Online (Free) training course

Online (Free) training course

Yoast, the company behind the popular Yoast SEO plugin, launched its free block editing course today. The course is available to anyone by signing up for the Yoast Academy, which also includes many other free and paid courses. Users can learn everything from SEO.

The latest Academy course promises to get first-time users up to speed on using the block editor. At Yoast, we're huge fans of the block editor," wrote Marieke van de Rakt, CEO of Yoast in the course announcement. "Of course - not from the beginning - but now we are editor-block fanboys and fangirls. That's why we created an awesome free block editor! We hope it will help everyone to use the block editor to the fullest! "

Currently, the block editor training course has at least two or three hours of content to work through, depending on how quickly users digest the content. The course offers three main sections:

• What's in the new Block Editor?
• How is it used?
• Extras

Each of these is further divided between one and three sub-domains. There are currently seven lessons in total, which range between 7 and 49 minutes based on Yoast's estimated time. Lessons are similar to taking a school class. The Academy team provides short videos covering individual topics around the block editor. The team also provides a PDF version of the course for those who prefer text over video. At the end of the lesson, users take a quiz and move on to the next lesson. A score of 80% or more is considered a passing grade.

The team keeps each lesson digestible enough to complete in a short amount of time. Even if you watch the videos, it is recommended that you read the PDF version of the lessons, which are of high quality and have lots of useful information with links to third-party resources.