Ok thanks for the clarification!

Let's tell the new developer which groups they should be a part of it, and ask them to check that they were added to these groups.

The reviewer can check that the new user was added properly by trying to use the "at" feature when writing or editing a comment in Jira. When you type the "@" character, a list of potential users opens. The reviewer should check that the new developer's user name is now one of the options.

FYI:

Sometimes this can get a little confusing! In the US, kids learn to say "at" for @. In India, kids learn to call it "add-the-rate".

[~aloraine], Ok I will add your feedback to the instructions. And thank you for the "@" information!

Final draft for On Boarding: Step 1 instruction is now ready for approval.
It can be seen here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XXOo2Qf_eIOeHFdPbGtF6FaQQJdy7AewqkCq5jX9ppI/edit?usp=sharing

The added parts are:
Next, check to make sure you are added to the Jira user groups and Project Roles. To do that, view your user profile. Log into Jira and visit this link: https://jira.transvar.org/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=USERNAME, substituting your user name. You can also reach your profile page by clicking on the gravatar image representing yourself.
The groups should be as follows: confluence-users, jira-developers, jira-testers, jira-users, and loraine lab.

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[Reviewers] check that the new user was added properly by trying to use the "@" feature when writing or editing a comment in Jira. if the new user is properly added to the group, they should now be one of the suggested options for the “@” feature.

On the same document, On Boarding: Step 2 draft improvement is complete. Minor suggested edits regarding what makes a private repository, and how to run the branch pipeline to create IGB installers.

I don't see any changes needing to be made to On Boarding: Step 3's description itself. There have been some suggestions for adding content to the canvas course covering concepts in the git branching tutorial.

On Boarding 4 is complete pending any changes needed per the comment I left there.

On Boarding 5 looks satisfactory at this time; I will likely be diving into that in the future and will make any changes then.

Moving to done.