Workshops and bootcamps: course overview
Not every group can take a full course. This part of the trainer material packs the courses into ready programs: one day, three days and five days, plus a half day for decision makers. Each program names the lessons and help pages it uses, the checkpoint of each block and what to cut first, and ends with a capstone.
Who it is for
- Trainers who must deliver in a fixed, short time.
- Organizers who plan training for a team or an event.
- Agencies onboarding a whole team.
Outcome: the trainer can choose a format, plan the logistics and run a workshop or bootcamp from a ready agenda, ending with a capstone and a fair check of the result.
Format and duration
| Programs | 6 one-day (including a half day), 4 three-day, 3 five-day; 3 capstone briefs |
| Planning module | 4 lessons, 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Level | Beginner to advanced, depending on the program |
| Prerequisites | For the trainer: Train the trainer, at least Modules 2 and 4 |
Modules
| Module | Contents |
|---|---|
| 1. Planning a workshop | Format, venue and kit, pre-work, the run sheet |
| 2. One-day agendas | Editors, administrators, developers, layouts, mixed group, decision makers |
| 3. Three-day bootcamps | Editors, administrators, developers, site builders |
| 4. Five-day bootcamps | Full-stack developers, agency onboarding, trainer academy |
| 5. Capstone projects | Club website, intranet news section, multilingual event site |
Reading path
- Trainers: start here and the Course catalogue.
- Lesson 1.1: Choosing a workshop format.
- The agenda you will run, and every lesson and help page it names.
- Module 2 of Train the trainer to build the lab.
- Lesson 1.4: The run sheet, then write yours.
- The capstone brief that ends your program, with its rubric.
- Trainer toolkit and Lab quick card.
Suggested schedules
| Situation | Program |
|---|---|
| One day, new editors | The editors day |
| One day, mixed project team | Exponential in a day |
| An afternoon with a board | The decision makers' half day |
| Three days, administrators taking over a site | The administrator bootcamp |
| A week, a new agency team | The agency onboarding week |
| A week, new trainers | The trainer academy week |
Assessing learners
Each program ends with a capstone and an end-of-day or end-of-bootcamp quiz; the capstone briefs of Module 5 carry rubrics. All of it is the trainer's own material, not an official certification (Certifications describes what the partner program publishes about its own).
Related pages
- Trainers: start here
- Course catalogue
- Hands-on workshop outline
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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