Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Resources
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Guidelines and best practices[edit]
- Online Ambassador guidelines
- Guide to IRC for ambassadors
- Education portal for professors on Outreach wiki
- Assignments for student editors information page: advice for ambassadors
Classroom training slides[edit]
| Item | Language | Preview | Level | Description | Download |
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| "Introduction to Wikipedia" Training Slide Deck | English |  |
Ambassadors | Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Training Facilitator Guide -- Module 1: Introduction to Wikipedia | [1] |
| (in Portuguese) "Introdução à Wikipédia" Training Slide Deck (pt) | Portuguese |  |
Embaixador | Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Training Facilitator Guide -- Módulo 1: Introdução à Wikipédia | [2] |
| "Introduction to Wikipedia" Slide Deck | English |  |
Ambassadors | Wikipedia Campus Ambassador slide deck -- Module 1: Introduction to Wikipedia | [3] |
| "Introdução à Wikipédia" Slide Deck (pt) (Slides em português) |
Portuguese |
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Embaixador | Wikipedia Campus Ambassador slide deck -- Módulo 1: Introdução à Wikipédia | [4] |
| "Wikipedia Literacy" Training Slide Deck | English |
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Ambassadors | Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Training Facilitator Guide -- Module 2: Wikipedia Literacy | [5] |
| "Wikipedia Literacy" Slide Deck | English |
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Ambassadors | Wikipedia Campus Ambassador slide deck -- Module 2: Wikipedia Literacy | [6] |
| "Competência em Wikipédia" Slide Deck (pt) (Slides em português) |
Portuguese |
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Embaixadores | Wikipedia Campus Ambassador slide deck -- Módulo 2: Competência em Wikipédia | [7] |
| "Wikipedia Essentials" Training Slide Deck | English |
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Ambassadors | Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Training Facilitator Guide -- Module 3: Wikipedia Essentials | [8] |
| "Wikipedia Essentials" Slide Deck | English |
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Ambassadors | Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Training slide deck -- Module 3: Wikipedia Essentials | [9] |
| "O essencial da Wikipédia" Slide Deck (pt) (Slides em português) |
Portuguese |
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Embaixadores | Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Training slide deck -- Módulo 3: O essencial da Wikipédia | [10] |
| "Working on Wikipedia" Training Slide Deck | English |
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Ambassadors | Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Training Facilitator Guide -- Module 4: Working on Wikipedia | [11] |
| "Working on Wikipedia" Slide Deck | English |
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Ambassadors | Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Training slide deck -- Module 4: Working on Wikipedia | [12] |
| "Colaborando na Wikipédia" Slide Deck (pt) (Slides em português) |
Portuguese |
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Embaixadores | Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Training slide deck -- Módulo 4: Colaborando na Wikipédia | [13] |
| Module 1 and 3 Slide Deck | English |
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Ambassadors | Wikipedia Campus Ambassador In Class Training Slide Deck -- Module 1 and 3 reworked for in class use. | [14] |
Course and assignment design / plano de disciplinas e tarefas (pt)[edit]
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| Wikipedia as a Teaching Tool | Wikipedia as a Teaching Tool is an online guide that will introduce the possibilities of using Wikipedia assignments as part of a school or university course. With Wikipedia you can:
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| Wikipédia como Ferramenta de Aprendizagem | Wikipédia como Ferramenta de Aprendizagem é um guia online que vai te mostrar as possibilidades de utilizar a Wikipédia como parte das disciplinas universitárias. Com a Wikipédia você pode:
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| Sample syllabus |  |
This sample syllabus for a university course is an example of how a Wikipedia assignment for a class supported by the Wikipedia Ambassador Program can be structured. It incorporates many elements that have been shown to work well in previous assignments, and ties in to other resources such as handouts listed on this page. | |
| Exemplo de programa (pt) |  |
Este exemplo de programa para um curso universitário é um exemplo de como a Wikipédia pode ser usada em sala de aula. Ele incorpora vários elementos que se mostraram eficazes e está ligado a outros materiais como brochuras e manuais listados nesta página. | |
