Last Updated: April 21, 2026
This page contains a list of all of the educational tasks required for new team members to complete Platform Orientation. Tasks are separated into categories based on which roles should complete them. Tasks in the “general” category should be completed by all new VFS team members regardless of role.
Looking for more general information or just getting started with your Platform Orientation? We recommend reading the guidance for new teams and team members first!
General educational tasks
- Watch the General orientation recording or review the General orientation slide deck
- Watch VA.gov overview video
- Watch VFS Orientation for Platform Website video
- Watch the Platform Support overview video
- Review the Getting help from the Platform in Slack guidance
- Review Welcome documentation
- Review Support Overview documentation
- Review the guidance on Submitting a feature request
- Review guidance on How to Submit Feedback about Platform Products & Services
- Review guidance on the Platform Satisfaction Survey
- Review the Platform Principles
- Review the GitHub Markdown Cheatsheet to learn the syntax for formatting documents in GitHub
- Review the Digital Modernization Strategy
- Review the Web Brand Consolidation documentation
- Review the Collaboration Cycle documentation on Platform Website
- Review the Collaboration Cycle orientation slide deck
- Watch the Collaboration Cycle orientation video (Collab Cycle orientation begins at 21:00)
- Review process for when a teammate leaves
Role-specific educational tasks
Designers & Researchers
- Review the Research and Design Guide on Platform Website
- Learn how we do research at VA
- Get oriented to the Design System
- Get oriented to the Collaboration Cycle
- Watch the Design orientation recording or review the Design slide deck
- Watch the Accessibility orientation recording or review the Accessibility orientation slide deck
Front-end Engineers
- Review frontend developer documentation on Platform Website
- Watch the Front-end orientation recording
- Watch the Analytics orientation recording
- Watch the Accessibility orientation recording or review the Accessibility orientation slide deck
- Watch the QA orientation recording or review the QA orientation slide deck
- Watch the Design System/Forms Library orientation recording
Back-end Engineers
- Review back-end developer documentation on Platform Website
- Watch the Back-end orientation recording
- Watch the QA orientation recording or review the QA orientation slide deck
Product Managers & Delivery Managers
- Watch the Analytics orientation recording
- Watch the Accessibility orientation recording or review the Accessibility orientation slide deck
- Watch the QA orientation recording or review the QA orientation slide deck
Help and feedback
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Get help from the Platform Support Team in Slack.
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Submit a feature idea to the Platform.