Add a general information page about the training

[tobyhodges]

(Tagging @carpentries/core-team-workshop-admin for review and discussion. Input also welcome from Trainers/others ❤️)

As discussed in previous Trainers meetings and internally with the Workshops and Instruction Team, this would replace the individual event websites that currently need to be built from https://github.com/carpentries/training-template.

You can preview what these changes look like at https://tobyhodges.github.io/solid-spoon/training_info.html

Some notes, relative to the current content in the training website template:

• Removes link to etherpad
• Assumes trainees will know who their Trainers will be, I guess from the initial info email they receive about the event (the one that links them to this page)?
• Removes the (commented out) suggested schedule table for a 4 half-day training. Maybe this should be added to the Instructor Notes for the curriculum?
• Presents info largely on the assumption that training will take place online via Zoom. I did include some notes about what would be different if the event takes place in-person, though.
• The page says, of the pre-training survey, that "You will receive a custom link for your event when you receive your connection information." Is this accurate?

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[maneesha]

Thanks for putting this all together @tobyhodges When this is merged, can we plan to archive this repo? https://github.com/carpentries/training-template

[maneesha]

For any other review about what content needs to be included on this page, I would defer to @sheraaronhurt

[brownsarahm]

@maneesha's question reminded me to remove the instruction to create that website if we are replacing it. We should also check the handbook for references to it if we replace it?

[tobyhodges]

When this is merged, can we plan to archive this repo? https://github.com/carpentries/training-template

Absolutely. However, we do still use the template for Collaborative Lesson Development Training events. I will need to develop an alternative over there as well, if we are to remove the need for the training-template altogether.

@maneesha's question reminded me to remove the instruction to create that website if we are replacing it. We should also check the handbook for references to it if we replace it?

Indeed. Would you like me to take care of that?

[brownsarahm]

(pre-coffee misread initially) Yes, I would like you to take care of the handbook.

We should probqably also do a more thorough search of this repo

[tobyhodges]

Noting that we will launch our redesigned, reorganised, updated community handbook in December. That might be a great time to merge this.

[brownsarahm]

Handbook is merged is there any reason to delay this further? or is it good to go?

I think when we merge this we should also merge #1733

[ndporter]

Looks like this and #1733 are good to go now.

[sheraaronhurt]

I updated some of the broken links. Once @tobyhodges merges #1769 This will be good to go.

Thanks so much everyone for your feedback. This is both helpful for Trainers and CT :)