| Teaching with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation wikis | This is a long (2h) presentation/workshop by Wikipedian Piotr Konieczny, delivered at WikiSym 2010, with general advice for teaching with Wikipedia based on his experience designing and running Wikipedia assignments over multiple terms prior to the Wikipedia Ambassador Program. | ODP | |
| Teaching with Wikipedia | This is a short (30m) presentation by Wikipedian Piotr Konieczny, delivered at ASA 2011, introducing the idea of teaching with Wikipedia. This presentation was designed for introducing various audiences to the idea. | Prezi |
Handouts[edit]
Background and introductory literature[edit]
| Item | Preview | Level | Description | Download |
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| Welcome to Wikipedia brochure |  |
Beginner | "Welcome to Wikipedia" gives you a basic introduction into contributing to Wikipedia. You will learn 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. The "Welcome to Wikipedia" brochure contains 17 pages and an additional quick reference that helps you to remember the most frequently used wiki markup commands. | |
| Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia |  |
Beginner | "Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia" is an editorial published in PLoS Computational Biology that gives advice for scientists (also relevant to other scholars and experts) on how to effectively contribute to Wikipedia. | |
| Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure |  |
Beginner | 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. | |
| Introduction to free licenses pamphlet |  |
Beginner | Introduction to free licenses helps you understand the basic concepts of free licenses. It explains the idea of free licenses, as well as terms like "CC-by-SA" and "public domain". |
Editing references, instructions and guides[edit]
| Item | Preview | Level | Description | Download |
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| Editing reference sheet |  |
Beginner | This one-page quick reference helps you to remember the most frequently used wiki markup commands. | |
| How to get help handout |  |
Beginner | This one-page handout explains the recommended way to get help and feedback for classes supported by Wikipedia Ambassadors: by posting on their course talk page and notifying their mentor. It also includes a glossary of additional help resources students might use. | |
| Citing sources handout |  |
Intermediate | This handout explains why references are important, where to place them, and the basics of adding "ref" tags. | |
| Plagiarism handout |  |
Intermediate | This handout explains what plagiarism is on Wikipedia in addition to why and how to avoid it. | |
| Moving out of your sandbox instructions |  |
Intermediate | This handout walks through how to move an article draft from a userpage sandbox into Wikipedia | |
| File licensing tutorial |  |
Beginner | This short handout explains why and how uploaded files (images) should be licensed. | SVG image |
| Referencing: WikiCode Handout |  |
Beginner | This handout explains the basics of "ref" tags and the "name" parameter as well as "citation templates." | |
| Reference toolbar handout |  |
Intermediate | This handout explains the basics of using the referencing toolbar to cite sources. | |
| Image uploading handout |  |
Intermediate | This handout explains the basics of uploading an image on the English Wikipedia. | |
| Submitting an article to the Did You Know process instructions |  |
Advanced | This handout walks through how to submit a new or newly expanded article to the Did You Know process so that it will appear on the Main Page. | |
| Visual explanation of the user contribution page |  |
Beginner | Visual explanation of the user contribution page | SVG |
Assignments and exercises[edit]
| Item | Preview | Level | Description | Download |
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| Creating a userpage handout Create an account and a user page - alt version |
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Beginner | This is an illustrated walk-through of how to create a userpage. | |
| Early Wikipedia assignment 1a Early Wikipedia assignment 1b - an alt version |
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Beginner | Those short assignments asks students to create user accounts and edit their userpages. | PDF |
| Early Wikipedia assignment 2 |  |
Beginner | This short assignment asks students to create userpages, improve the clarity of a sentence in an article, upload an image, add a reference to an article, and select a mentor. | |
| DYK Sourcing Assignment |  |
Beginner | This assignment asks students to assess the sources in a DYK article. It can be adapted to require participation on the talk page of the article. | |
| DYK Copyediting Assignment |  |
Intermediate | This assignment asks students to copyedit a DYK article. | |
| Encyclopedia comparison assignment |  |
