Webmaker/Testing

Come betatest!

The ask is simple:

• Find a test below that you're interested in.
• Follow the test instructions.
• Share your experience on the Webmaker community call or on the Webmaker mailing list.

This round of betatesting runs from March 6 - May 10.

We are looking especially for input from Webmaker Mentors, Maker Party partners and other brave souls.

Your feedback will be incorporated into the Webmaker core offering and used to help people all over the world run learning & making events in their homes, schools and everywhere.

March 6

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

• Design & Accessibility
• Share & Collaborating
• ALL THE COMPETENCY TAGS = GOOD?

Prompt

• Defining and collecting cross-cutting themes
  • accessibility
  • storytelling
  • identity
  • ?
• How to introduce cross-cutting themes in the map?

Results

TBD!

March 13

Test: What is the Super Mentor Badge?

• Run: What is the Super Mentor Badge?
  • Name?
  • Criteria
  • Evidence
  • Expirability (Class of "2014")
  • Design
  • User Stories (Super Mentor portfolio)

Prompt

• Make a portfolio of what you believe "Super Mentor" activities (they could be your own) - the pinboard make?
  • Talk about how people maintain their Super Mentor status

March 20

Test: Training Theory

• Are you up to speed with the foundations behind Webmaker? Come interact with the remixed, revised learning content around the theories underpinning Webmaker and let's see what we learn about the structure of this module.

Prompt

(links coming soon!)

• Read this article
• Choose a prompt and make something (or if you've already made something that you think fits, share that!).
• Encourage others to remix, make and share
• Answer one (or more!) of these questions
• Share the entire experience in the Community Call in the Webmaker list, through a blog post - however you like! Just make sure we know about it ;)
• The best makes from testing will serve as examples for the mega-meta-May launch.

March 27

Test: 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

April 3

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

• 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)

April 10

Test: 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.

April 17

Test: 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])

Prompt

April 24

Test: Engagement Module

Prompt

May 1

Test: Translating the MOTHER REMIX KIT.

Prompt

May 8

Test: Reflection on whole profess

Prompt

May 10: MASSIVE TRAINING

• 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