Use emojis on students Slack questions to flag for resolved or in need of help

[mariana-s-fernandes]

Instructors or students to use the emoji ✅ to flag if the question was already resolved
Instructors to use the emoji ⚡ if they need some other instructor to jump in and help with it

[ramaroesilva]

It would be awesome if we could somehow filter questions (besides ignoring while scrolling on slack) based on the emojis.

[minhhoang1023]

@Juliana-R These are very good ideas. How do you think we can document it as a part of the process? Do we currently have a place where it would fit?

[Juliana-R]

• @minhhoang1023 we can document where you want, is this Prep Course specific or LDSA in general?
• @ramaroesilva don't know if we can do that. Would this work? https://reacji-channeler.builtbyslack.com/

[Juliana-R]

Btw @ramaroesilva when a new idea pops up inside an issue please open a new one. ;) That filtering idea is awesome but if it's not on a new issue it will probably get lost. Remember the motto: 🌳 If it's not in a GitHub issue, it does not exist. (ok this is on a GitHub issue's comment, so it is in a GitHub issue... dammit the motto is not that awesome anymore).

[Juliana-R]

So is this process official? Are we ready to document it on section DS Prep Course of the Wiki?

[minhhoang1023]

We've been using it so far and it's pretty useful and avoid going through the thread! So let's officially document it ⭐

@Juliana-R Prep Course would be a good place to start. Then we can move it to LDSA if needed in the future. A question is that, as this process needs to be followed by staff and instructors, how could we make it so that instructors will not miss it. e.g. Volunteer onboarding?

[Juliana-R]

- [ ] Actionable 1 - I'm a bit out of context here so I'd need someone (@ramaroesilva , @mariana-s-fernandes or @minhhoang1023 ?) to provide me with a text on this or you can contribute directly with a new page on the Wiki (how-to in the README);
- [ ] Actionable 2 - I suggest we announce it on the private instructor channel on Prep Course Slack.
-> actionables moved to comment below.

We could add it to the Volunteer Onboarding, but I think it wouldn't help at this point when most people already read that page.

[mariana-s-fernandes]

On Actionable 1, you mean this page here? Or creating another one?

It seems to me that this page is mostly focused on the Starters Academy and not as much on the Prep Course. So, as per @minhhoang1023 suggestion to add it first to the prep course, maybe we should include it first in the README in the ds-prep-course-instructors-2021?

[Juliana-R]

Hi @mariana-s-fernandes, I actually meant a new page under the separator DS Prep Course.

My opinion on the Wiki vs. README options is:

• If it is to be a process to keep for further year, it should probably go to the Wiki;
• If it is a process specific to the Prep Course 2021, it's better left on the README.

[Juliana-R]

So either is fine by me.

New actionables list suggested:

• Actionable 1 - @minhhoang1023 decides where we'll store this info;
• Actionable 2 - @mariana-s-fernandes (or someone else) writes this;
• Actionable 3 - @Juliana-R reviews.
• Actionable 4 - @ramaroesilva announces on Slack.

[mariana-s-fernandes]

Hi @Juliana-R Makes total sense for me! Thanks!

[Juliana-R]

Totally forgot we had this pending. What should we do about this issue?