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This orientation for educators using Wikipedia editing as a class assignment consists of four main modules:
- Welcome, a short introduction;
- The Core, an overview of Wikipedia's core principles;
- Editing, a tutorial on the basic mechanics of editing pages and communicating with others; and
- Classroom, a walkthrough of best practices and examples for using Wikipedia assignments in the classroom. In total, the four modules should take about one to one-and-a-half hours to complete.
- Course pages, instructions for requesting user rights, setting up course pages, and using them.
Welcome
The Core
- 1: Introduction to Wikipedia's Core Policies and Guidelines
- 2: Core topics
- 3: Guiding principles
- 4: Wikipedia’s Five Pillars
- 5: Pillar 1
- 6: Pillar 2
- 7: Pillar 3
- 8: Pillar 4
- 9: Pillar 5
- 10: Verifiability
- 11: Notability
- 12: General notability guideline
- 13: No original research
- 14: Copyright and plagiarism
- 15: Copyright dialogue
- 16: Want to know more about Wikipedia’s policies and guidelines?
Editing
- 1: Editing Wikipedia
- 2: Editing topics
- 3: Getting started
- 4: Basic tasks
- 5: Creating accounts
- 6: Working in a sandbox
- 7: Sandbox started
- 8: Text editing: '''boldness''' and [[links]]
- 9: Citing your sources
- 10: Citing sources 2
- 11: How do I use talk pages?
- 12: To sandbox or not to sandbox?
- 13: How to use a sandbox for existing articles
- 14: How to use a sandbox for stub articles
- 15: How to use a sandbox for new articles
- 16: My watchlist and how to use it
- 17: My watchlist 2
- 18: The Wikipedia Community
- 19: Decision-making by consensus
- 20: The Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle
- 21: Tips for effective discussion
Classroom
- 1: Using Wikipedia in your classroom
- 2: About the classroom module
- 3: Classroom topics
- 4: Companion materials and resources
- 5: Goals to consider when designing your assignment
- 6: Writing skills development
- 7: Writing skills development 2
- 8: Media and information fluency
- 9: Media and information fluency 2
- 10: Critical thinking and research skills
- 11: Critical thinking and research skills 2
- 12: Collaboration and community of practice
- 13: Collaboration and community of practice 2
- 14: Technical and communication skills
- 15: Technical and communication skills 2
- 16: 12 week sample syllabus
- 17: Best practices for choosing articles
- 18: Kinds of articles to avoid
- 19: Good article choices
- 20: Case study: See the syllabus in action
- 21: Case study 2
- 22: Case study 3
- 23: Case study 4
- 24: Case study 5
- 25: Week 1: Wikipedia essentials
- 26: Week 2: Editing basics
- 27: Week 3: Exploring the topic area
- 28: Week 4: Using sources
- 29: Week 5: Choosing articles
- 30: Week 6: Drafting starter articles
- 31: Week 7: Moving article to the main space
- 32: Week 8: Building articles
- 33: Week 9: Getting and giving feedback
- 34: Week 10: Respond to feedback
- 35: Week 11: Class presentations
- 36: Week 12: All assignments due
- 37: Tips for grading students' Wikipedia contributions
- 38: Grading tools
- 39: Barnstars and other awards
- 40: Suggestions for further reading