Wikimedia chapters or groups near you (here is a full list of chapters)
Getting started with Wikipedia
- University of Edinburgh Tutorial: https://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wiki-basics/
- Editing Wikipedia (pdf booklet)
- What’s where on Wiki (pdf)
- Building a brilliant page (pdf)
- Video tutorial on Media Hopper: Wikipedia editing in under 25 mins. (playlist of 18 videos)
- Video tutorial on Media Hopper: How easy is Wikipedia’s new Visual Editor interface – 5 min walkthrough
- Wikipedia’s training library using the new Visual Editor interface.
- Presentations by the University of Edinburgh’s Wikimedian in Residence.
- University of Edinburgh – comprehensive page of resources.
- Building a biography article (pdf) and simplified version (pdf).
- Draft biography article by way of exemplar.
- More one page handouts inc. how to move your article out of your sandbox.
- Adding infoboxes to Wikipedia (pdf handout)
Getting started as a Wikipedia Trainer/Course leader
- Lesson plan and accompanying slidedeck – How to conduct Wikipedia editing training. (TES.com)
- Lesson plan and accompanying slidedeck – Wikimedia Commons
- Wikipedia’s Program & Events dashboard (easy to use platform for managing assignments).
- Video tutorial on Media Hopper – How to use the Programs and Events Dashboard.
Getting started with Wikimedia Commons – the free & open media repository
Getting started with Wikisource – the free digital library
- University of Edinburgh Tutorial: https://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wiki-source/
- Playlist of 15 videos on Media Hopper.
- Condensed guide to Wikisource (pdf handout attached to this email) – needs condensed further.
Wikipedia Games
- University of Edinburgh Tutorial – Wiki Games
