Speakers
Description
What is the Open Documentation Academy?
Open Documentation Academy is an initiative founded by Canonical’s documentation team with the key aim of lowering the barrier to open source contributions and we have chosen documentation as the channel to achieve this goal.
Who can participate?
Anyone who is interested in contributing to open source and documentation can participate. The experience level of participants is not a barrier as we welcome everyone from newcomers to experts.
Why documentation?
Documentation is at its heart, an engineering practice but rarely is seen as one. It exists to serve as the bridge between the product and the users. In a way, product documentation is a way of showing our users how much we care about them and how we value them. What better way exists to further the values of open source and community than to use such a key channel as documentation, something that will make a direct impact on the product’s users, something that will influence how the users perceive the product, something that could potentially shape the way the product is developed?
Also, contributing to documentation is a way that welcomes people from all areas of the spectrum irrespective of their experience level or programming skills.
I am interested, how do I get started?
We already have a task list open and we have our public documentation office hours every Friday. In addition to that, we have public channels of communication on Matrix, discourse and Fosstodon. We also have a mailing list that is actively monitored. We will share more details on these channels during the talk.
Summary
Open Documentation Academy is a new initiative by Canonical that brings people who are interested in product documentation together with Canonical’s authors team to help everyone further documentation practice. It can act as a stepping stone for entering into the world of open source contributions.
What audience can learn
The audience can learn about the Open Documentation Academy, what it offers in detail and how anyone who is interested in contributing to open source through documentation can gain documentation skills and experience with support and mentoring.
Biography
Keirthana T S is a technical author at Canonical. She has overall 14 years of industry experience and she has been involved in creating software product documentation for almost 10 years now. Her areas of interest are information architecture, content consistency and standards. She lives in Bangalore, India.
Dimple Kuriakose is a technical author at Canonical. She has been working in the tech industry for over 20 years in various roles. With degrees in engineering, law & management, her roles have covered different areas such as software development & delivery, patents, teaching and handling company operations. She lives in Pune, India.
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