Core Contributor Check-in: Dec 21st - Jan 3rd, 2025
This is a very informative update. It’s wonderful to see this kind of communication 
@Angie_Ruiz I particularly appreciated your detailed update below.
Do you need any help? Or is there anything you’d like to collaborate on?
- Can someone with merge access please look at fix: include catalog_visibility filter in courseware_content?
- Please share your thoughts and suggestions on the proposed approach for adding notifications to Studio in Looking for Input on Studio Notifications.
What did you accomplish this sprint?
- Started work on the Open edX Handbook!
- Made UX/UI WG schedule adjustments - planning two upcoming potential workshops on our new schedule.
- Did minimal proof-of-concept experiments for updating Paragon to Open EdX theme and/or adding support for design tokens.
- Finished the PR for supporting React 18 in Paragon, which is now ready to merge.
- Merged removal of DEPR code.
- Merged bug fix.
- Opened product proposal.
- Did regular maintenance of edx-organization.
- Reviewed documentation PRs for events.
- Attended the Large Instances meeting.
- Updated the Open edX global footprint report with the latest 2024 data.
Worked on the Biz Dev Group Roadmap and Strategic Direction: We’ve officially established a comprehensive roadmap for the Open edX Biz Dev group. This roadmap outlines the strategic objectives, key results (OKRs), actionable plans, and tools that will guide our initiatives for the upcoming period.
Key Elements of the Roadmap:
- OKRs (Objectives and Key Results):
- Increase Market Share in targeted regions through strategic partnerships.
- Identify and Enter New Industry Sectors, broadening the Open edX ecosystem’s reach.
- Establish Partnerships with local and international organizations to facilitate market entry and expansion.
- Action Plan:
- Market Research: To identify untapped markets and key partnership opportunities.
- Regional Marketing Strategies: Tailored strategies for different regions to strengthen our presence and brand.
- Partner Engagement: Proactively engaging with potential partners, with a focus on large, influential players in the LMS ecosystem.
- Tools & Resources:
- Partnership Matrix: A tool to identify and prioritize potential partners based on business and platform alignment.
- Master Agreement Template: A streamlined document to accelerate partnership formalization.
- Pitch Materials & Presentations: Clear and compelling materials designed to demonstrate the value of partnering with Open edX. These will be refined over time to better resonate with prospective partners.
- Scope & Focus: Our main focus will be to drive significant partnerships, expand Open edX’s global reach, and increase brand awareness. This involves taking a strategic approach, gathering key insights, and focusing on building high-impact relationships with major industry players across various regions.
- Blocked on upstream review:
- Got superset#31692 for openedx-aspects#299 ready to approve/merge
- Another community member submitted superset#31751 which addresses openedx-aspects#300, so I reviewed this and made suggestions.
What do you plan to work on in the upcoming sprint?
- openedx-aspects#298
- Discovery/investigation into how to best provide translations for user-provided data (e.g chart titles, axis labels) in Superset, cf superset#13442. OpenCraft will seek outside funding for this contribution once the discovery is complete.
- Next steps with Customizable Footer for LMS & CMS
- Testing forums v2 with our deployments of open edX (master & sumac).
- Merge the React 18 PR to Paragon v22, then port it to Paragon v23.
- Next up is converting all deprecated ‘defaultProps’ and ‘propTypes’ to modern equivalents.
- Working on the first draft of the Studio Notifications product proposal.
- Refining the list of communication tools used across the Community as part of the proposal to: Evaluate the Communication Tools We Use and How We Use Them
- Continuing work on the Open edX Handbook.
What went well this sprint?
- Coordinating across working groups to strategize / break down a problem (Paragon’s Figma version does not have an Open EdX theme) into reasonable small steps.
- Great discussions with the other Open edX partners about how to better contribute to maintenance and core contributor time.
- Small but meaningful steps
Questions or comments?
Please add any questions or comments you might have below. We’d love to hear from you!
And if you’d like to take a peek at the full report, see it on Listaflow