A list of communication tools used across the Community, how they are used, and any overlaps or inefficiencies.
Tool | Uses | Drawbacks |
|---|---|---|
1:1 conversations, coordinating meetings, working group discussions, community announcements, quick questions, opportunistic synchronization of work, sending reminders | History disappears after 6 months, not always easily searchable, requires an invitation, very easy to post direct (i.e. private) messages | |
Questions, requests for help, announcements about Open edX software, new blog posts, events, feature deprecations, core contributor nominations, posting polls, getting community, job posts | ||
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 | ||
Documentation for site operators, developers, educators, and documentors. How-to guides, OEP’s, | ||
Github | Open edX Roadmap, projects, issue tracking, product review tracking, bug reports, code reviews | |
Google Meet | Working group meetings, ad-hoc meetings | |
Zoom | Working group meetings, ad-hoc meetings | |
Announcements, information about releases, events, meetups, posts about online learning | ||
YouTube | Conference presentations, Open edX Meetups | |
Google Docs / Sheets | Collaborating on documents | |
Google Forms | Sending out polls, gathering feedback from community | |
Figma | In-context design discussions, prototypes | |
Email (is this used?) | ||
Newsletter (does one exist?) | ||
Google Drive | Storing working group meeting recordings | |
Google Calendar | Working group meetings, Open edX Meetups | |
Open edX Meetup information and registration, Open edX Conference information and tickets | ||
Sessionize / Miro (relevant to list here?) |