carpentries / carpentries/instructor-training
decrease stress of sign up exericse
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Description
### How could the content be improved?
scheduling a checkout step in 5 minutes can be hard because etherpads are long lists that can overwhelm, sometimes people have a complicated calendar and may not be in a good position to commit to something during the training.
Add options to:
- practice logging into AMY
- create a gh account to be able to contribute (issues count!) to lessons
- set a reminder to schedule things (if picking/scheduling is hard)
### Which part of the content does your suggestion apply to?
https://github.com/carpentries/instructor-training/blob/main/episodes/14-checkout.md?plain=1#L52-L67
Contributor guide
Research direction
Read episodes/14-checkout.md at lines 52-67 and compare the current checkout exercise with the requested alternatives. Update that section so learners have options for practicing AMY login, creating a GitHub account, or setting a reminder when scheduling is difficult; done means the revised guidance addresses these three options without requiring a five-minute commitment.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- github
- Domain
- content, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100