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Professional Development Training Modules

This set of modules covers the basics of contributing to Wikipedia.

    • Orientation

      An overview of Wiki Education's Wikipedia course

  • How Wikipedia works

    These modules cover the rules and norms of Wikipedia.

    • Wikipedia policies

      An overview of Wikipedia's main rules

    • Sandboxes, talk pages, and watchlists

      The different types of pages found on Wikipedia and how to interact with each of them

    • Evaluating articles and sources

      How to read Wikipedia articles, and potential sources, with a critical eye

    • Editing health and psychology topics

      Special rules and advice for working on content related to medicine or human health (including psychology topics)

  • How to edit

    These modules offer how-to instructions for contributing content to Wikipedia.

    • How to edit: Wikicode vs Visual Editor

      An introduction to editing Wikipedia pages

    • Finding your article

      How to find a good article to work on

    • Drafting in the sandbox

      Practical steps for working in a sandbox, and beginning to draft an article

    • Moving work out of the sandbox

      Practical steps for moving your work to Wikipedia

  • Exercises

    These are exercises that are part of course work.

    • Exercise: Evaluate Wikipedia

      A guide in evaluating a Wikipedia article

    • Exercise: Finalizing your topic

      Selecting an article to improve

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