WikiMOOC/WikiMOOC 2 Table

Introductory remarks

[text only] How to use the platform France université numérique (FUN)
[video] MOOC General presentation Scheduling (mainly live sessions) Progress, evaluation, certification Communication tools between learners and teaching staff: forum, direct exchanges on Wikipedia [one of the main focus of this MOOC], video live sessions, etc. Link to the FAQ and to en:Wikipedia:Be_Bold

First week

The five pillars & the Wikipedia movement (theoretical background), registration (practical background)

[video] General introduction to Wikipedia and the fundamental principles (FP): 1st/2nd FP : Defining what Wikipedia and an encyclopedic article is about (sum of knowledge on a specific subject written in a neutral way) 4th/5th FP : Wikipedia is written by volunteers without any restrictions other than the collaborative procedures 3rd FP : Overview of what free license publishing is on wikipedia (especially from an author's point of view)
[video] Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement history How the Wikimedia movement operates: Wikimedia Foundation as host, wiki (Mediawiki) as technology, donation-based funding, no advertising
[Interactive tutorial] + [video] GuidedTour howtos. Registration on Wikipedia: account creation, setting preferences (language, notifications, mail, time zone)

First insight of what contributing is about (practical part)

[video] General interface overview
[Interactive tutorial] Articles interface: interwiki links, talk page, other links (history, edit links)
[video] VisualEditor (VE) and wiki markup introduction Introductory layout with both tools (wiki markup & VE): italic and bold
[Interactive tutorial] User interface overwiew: user page, talkpage, draft, user contributions Creating your own userpage Writing a message to somebody on a talkpage
[Interactive tutorial] First edits on draft with VE.

Second week

Advanced contributions : histories, watchlists, visual editing

[video] + [Interactive tutorial] Article history and watchlists When and how to revert an edit with the page history
[Interactive tutorial] Practising: a) Reverting a mistake in the sandbox (draft) b) Finding & Publishing a previous draft version
[video] + [Interactive tutorial] Focus on the layout, "wikification" (with VE): When and how to add internal links (≠ EL) Adding sections and subsections How to access VE helpguide Adding an internal link on talkpages (with wiki markup)

Sources and references

[video] Viewing sources in articles Verifiability, no original research. Copyright violation and plagiarism
[video] Different types of sources: Primary sources (and their limits) Secondary sources Applying these principles on Wikipedia
[Interactive tutorial] Trick: creating several drafts Adding sourced contents: adding a footnote citing a source; reusing an existing footnote citing a source modifying an existing footnote deleting an existing footnote adding section and template needed to display all footnotes

Live session

Question and answer session with 3 members of the teaching staff.

Third week

Announcing the transfer from the FUN platform to the dedicated Wikipedia forum

Transfer of all discussions from the FUN (MOOC platform) forum to the Wikipedia forum.

Discovering the community : namespaces, statuses, community forums

[video] User's status (IP, registered users, sysops, bureaucrats, oversights)
[video] Namespaces
[Interactive tutorial] Using an article talkpage
[Interactive tutorial] Other community spaces (Village Pump, RfD, elections, polls, wikiprojects, etc.)

Encyclopedic style

[video] Table and basic structure of an article, encyclopedic style
[Interactive tutorial] Adding categories and portals with gadgets

Live session

Question and answer session with 3 members of the teaching staff.

Fourth week

Creating the first article

Onglets
[video] A) How to find the subject of your first article
[video] B) Eligibility criteria
[video] C) Naming norms
[text only] D) Sandbox article creation Recap
[text only] E) Exercice

Asking for proofreading

Onglet
[Interactive tutorial] Asking for proofreading on a dedicated page

Live session

Question and answer (focusing mainly on homework topic "creating an article" ) session with 3 members of the teaching staff.

Fifth week

Using Wikimédia Commons to insert images

[video] Commons overview
[Interactive tutorial] Commons advanced exploration Add an existing Commons file on Wikipedia
[Interactive tutorial] What kind of files can be uploaded on Commons Uploading a file on Commons Choosing a license

Optional : Editing [ sourcecode ]

[Interactive tutorial] A) Basic wiki markup (reminder) and advanced wiki markup: Reminder: bold, italic, internal link (new: anchors with #) New: section headings, EL, bullet lists, pictures New: footnotes tags: ref, ref name, ref group
[video] B) Advanced presentation of templates: Templates goal Templates operation (template namespace, documentation, parameter and value notions)
[video] C) Examples (3) of useful templates For each template example: goal + how to use it In addition: how to get information and learn to use a specific template

Exercice

• Submitting the practical exercice plus peer evaluation plus explanation of the marking scheme

Sixth week

Exercice evaluation

Until Saturday night of the 6th week.

Live session

Question and answer (essentially about peer evaluation) session with 3 members of the teaching staff

Other Wikimedia projects

[video] Overview of other Wikimedia projects

Actual contributing examples

[video] Different types of contributor and ways of contributing : article writing, proofreading, maintenance, live patrol, projects, IRL actions like edit-a-thons, national chapters, etc...

Draft publishing and concluding remarks

[Interactive tutorial] How to publish your draft (renaming)
[video] MOOC Conclusion