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This page documents available resources for participants in the Wikipedia Education Program worldwide. Program organizers are encouraged to add materials developed in any language for instructors or students. If you've translated an existing brochure from one language into another, please add the link to the translated version as well. We have also included information about the native file type and how you can have access to the files to encourage more translation and localization of handouts for different regions.
You are welcome and encouraged to add handouts from your own language to this page! Please keep in mind, however, that this is a collection of the best handouts, rather than a comprehensive list of all handouts available about your language Wikipedia. Often times, there are multiple handouts that cover the same or similar topics. The more handouts we provide to students or other new editors, the more likely they are to get overwhelmed. Try to keep handouts to one page, covering the major topic areas, and only produce one handout per topic, with links to relevant wiki pages if students want to learn more.
Please share your most effective handouts with other program leaders around the world, so that everyone may learn from each others' experiences!
The brochures listed in this table supplement the information available in the online training for educators, which all participants in the Wikipedia Education Program in the United States and Canada are required to take prior to participating in the program. Efforts to translate and localize the online training are underway for other language Wikipedias. A French online course for teachers, with many exercises, is available here. A Swedish online course for teachers is available here.
Instructor Basics: How to Use Wikipedia as a Teaching Tool
This brochure covers key Wikipedia policies and structures that are important for educators wanting to incorporate a Wikipedia assignment to understand. The brochure also shows best practices on article selection and working with the community, and sample grading rubrics.
Case Studies: How professors are teaching with Wikipedia
Fifteen professors from six countries are featured in this brochure, as each explains how he or she used Wikipedia in the classroom or how he or she graded the assignment. The web version of the brochure includes links to syllabi and assignment handouts.
The Syllabus: A 12-week assignment to write a Wikipedia article
A week-by-week guide incorporating a "write a Wikipedia article" assignment into your classes. It includes some key milestones that have proven to be effective at ensuring that students derive the greatest educational benefits from editing Wikipedia.
A four-page brochure mailed to professors participating in the Wikipedia Education Program United States and Canada giving the final instructions prior to the start of the term.
InDesign and Scribus. Email ldaviswikimedia.org for access.
Students Write Wikipedia, Czech university program
This small 3-page leaflet explains briefly how Wikipedia works, invites to take part in the program, add examples of preexisting projects, gives summary of recent advances and includes contact information
Español: Este cuadernillo responde las dudas más comunes que docentes y estudiantes tienen en relación al uso de Wikipedia en la escuela.
English: This booklet aims to answer the most common inquiries of teachers about Wikipedia, how it works and how to use it in the classroom, with some cases analysis.
Scribus. Email utbildning@wikimedia.se for access.
“Wikipédia en classe” (Wikipedia in the classroom) − brochure in French
French : Livret à destination des enseignants disciplinaires et professeurs documentalistes du secondaire pour se lancer dans un projet de contributions à Wikipédia avec des élèves.
English: Brochure for high school teachers and school librarians starting a contribution project to Wikipedia with students.
The resources listed in these tables supplement the information available in the online training for students, which all students in the Wikipedia Education Program in the United States and Canada are encouraged to take as part of their coursework. Efforts to translate and localize the online training are underway for other language Wikipedias.
A basic introduction to contributing to Wikipedia: how to create a Wikipedia user account, how to start editing, and how to communicate with other contributors. You will also learn how articles evolve on Wikipedia and how to rate the quality of an existing article.
Evaluating Wikipedia article quality is a reference guide with specific steps you can take to get the most out of Wikipedia, as well as a look at how its quality system works.
InDesign and Scribus. Email ldaviswikimedia.org for access.
Kleines Wikipedia-Einmaleins
Deutsch: Das Wikipedia-Einmaleins zeigt leicht und verständlich, wie man Artikel in der Wikipedia bearbeiten kann und weitergehende Funktionen nutzt.
English: The Wikipedia 101 provides a basic and understandable introduction into how to edit Wikipedia articles and how to use more advanced features of the Wikipedia user interface.
Illustrating Wikipedia: A guide to contributing content to Wikimedia Commons
English: An overview of what files are appropriate for Commons, how to upload files, how to use files on Wikipedia and other sties, and what free licenses are.
Talk pages are used by Wikipedians to communicate with other editors. You’ll be interacting with other editors on talk pages. Here are some tips for success.
When your article is a good start, with a few solid, well-sourced paragraphs giving an overview of the topic, it’s time to move it into Wikipedia proper.
The “Did you know” (DYK) process is used to create a section of Wikipedia’s Main Page, which features facts from recently created or expanded Wikipedia articles.
See file page. Currently available in: en, zh-hant.
.odp or PDF slideshows. Email sross@wikimedia.org for access.
Editing basics: Citing sources, part 2
(2 min 25 sec) Part 2 of a tutorial on citing sources using inline references on Wikipedia, which covers the basic use of the "Cite" function in the edit toolbar.
wikimedia.org for access.
