[WIP - first pass at this volunteered by wolovim]

Notes:

• Approach idea: start with first principles. Have an author outline one or more lessons in whatever way makes sense to them, then help massage that into a format that will fit Academy well. Document lessons learned along the way that can be applied generically or gotchas to watch for in future iterations. Roughly documenting this process with our first author guinea pig, jello-git3, and wolovim serving as editor:
  • Thread opened to discuss concept of Introduction to Cryptography.
  • Open-ended request from editor to map out the topic. Author returned with bullet points for a grouping of lessons.
  • Suggestion to start mapping out one lesson and to consider each as an MVP, valuable to publish in isolation. Author returned with bullet points roughly for the headers of a first lesson.
  • Discussion on if the learner should build anything or just follow along. Editor suggests just following along and consider more real-world examples to help the dense concepts sink in.
  • Discussion on some missing context from the one-off first post; since the post isn’t the first in the series, it won’t include an introduction asymmetric cryptography, etc.
• Possible sources of content creators: internal channels (e.g., Writers Guild, Academy, technical support channels), sponsors/season partners, wider industry of professionals.
• Big TODO: process required for how to evaluate authors and content requests. Additional/separate documentation required.
• Some Guidelines for Educational Content ✍🏾 are in the works.