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Agenda 2.5: Exponential in a day (mixed group) A one-day introduction for a mixed group of editors, administrators and developers, a shared morning on content and publishing, and three parallel afternoon tracks, with one trainer per track or rotating stations. 6… Trainers Training
Lesson 2.5: Changing the owner of content Learners change the owner of one item and of a subtree from the administration with a preview first, and preview the same change on the command line, as part of handing over a departing user's content. 30 minutes. AdministratorsTrainers Training
Lesson 2.5: Exponential Intelligence, written test A twelve-question written test for the end of the Exponential Intelligence course, on drafts and review, permissions, the edit form actions, alternative text, data policy, audit, costs and switching the assistant on… EditorsAdministratorsTrainers Training
Lesson 2.5: Learner accounts and roles Create learner accounts with the right role for the course, editors in the Editors group, administrators in Administrator users, test e-mail addresses at example.invalid, and check what an account may do before class… AdministratorsTrainers Training
Lesson 2.5: Links and design files with ezurl, ezroot, ezdesign and ezimage Learners build links that respect the siteaccess with ezurl, choose quoting and absolute addresses, point at files of the installation with ezroot, and find stylesheets and images through the design chain with ezdesign… DevelopersTrainers Training
Agenda 2.6: The decision makers' half day A half-day session for managers and boards deciding whether to use Exponential, what it is, a guided demo, licensing and support, hosting and databases, and a structured decision discussion, with sourced facts only. 3… Project managersTrainers Training
Contributing documentation and help pages How community members improve the Exponential help and documentation - fixing a page with Edit on GitHub, writing a new help page with the right front matter, the style rules, checking links with exp:help check, the GNU… EditorsAdvocatesSupportersTrainersCommunity Community
Lesson 2.6: Exponential Intelligence, practical task A 40-minute practical task for the end of the Exponential Intelligence course, improve an article with the edit form actions and review every suggestion, let the assistant write a draft from the Intelligence tab… EditorsAdministratorsTrainers Training
Lesson 2.6: include, node_view_gui and attribute_view_gui Learners split templates with include and named parameters, show nodes in a view mode with node_view_gui, and show content fields with their datatype templates through attribute_view_gui. 50 minutes. DevelopersTrainers Training
Lesson 2.6: Resetting the lab between sessions Bring a training installation back to a known state before the next group, reinstall with --force after a dry run, keep a copy of the SQLite database, remove training accounts, and never reset a site that holds real… AdministratorsTrainers Training
Lesson 2.7: A shared training server or one installation per learner Decide between one installation per learner and one shared training site, and set up a shared site so learners cannot disturb each other, one folder per learner and a role assigned with a subtree limitation. 45 minutes. AdministratorsTrainers Training
Lesson 2.8: Choosing the site package for a class Pick the site package that fits the course, sevenx_multisite with demo content for tours and editor courses, a _clean package when learners build from an empty site, and install it with exp:install --package. 30 minutes. AdministratorsTrainers Training
Module 3: Assessing the administration courses Written tests with sourced answer keys and practical tasks with scoring rubrics for the administration courses, Site administration, Search and Multisite. About 6 hours 25 minutes if all six are run. AdministratorsTrainers Training
Module 3: Blocks The third module of the Exponential Layouts course. Learners add, move and remove blocks, fill text, button and image blocks, use the Design tab, and build with containers and the Full view block. 3 hours 10 minutes. EditorsDesignersWebsite creatorsTrainers Training
Module 3: Creating and editing content The third module of Editors 101. Learners create a course folder and articles, learn every part of the edit form, and create and edit several items at once. 3 hours 35 minutes. EditorsTrainers Training
Module 3: Databases The third module of Hosting and operations, choosing a database in the official order, SQLite in production, database servers for a site, database backups and moving between engines. Four lessons, 2 hours 55 minutes. AdministratorsHosting companiesTrainers Training
Module 3: Designing a course The third module of Train the trainer, learning objectives, structuring modules and lessons, timing and pacing, exercises that work, adapting and improving the courses, and online delivery. Six lessons, 4 hours 5… Trainers Training
Module 3: Designs, overrides and debugging The third module of the Developers course. Learners follow the design chain, write override rules by hand and in the Template Editor, trace any part of a page to its template, and clear exactly the cache a change needs… DevelopersTrainers Training
Module 3: Import and export tools The tools module of the migration course - choosing the right import or export tool, importing with xrowextract with dry runs and remote id matching, and writing a custom import script on the kernel API. Three lessons… AdministratorsDevelopersTrainers Training
Module 3: Organizing content The third module of Editors 201. Learners move and copy items and subtrees, sort sub items, read and set sections, and run large operations as background jobs before using the trash's filters. 3 hours 05 minutes. EditorsTrainers Training

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