Here's a recap of our May 2022 newsletter:
The OpenCraft team flew to Lisbon, Portugal to attend a team retreat and participate in the 2022 Open edX Conference. All OpenCraft team members work remotely — the Conference is always a great occasion for us to meet in person, to work together, and cram in a few team meals and fun activities. Our time at the Conference was preceded by a week-long team retreat around Lisbon, Portugal, where we spent quality time together! Read our blog post for a summary of our trip.
After a very successful 2022 Open edX Conference in Lisbon, all session recordings are available on Open edX’s Youtube channel — go watch them, and don't hesitate to share any feedback or questions.
Speaking of feedback, two items:
OpenCraft is building an open source web application, called Listaflow, used for tracking recurring business practices and checklists. The tool was first designed to answer our team's internal asynchronous planning needs, but we're hoping to receive community feedback, and make the tool useful for as many organizations as possible! As a test run, we'll be using Listaflow to run checklists for Core Contributor Sprints. You can take a look at the public code repo, and see the most recent design prototypes.
Your feedback and questions are welcome!
Ed Zarecor, Vice President of Engineering at tCRIL, created an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) public forum thread, where you can ask questions to members of the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC). As a reminder, you can read more about the TOC's role and mission in their foundational charter.
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At OpenCraft, we are often approached by clients who want to push the boundaries of what the Open edX® platform can do. In this case, the request was clear: design and develop a suite of 10 custom XBlocks that would enhance interactivity, support innovative teaching methods, and remain fully compatible with the core platform. Project […]
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