Research Guides: Wikimedia Toolkit: Student Resources

A Student Guide to Using Wikipedia: Why Use It?

A Guide to Using Wikipedia
A guide on how students can use wikipedia in their assignments and academic research.
Wikipedia as an Academic Tool - Things to Look Out For
Learn how Wikipedia should be used in assignments. You will find here how and how not to use Wikipedia in your research.
What Students Learn From Contributing to Wikipedia
Student benefits to using and contributing to Wikipedia. Students learn how to reach accountability, develop writing and research skills.

Student Training Module
Wiki Education provides a student training module on how to get started, edit and use wikipedia.
Wikipedia Training for Students
An hour long training covering the basics of Wikipedia and practice tutorials. By the end students will learn how the five core pillars of Wikipedia, editing and navigating Wikipedia. Press "Start the Training" at the bottom of the page to begin.
The Wikipedia Adventure
An interactive learning game aimed at teaching new editors Wikipedia's basic policies, structure and editing features.

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