Creating and Revising Learning Content for New WordPress Releases - Lesson Plan

[wparasae]

Topic Description

Teachers around the world need quick and simple access to create content for new WordPress releases (such as 6.0 and 6.1 most recently at the time of this lesson plan topic's creation). For new educators stepping into that space, it's important for them to understand several things: release cadence (when will new releases be launched? When are features 'frozen'?), how new features are tested, and how to use Gutenberg to see upcoming release features. This lesson plan aims to teach educators how to anticipate new features in WordPress releases and create learning materials around that new content.

If you're interested in working on this topic, feel free to reach out to @wparasae (arasae in the Make Slack) for more context and/or assistance. You're also welcome to just start writing this lesson plan!

Related Resources

Links to related content on Learn, HelpHub, DevHub, GitHub Gutenberg Issues, DevNotes, etc.

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Guidelines

Review the [team guidelines] (https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/guidelines/)

Development Checklist:

• Gather links to Support and Developer Docs
• Consider any MarComms (marketing communications) resources and link to those
• Review any related material on Learn
• Define several SEO keywords to use in the article and where they should be prominently used
• Description and Objectives finalized
• Create an outline of the example lesson walk-through
• Draft lesson plan
• Copy edit
• Style guide review
• Instructional Review
• Final review
• Publish
• Announce to the Training team
• Announce to lesson plan creator
• Announce to marketing
• Gather feedback from lesson plan users about the quality

Repo Structure and Lesson Plan Template

Please remove all blockquote comments such as this before publishing.

Description

A short paragraph explaining what is covered in the lesson plan. This should be text that can be copied and used in a meetup or workshop description.

Objectives

After completing this lesson, participants will be able to:

• Navigate the Gutenberg plugin with confidence
• Distinguish new WordPress release features from old features
• Revise old learning content with key new features
• Create new learning materials prior to the new WordPress releases

Target Audience

Who is this lesson intended for? What interests/skills would they bring? Put an "x" in the brackets for all that apply.

• Users / Content Writers
• Designers
• Developers
• Speakers
• [ x] Organizers
• Kids
• Contributors

Experience Level

How much experience would a participant need to get the most from this lesson? Put an "x" in the brackets for all that apply.

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced

Type of Instruction

Which strategies will be used for this lesson plan? Put an "x" in the brackets for all that apply.

• Demonstration
• Discussion
• Exercises
• Feedback
• Lecture (Presentation)
• Slides
• Show & Tell
• Tutorial

Time Estimate (Duration)

How long will it take to present this lesson? Put an "x" in the brackets for the one that applies.

• 1 hour or less
• 2-4 hours (half-day)
• 5-8 hours (full-day)
• 2 days
• 3 days or more

Prerequisite Skills

Participants will get the most from this lesson if they have familiarity with:

• Deep knowledge of the WordPress dashboard
• What the Gutenberg plugin is and how it works for new WordPress Releases
• (Optional) The Testing Process for New WordPress features (related to lesson plan on Testing New Releases)

Readiness Questions

• Are you an experienced WordPress user?
• Have you ever attended a WordCamp, online workshop, Meetup group, or other learning experience around WordPress?
• Have you ever tested a new WordPress release?
• Do you want to help others learn about WordPress?

Slides

Change the /repo-name/ in the link to match the URL name of this repo.

• Slides (files included in this repo)

Materials Needed

• Item 1
• Item 2

A list of files, resources, equipment, or other materials the presenter will need for the lesson.

For example:

• A local install of WordPress
• The files for the TwentySixteen theme

Notes for the Presenter

• Note 1
• Note 2

A list of any handy tips or other information for the presenter.

For example:

• Participants may need to download the TwentySixteen theme before beginning
• What to do if there’s no projector or internet available
• What to do if a participant doesn’t have the necessary set up
• How to handle different opinions about the topic

Lesson Outline

• First do this
• Then move on to this
• Finish with this

The plan for the lesson. Outline form works well.

For example:

• Talk about what a theme is
• Demonstrate how to install and activate a theme
• Practice exercises to have participants find and install a theme on their own site

Exercises

Exercise name

Short description of what the exercise does and what skills or knowledge it reinforces.

• Short point or step of the exercise
• And another one

These are short or specific activities that help participants practice certain components of the lesson. They should not be fully scripted exercises, but rather something that participants could do on their own. For example, you can create an exercise based on one step of the Example Lesson.

Assessment

There should be one assement item (or more) for each objective listed above. Each assessment item should support an objective; there should be none that don't.

Write out the question.

1. Option
2. Option
3. Option
4. Option

Answer: 3. Correct answer

A few questions to ask participants to evaluate their retention of the material presented. They should be a measure of whether the objectives were reached. Consider having a question for each objective.

Additional Resources

• Resource 1
• Resource 2

An optional section which can contain a list of resources that the presenter can use to get more information on the topic.

For example:

• Link to information on the Codex
• Theme Review Team's Handbook

Example Lesson

An example of how the lesson plan can be implemented. Written in script form as one possible way an presenter might use this lesson plan at an event, with screenshots and instructions if necessary.

Section Heading for Example Lesson

You will likely need to break the Example Lesson down into multiple sections.

Lesson Wrap Up

Follow with the Exercises and Assessment outlined above.

[bsanevans]

Are you still working on this, @wparasae ?

[wparasae]

@bsanevans Yes, but it is currently sort of on hold. I am currently aggregating research for this (a la the workshop I ran today on how to update a learn.wordpress.org tutorial, for example) and plan to pick this back up at a later point.

[bsanevans]

Thanks for the comment. In that case, the issue has been triaged correctly as-is 👍 Thanks for volunteering to work on this!

[wparasae]

Due to a transition, I have removed myself from this issue to allow someone else to work on this. :) If I find time to work on this in the next two weeks, I will comment below and happily reassign myself to this issue.