Beginner | This assignment asks students to compare and contrast a Wikipedia article on an author with another encyclopedia's entry. It can easily be adapted for another discipline. It requires no knowledge of wikicode. | |
| Integrating Wikipedia into the Curriculum |  |
Beginner | This is a booklet containing a series of lesson plans based on learning standards and course objectives from schools and universities in the Micronesian region. Lesson plans for language arts, business and art. They include lessons on writing grants, creating photographs for a client, improving vocabulary, vocabulary building and how to speak to different audiences. |
Videos[edit]
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Account creation tutorial (2 min 35 sec)
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Starting a sandbox article tutorial (2 min 11 sec)
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Basic editing: bold and links (3 min 37 sec)
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Basic editing: citing sources, part 1 (2 min 3 sec)
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Article creation tutorial (7 min 50 sec)
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WikiProject U.S. Public Policy assessment tutorial (6 min 47 sec)
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Copyright licenses involved in uploading files (3 min 28 sec)
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HotCat and categories explanation (5 min 43 sec)
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How to use a watchlist (2 min 10 sec)
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Quick account creation walkthrough
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How to log in
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Quick starting a sandbox walkthrough
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Quick sandbox article test, with a reference
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How to use talk pages
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How to add an image
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Article improvement
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Article assessments (general, not WikiProject United States Public Policy)
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Article evolution
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How to use talk pages
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How to use the RefTools gadget for inserting references
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Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons, using the upload wizard (2 min 48 sec)
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Basic editing: citing sources, part 2 (2 min 24 sec)
Needed:
- image upload video
- adding references video
Interactive lessons[edit]
These are interactive lessons that ambassadors (and others) can use when working with newcomers one on one to explore the basics of Wikipedia.
Classroom lessons and discussion plans[edit]
- Discussion 1 - Introducing students to Wikipedia, answering questions, and fostering excitement
- Discussion 2 - Introducing students to Wikipedia in a computer lab (1 - 1.5 hours)
Online chat lessons[edit]
- Lesson 1 - Creating an account, creating a subpage, using talk pages
- Lesson 2 - Basic markup, article structure, and citation formatting and norms
Learning tasks[edit]
- Article tagging - Explore the structure of Wikipedia in a topic area by identifying and tagging articles related to a WikiProject
On-wiki tutorials[edit]
- Wikipedia:Tutorial - General introduction to Wikipedia
- Wikipedia:Article wizard - Walkthrough of the requirements for articles, including notability and sources
- Wikipedia:Picture tutorial - Explains how to insert pictures into Wikipedia articles using wikitext
- Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials (advanced) - advice about advanced image editing
Templates[edit]
User Template with a sandbox link[edit]
{{UserSand}} - example (talk · contribs · sand)
For welcoming students[edit]
- {{Ambassador welcome}} - a welcome template that Online Ambassadors for the United States Education Program should use to add to students in their courses' talk pages. Be sure to substitute it: {{subst:Ambassador welcome}}.
- {{WAP student}} - This is for putting on students' userpages (or talk pages). It provides links to the course page, course talk page, mentor contact links, and an IRC link. See documentation for details on usage.
Awards[edit]
- {{Wikipedia Ambassador Barnstar}} - a barnstar for thanking ambassadors for good work. Use it liberally!
- {{The WikiPen}} - an award to recognize students for excellent work. Use it whenever you see great things from a student, at any stage of the process — whether a great outline, a great critique of an existing article, a great DYK submission, or a great final version of their article.
Tools[edit]
- Course Info tool - a list of all the articles students in a particular course have edited
- IRC Guide for Wikipedia Ambassadors