Webmaker/Testing

About Testing

To improve Mozilla Webmaker's offering to teach the web, we're running a series of tests together with brave community members. This page shows a list of upcoming tests and how to get involved.

Teach the Web calls [put the below in a transparent public calendar]

   Gcal for dates

   Wiki page with items grayed out <> colored

   Mailing list

What the betatesters get out of this:

   Swag! Sticker

   Badge

   March 6

   Run: Changes to the Web Literacy Map, Tags and Cross-Cutting Themes

   Design & Accessibility

   Share & Collaborating

   ALL THE COMPETENECY TAGS = GOOD?

   Prompt: Mailing list

   Defining and collecting cross-cutting themes

   accessibility

   storytelling

   identity

   ?

   How to introduce cross-cutting themes in the map?

   Announce: Testing Calendar + Process

   Tell what you're gonna tell 'em - preview of some tests/collaborationscoming up

   Tee up following weeks (Super Mentor badge)

   March 13

   Reflect: Web Literacy Map changes

   Run: What is the Super Mentor Badge?

   Name?

   Criteria

   Evidence

   Expirability (Class of "2014")

   Design

   User Stories (Super Mentor portfolio)

   Prompt:

   Make a portfoilo of what you believe "Super Mentor" activities (they could be your own) - the pinboard make?

   Talk about how people maintain their Super Mentor status

   Announce: Theory Testing

   March 20

   Reflect: Super Mentor badge

   Run: Theory Testing

   (TBC by Laura)

   Announce: Design the Mentor and Remix Badges

   March 27

   Reflect: Theory

   Run: Design the Remix Badge & Review the Mentor badge

   Remix Badge

   Design constraints

   Max. 5 badges

   Have to reference 3 skills under 'Remix' competency

   Mentor Badge

   Criteria

   Naming of the badges (e.g. 'Mentor')

   How it fits with contribution pathways

   Design

   Prompt:

   Complete the Badge Canvas for the Remix badge: http://www.digitalme.co.uk/assets/pdf/DigitalMe-Badge-Design-Canvas.pdf 

   Make a testimonial tweet for a qualified mentor.

   Make to "test" badging process in a simple way, tagged as a campaign.

   https://scott.makes.org/thimble/helping-to-make-a-million-mozillians

   Announce: Building Online Pt 1 // ("Remix" Kit Drafting) 

   April 3

   Reflect: Remix and Mentor badge

   Run: Building Online Pt 1 // ("Remix" Kit Paper Prototyping) 

   Testing: Co-designing + prototyping your kit (creating headings + content, making things modular) on PAPER (and then playtesting/storytelling it!)

   Prompt:

   Complete the teaching kit canvas (paper)

   http://www.slideshare.net/dajbelshaw/moz-fest-weblitstd-canvas

   Remix of Kat's kit prototype paper templates (upcoming!)

   Extra credit: Playtest! (We can feature on blog)

   Announce: Building Online Pt 2 // ("Remix" Kit Composing in Thimble)

   April 10

   Reflect: Building Online Pt 1 // ("Remix" Kit Prototyping)

   Run: Building Online Pt 2 // ("Remix" Kit Composing)

   Testing: New UX features (ie kitbuilder) on Thimble; interplay between kit paper prototype template and kit web template

   Prompt:

   Take your paper prototype and put it into Thimble as a Teaching Kit, with a focus on trying out the new UX features/additions ie "kit builder"

   Extra credit: Map your kit to the remix competency

   Could use structure like: "All will / Most will / Some will" -> and "your activities may be included in the 'official' Webmaker "Remix" kit we're building", too.

   Run: in person NCS https://teach.etherpad.mozilla.org/ncs-training

   Announce: Playtest your kit & Issue Remix badge

   April 17

   Reflect: Building Online Pt 2 // ("Remix" Kit Composing)

   Reflect: in-person NCS

   Run: Playtest your "Remix" Kit & Issue your "Remix" badge

   playtesting draft 1 of your "Remix" Kit (kitchen table)

   badge: (either own or 'official' Mozilla remix competency badge [weblit v1.1])

   Announce: Engagement (TBC Laura)

   April 24

   Reflect: Playtest your "Remix" Kit & Issue your "Remix" badge

   Run: Engagement Module

   Announce: Translation of Mother Remix Kit(s)/Activities, which includes some of your work!

   May 1 call

   Run: Translating the MOTHER REMIX KIT.

   Announce: Mega Reflection / Get Ready for Massive Training

   May 8 call

   Announce Massive Training

   Run: Reflection on whole profess

   Theory

   Kits

   Badges

   Etc.

   MAY 10: MASSIVE TRAINING!

Badges: Contributor, Mentor, Super Mentor

   May 10

   Run Module 1 Theory --> 

   May 15

   Run Module 2 Building Online -->

   May 22

   Run Module 3 Building Together --> Playtesting

   May 28

   Run Module 4 Engagement/Events --> Doing it for real

   Test: forkability