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This orientation—for new Wikipedia Ambassadors who will help courses that use 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.
• Course pages, instructions for requesting user rights, setting up course pages, and using them.

Experienced Wikipedians will be familiar with Wikipedia's principles and how to edit, and should feel free to skip straight to the Editing module (which includes information on helping classes of new users get started, and how Ambassadors fit into the training of students), or review all the modules to become familiar with the training materials that students and instructors are using to learn the basics. In total, the four modules should take about one to one-and-a-half hours to complete.

Start the training.

  Welcome  

• 1: Welcome to Wikipedia

• 3: About this orientation
• 4: Navigating this orientation
• 5: Let's begin…

  The Core  

• 1: Introduction to Wikipedia's Core Policies and Guidelines

• 4: Wikipedia’s Five Pillars

• 10: Verifiability
• 11: Notability

• 13: No original research
• 14: Copyright and plagiarism
• 15: Want to know more about Wikipedia’s policies and guidelines?

  Editing  

• 1: Editing Wikipedia

• 3: Getting started

• 6: [edit source] vs. [edit ^beta]
• 7: Working in a sandbox

• 9: Text editing: '''boldness''' and [[links]]
• 10: Citing your sources

• 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

• 18: How do I use talk pages?
• 19: The Wikipedia Community
• 20: Decision-making by consensus
• 21: The Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle
• 22: Tips for effective discussion

  Classroom  

• 1: Wikipedia in the classroom

• 4: Companion materials and resources
• 5: Goals to consider when designing your assignment
  • 6: Writing skills development
  • 8: Media and information fluency
  • 10: Critical thinking and research skills
  • 12: Collaboration and community of practice
  • 14: Technical and communication skills
• 16: 12 week sample syllabus
• 17: Best practices for choosing articles

• 20: Case study: See the syllabus in action
  • 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: Barnstars and other awards
• 39: Suggestions for further reading

  Course pages  

• 1: About course pages
• 2: Course page creation rights
• 3: Creating a course page
• 4: Using course pages
• 5: Where to get help