🚀 Empower New Editors: New WME Basic Course is Here! 🗺️

Map Editors Community Mentoring
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Hello Mentors and Mentoring Coordinators!

We know your time is valuable, and mentoring new editors can be demanding. That’s why we’re thrilled to introduce a new tool designed to make your life easier and their learning faster: the Waze Map Editor Basic Course.

How This Training Benefits YOU:
Accelerate Learning: This 1-hour comprehensive course covers all the essentials, allowing new editors to get up to speed quickly.
Focus on the Fun Stuff: Spend less time on the basics and more time mentoring on the hard questions and getting to know your mentee. .
Key Features for New Editors:

All the Essentials in One Place: No more information overload! The course consolidates foundational knowledge in one streamlined experience.

Hands-On Practice: New editors can apply their knowledge with practical map editing exercises, building confidence and skills.

Certification: A final test ensures comprehension, and successful completion leads to an official Waze certification.

Ready to Empower the Next Generation of Editors?

Share the WME Basic course with your mentees and watch them flourish! (If you have trouble logingg in, check this guide.)

Bonus: The training is available in English, Portuguese-Brazil, and Spanish LATAM! :earth_americas:(You can select your language in the Preferred language in your platform profile.)

Thank you for your dedication to the Waze community!

Leigh, on behalf of the Waze Communities team

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This is a great way to give mentees the basics to start editing and to feel comfortable making edits. thanks :+1:

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Very nice course! I completed it !
The form to request the badge has permission issues. Can anyone fix? Any other way to request it?

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Hello.
I completed it too, but in fact the form to request the badge has permission issues.

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@Leigh-Staff I was going through the training and noted this issue in the Waze Map Editor Overview section. The link is a generic WME link, which will direct an editor to the last location they were, rather than a specific PL to the location we want to quiz them on.

WRONG/EMBEDDED: https://www.waze.com/en-US/editor/?utm_source=academy-basics&utm_medium=skillshop&utm_campaign=continue_editing-academy_course&env=usa

CORRECT: https://waze.com/en-US/editor?env=usa&lat=37.71144&lon=-121.01310&marker=true&zoomLevel=18

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EDIT: This seems to happen in other sections as well.

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Thanks for raising this issue @Rfrsw101. I will pass this feedback on to the Waze Academy Team for a fix.

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@Rfrsw101 , the team fixed the link. Can you check and tell me if it looks good on your end?

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