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Instructor Orientation Modules

This page contains a variety of modules intended to help instructors get started with Wikipedia-based classroom assignments in higher education.

  • Assignment Design and Best Practices

    Guidance for building a great Wikipedia classroom assignment

    • How to teach with Wikipedia

      What to expect from your first Wikipedia project. New instructors should complete this module before creating their first course project.

    • Designing a Wikipedia Writing and Research Assignment

      A case study of the "classic" Wikipedia assignment

    • Designing a Translation Assignment

      A case study of an assignment to translate article from French Wikipedia to English Wikipedia

    • Designing a Media Contribution Assignment

      A case study of an assignment to illustrate Wikipedia with photos and other media contributions

    • Assigning Medical and Psychology Topics

      Special considerations for Wikipedia projects involving medicine- and health-related topics

    • Finding Articles

      If you'd like to find articles for your students to work on, this orientation offers some key information. It's a quick guide to help you find articles relevant to your course.

    • Fixing bad articles

      How to clean up major problems in articles that your students worked on

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