BlockBlockBlock 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, Accessibility, and PHPPHPPHP (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..
How do I do this job?
Identify your area of expertise and help with the content including drafting or reviewing them.
Creates the initial drafts for workshops, lesson plans and courses. You do not have to be an expert on the topic but can work with the Subject Matter Experts to get the information.
How do I do this job?
Identify the lesson plan you want to work on and get assigned as the current owner.