Page Comparison

Slack

1:1 conversations, coordinating meetings, working group discussions, community announcements, quick questions, opportunistic synchronization of work, sending reminders

History disappears after 6 months, limited searchability, requires invitation, encourages synchronous communication, very easy to post direct (i.e. private) messages, information can be lost in threads, not open source

Discourse Forum

Questions, requests for help, announcements about Open edX software, new blog posts, events, feature deprecations, core contributor nominations, posting polls, getting community, job posts

Relatively high barrier to entry creating a new thread, moderation required, notification fatigue

Confluence Wiki

Current and past projects, programs like the Core Contributor and Maintainer programs, working group agendas and meeting notes, product proposals, release information, upcoming features, how-tos, code of conduct

High cost, can be buggy, unclear what is documented in the docs and what is documented in the wiki, not open source

Github

Open edX Roadmap, projects, issue tracking, product review tracking, bug reports, code reviews

Potentially intimidating for non-developers, communication tied to issues, proprietary features

Google Meet

Working group meetings, ad-hoc meetings

Synchronous, excludes participants in different time zones, not open source

Zoom

Working group meetings, ad-hoc meetings

Synchronous, excludes participants in different time zones, free plans has time limits for group meetings, not open source

Google Docs / Sheets

Collaborating on documents

Long comment threads can be difficult to follow, version history not always clear, not open source

Google Forms

Sending out polls, gathering feedback from community

Limited layout and design options, not open source

Open edX Blog

Announcements, information about releases, events, meetups, posts about online learning

Should below tools be included above?

Figma

In-context design discussions, prototypes Relevant?

not open source

Email

Is this used?

Miro

Is this used?

Newsletter

Does this exist?

Figma

In-context design discussions, prototypes Relevant?

not open sourceOpen edX Blog

Announcements, information about releases, events, meetups, posts about online learning

No commenting capabilities

Open edX Docs

Documentation for site operators, developers, educators, and documentors. how-to guides, OEP’s Relevant?

Unclear what is documented in the docs and what is documented in the wiki, various versions of the docs exist

YouTube

Conference presentations, Open edX Meetups, how-to videos Relevant?

Google Drive

Storing working group meeting recordings Relevant?

Google Calendar

Working group meetings, Open edX Meetups Relevant?

Eventbrite

Open edX Meetup information and registration, Open edX Conference information and tickets Relevant?

Sessionize

Relevant?