Working groups
These are working groups that have formed to collaborate on specific Open edX topics, covering product, engineering, marketing and collaboration.
See Working Group Guidelines and Definition for how to start and manage a working group.
See our public Open edX Working Group calendar which contains the schedule of our recurring Working Group meetings (calendar ID to open in specific app)
See also: https://openedx.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMM/pages/3309863258
Active Working Groups
Build-Test-Release Working Group (BTR) | This working group is chartered with the direction and ownership of the Open edX community releases. Its goals are to create and maintain Open edX releases for use by the global community. | Wiki: https://openedx.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMM/pages/1022099494 Project Board: https://github.com/openedx/build-test-release-wg/projects/1 Slack: #wg-build-test-release Discourse: https://discuss.openedx.org/c/working-groups/build-test-release/30 |
Frontend Working Group | The Frontend Working Group is responsible for stewardship of the frontend of the Open edX platform. The working group exists as a technical advisory board, curators of our frontend strategic roadmap, and to empower the community to execute on our shared challenges and opportunities. | Wiki: https://openedx.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMM/pages/3090056949 Project Board: https://github.com/openedx/frontend-wg/projects/1 Slack: #frontend-working-group Calendar: Every week on Thursdays, alternating between 11:00 and 15:00 UTC. More details in the https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=c_v86shrnegshsqgp4fj2k94u7bc%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York |
Marketing Working Group | The Marketing Working Group is comprised of various Open edX Marketplace providers, who collaborate on increasing global visibility and marketshare for the Open edX platform. | Slack: https://openedx.slack.com/archives/CTF05VCG7 Calendar: pending |
Translations Working Group | The Translations Working Group consists of various community members to assist with submitting, coordinating, and reviewing translations in Transifex, in an effort to enhance our overall localization strategy vis a vis a centralized collaboration approach. | Wiki: https://openedx.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMM/pages/3157524644 Slack: https://openedx.slack.com/archives/C037XDB9KN1 Project Board: Calendar: pending |
Data Working Group | The data working group is focused on building a set of community supported interfaces for supporting analytical capabilities related to the Open edX platform. | Slack: https://openedx.slack.com/archives/C023AGJJWLV Discourse: https://discuss.openedx.org/c/working-groups/data/34 |
Deprecation Working Group (DEPR) | We work to remove old, outdated parts of the Open edX codebase in order to improve code cleanliness, readability, and extensibility. | Wiki: https://openedx.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMM/pages/825983190 Project Board: https://github.com/orgs/openedx/projects/9 (New, gonna move here from Jira) Slack: https://openedx.slack.com/archives/CGB0S3L12 Meeting notes: https://openedx.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMM/pages/3290824766 Meeting Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y18wMmIxaG1qZW82YzFtMHZuNGd0NXV2bWhpOEBncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t |
Product Working Group | Coming soon | Slack: #wg-open-edx-product-management Meeting notes: https://openedx.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMM/pages/3448864815 Meeting Calendar: Biweekly on Tuesdays, starting 21 June 2022: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=c_v86shrnegshsqgp4fj2k94u7bc@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York |