Student reading path #

Read in this order. Each stage ends with something you can do, not only something you have read. Times are for a learner with a few hours a week.

Contents #

1. Stage 1: orientation (week 1)
2. Stage 2: a first site (week 1)
3. Stage 3: the core ideas (week 2)
4. Stage 4: your learning path (weeks 3 to 10)
5. Stage 5: the capstone (weeks 10 to 14)
6. Stage 6: contributing (any time)
7. Keep at hand

Stage 1: orientation (week 1) #

1. Students and learners: start here
2. Names and history for learners
3. How to study with the help
4. Keeping a study journal
5. Choosing a learning path

You can now say which path you take and why.

Stage 2: a first site (week 1) #

1. Your first site: three ways
2. Trying the public demo, for a first look
3. Installing a study site in one command, or with the setup wizard, or from Git clones for developers
4. Your first hour in the administration
5. Resetting and rebuilding your study site

You now have a study site you can break and rebuild.

Stage 3: the core ideas (week 2) #

1. Understanding the content model
2. Understanding siteaccesses and settings
3. Understanding caches
4. Reading logs and errors
5. Site packages for learners

You can now explain why a change did not show, and find out why.

Stage 4: your learning path (weeks 3 to 10) #

Before the first project read Study projects: overview and Grading your own work.

Stage 5: the capstone (weeks 10 to 14) #

1. Project 10: capstone, a complete small site
2. Building a portfolio
3. Certifications and certificates

Stage 6: contributing (any time) #

1. Contributing as a student
2. Bugs you find while learning
3. Improving the help as a student or Translating as a student
4. The CLA for students, before code to the kernel
5. Your first contribution, step by step

Keep at hand #

• Glossary for learners
• Git quick reference for learners
• Student checklists
• Student FAQ
• Asking for help and study groups
• Help pages by topic, for students

If you study with a trainer, follow the course instead and use these pages around it (Taking a course with a trainer). If you are thinking of the partner program, read The Student partner level and Student level or free community: what to choose.

Related pages #

• Students and learners: start here
• Choosing a learning path
• Course catalogue
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.