Hi Community member,
Today we are announcing our revised Contributor program, which is designed to recognize and celebrate active, engaged, and helpful members - who may be you - on our forum!
Specifically, the new program is now more modular and flexible, allowing you to choose the area(s) of contribution that you are most comfortable with. Over time, we hope that this approach would enable you to become leaders in your respective area(s), and that you would pick up new skills and knowledge along the way as well!
And did we mention that you would get rewarded for your contribution as well? Follow along to find out!
Choose your own adventure
Check out some of the roles that you can choose belowβ¦
Category Moderator
As a Category Moderator, you are eager to work with us to maintain and grow our forum together. You will be granted with extra capabilities to help you to review and moderate the topics and posts in specific category(s).
How you can contribute
- Welcoming new members and encourage them to follow our Community Guidelines and Posting Guidelines wherever possible.
- Create topics to facilitate discussions.
- Provide support to other members by responding to their questions and offering suitable solutions
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- Ensuring the forum run smoothly by utilizing your newfound capabilities e.g. moving a topic to another category if it is irrelevant to the current category, renaming topicsβ titles, edit topics/posts, etc. (More details will be shared with you after you sign up).
Note: 1 Must be marked as a solution :check_mark: either by the OP (original poster) of the topic or a member of Katalon team, or another Category Moderator.
What are the criteria to join?
While everyone is welcome to join our Contributor program, we want to make sure that our Category Moderators are familiar with our forum first, hence, to apply, you would need:
- Be at least a Trust Level 1 (TL1) users.
- You must have joined our forum for at least 3 months,
- You must already earn 400 Kudos.
What are Trust Levels?
What are Kudos and how can you exchange gifts with them?
π What is in it for you? π
We know that moderation can be a tiring, and thankless, task sometimes, which is why our Category Moderators would get the most perks compare to the other rolesβ¦
Upon joining, you will receive a Welcome Gift package which include:
- One (1) set of Katalon-branded swags
- One (1) $30 Amazon US eGift Card
Other perks include:
- A special profile badge and flair to set you apart
- A quarterly gift of one (1) $30 Amazon US eGift Card as a token of our appreciation for your effort
- 6-month Katalon Platform usage free of charge
- Sponsorship for any meetups/events that they host i.e. content, merchandise, etc.
- Early access to new features of the Katalon Platform
- Invitation to our quarterly product development discussions
- Invitation to become one of Katalon Academy Instructors
Technical Blogger
You are an experienced tester and want to share your knowledge with others? Or do you have a knack for writing and would like to build your reputation? Then this role is for you!
How you can contribute
As a Technical Blogger, you would contribute insightful and informative articles/tutorials in our Tips & Tricks and Product Insights categories.
What are the criteria to join?
Everyone is welcome to become one of our Technical Bloggers, though ideally you should first have some experiences and knowledge in the field of software testing and with the Katalon Platform.
What is in it for you?
Simply put, the more you write, the more you would get rewarded! After each successfully published articles, you would receive β¦
- One (1) $30 Amazon US eGift Card
β¦ and an extra bonus, along with special badge, if your article gains a lot of views, or you manage to produce several articles per month, quarter, or year (More details will be shared with you upon signing up).
Bugs Catcher
Wanting to improve the Katalon Platform by weeding out bugs and defects? Then you are in the right place!
How you can contribute
Whenever you spot a bug or defect while using the Katalon Platform, simply:
- Create a topic in Bugs Report with a detail report of the bug(s) itself.
- Tag the Katalon Team
@team
in the topic so that we can review it. - Get rewarded after the bug(s) is acknowledged and verified by a member of our Product team. See below for details
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What are the criteria to join?
There are no hard criteria to become a Bugs Catcher, though ideally, you should have some solid experience in using the Katalon Platform beforehand.
What is in it for you?
Aside from a shout-out from our team in our quarterly Community Summary topics, you would also get:
- One (1) $20 Amazon US eGift Card ONLY if your topic has at least 5 votes, and the bug(s) is verified and acknowledged by a member of our Product team.
Docs Watcher
As a Docs Watcher, you will be instrumental in helping to improve our documentation, and in turn, improve the experiences of thousands of Katalon Platform users.
How you can contribute
Whenever you spot an error in one of our documentation, or see information that may be out of date, simply:
- Create a topic in Documentation and follow the instruction provided in the composer.
- Tag the Katalon team
@team
into the topic so that we could review it. - Get rewarded after a member of our Technical Writing team has acknowledged your suggestions. See below for details
What are the criteria to join?
There are no hard criteria to become a Docs Watcher, though ideally, you should have some solid experience in using the Katalon Platform beforehand.
What is in it for you?
Aside from a shout-out from our team in our quarterly Community Summary topics, you would also get:
- One (1) $20 Amazon US eGift Card ONLY if you topic has at least 5 votes, and your suggestion(s) is acknowledged by a member of our Technical Writing team.
If you have any questions regarding any of the paths above, simply reply to this topic below
We look forward to your participation!