MyWiki:Education program/Assignment Design Wizard/Translation essentials

Week 1: Translation essentials

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In class

• Overview of the course
• Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
• Wikipedia is a community: a brief overview of its rules, expectations, and etiquette
• The differences between English Wikipedia and other Wikipedias
• Handout: Editing Wikipedia, Using Talk Pages (available in print or online from the Wiki Education Foundation)

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Assignment

• Create a Wikipedia account and a user page, and add your user name to the list of students on the bottom of this course page.
• Complete the Student Training for Translation Assignments.
• To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to another student on their user talk page. Make sure you've also enrolled on the course page by clicking on the Enroll link above.