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Assignment design

Course pages

Helping students get started

Printable guides

These printable PDF documents have instructions related to the basics of Wikipedia.

• Wiki markup quick reference – a one-page quick reference (included in the Welcome to Wikipedia brochure) to help you remember the most frequently used wiki markup codes.
• References – explains why references are important, what the expectations for sourcing on Wikipedia are, where to place references, and the basics of adding "ref" tags.
• Reference formatting – explains in more detail how to create footnotes for citing sources, and how to cite the same source multiple times.
• Using talk pages – explains how to use talk pages to communicate with other editors.
• Choosing an article – explains the Dos and Don'ts of choosing an article to work on.
• How to get help – explains the recommended way to get help and feedback. It also includes a glossary of additional help resources you can avail yourself of.
• Avoiding plagiarism – explains what plagiarism is on Wikipedia—including "close paraphrasing"—in addition to why and how to avoid it.

On-wiki tutorials

• 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
• User sandbox tutorial – Your own sandbox for experimenting, with instructions on the wiki basics

Tutorial videos

Editing basics: Sandboxes	Editing basics: bold and links
How to start an a sandbox page to play around with wiki markup or start an article draft (1m 16s)	How to use the most basic features of wiki markup to create bold text and links to other pages (3m 37s)
How to use a watchlist	How to use talk pages
How to use a watchlist to keep track of pages you are interested in or have edited (2m 16s)	How to interact with other editors using talk pages, including article talk pages and user talk pages (2m 43s)
Editing basics: citing sources	Citing sources with RefToobar
How to add citations using "ref" tags (2m 3s)	How to use the "Cite" tool for inserting automatically formatted references (2m 25s)
Adding images
Uploading files such as images to Wikimedia Commons, using the upload wizard, and adding them to articles (2 min 41 sec)

Writing articles

Printable guides

• Moving out of your sandbox – walks through how to move an article draft from a userpage sandbox into Wikipedia.
• Submitting an article to the Did You Know process – 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.
• Evaluating Wikipedia article quality – covers the basics of what makes a high-quality article on Wikipedia

Article-writing tutorial videos

Article creation	Article improvement
A demonstration, recorded live, of how to create a Wikipedia article (7 min 50 sec)	A look at how to assess the shortcomings of an article and improve it (4m 22s)
Article assessments	Article evolution
An exploration of the standard article assessment system, with examples of each quality level (11m 30s)	A trip through the history of an article, from humble beginnings to Good Article status (6m 25s)

Places for general Wikipedia help

For most kinds of help on Wikipedia—technical questions; policies and guidelines; etiquette; conflicts with editors; feedback and reviews of your work—the first place your students should turn is the "Discussion" tab of your course page. On the course talk page, you can also see what questions and requests for feedback your class has posted, and you may be able to learn from the answers they got or answer their questions yourself. You and your students have a number of other options as well.

Places to get help

• Article talk pages – The talk pages of articles are typically where discussions about the content of articles take place. Other editors may leave messages about your work here. If someone reverts changes you make to an article, the talk page is where you should start a discussion. Put it on your watchlist!
• Wikipedia Campus or Online Ambassadors – If your class is working with one or more Wikipedia Ambassadors, the Ambassador(s) to meet with you or talk with you by email to discuss problems and questions about Wikipedia.
• Course talk page – This is the main place for discussing your assignments, posting problems or questions that come up, and giving and receiving feedback about your articles. Put it on your watchlist!
• Wikipedia:Help desk – This page is an additional forum for getting help from Wikipedians.
• Help:Contents – The is the hub of Wikipedia's extensive collection of help pages. You can browse or do a search for the particular topic you're looking for help with.
• Wikipedia:Teahouse – This is a friendly space for newcomers where you can ask questions and get to know other editors.
• IRC channels – These are chatrooms where experienced Wikipedians can often give you immediate help or advice. #wikpedia-en-help and #wikipedia-en-classroom are good places to start looking for help.
• WikiProject talk pages – These are message boards for users interested in editing articles about particular topics.

Immediate help

Looking for immediate help? Click the big purple button on the right.

Enter your Wikipedia username, fill out the CAPTCHA, and click "Connect" to enter chat. Then explain what you need help with. There are usually experienced Wikipedians around who can try to help you.

Other problems

• If you have conflicts with another editor that you don't want to post about publicly, try talking with any experienced Wikipedians your class is working with.

Places for help with course-related issues

The main place to go for help with course-specific problems that is the Education noticeboard.

Analyzing student contributions

• Wikipedia article traffic statistics – a tool for charting how many hits any given article gets, great for comparing different kinds of articles at different times, e.g., Genetics (in the school year) vs. (in the summer), or YouTube (with weekend spikes) and Simpsons (with spikes when new episodes come out). Students can use it to see how many people are reading their articles over the course of the class (and beyond).
• Edit counter – a tool for charting how many edits users make over time, which types of pages they've edited, and which pages they've edited most.