Help:Education Program extension
 | This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference. On June 30, 2018, the use of Extension:Education Program was shut down; courses managed through the Education Program extension are now limited to inactive courses.[1][2] Current courses are managed through the Programs & Events Dashboard at outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org, or the Wiki Education dashboard at dashboard.wikiedu.org. The content of this page pertaining to the Education Program namespace and associated special pages and user groups, is now largely historical due to deprecation. |
The Education Program extension for MediaWiki adds features to Wikipedia to support classes of students editing articles, including structured Institution and Course pages and feeds of recent activity by students.
See instructions for:
- Anyone
- Students
- Instructors
- Campus Ambassadors and other local volunteers
- Online Ambassadors and other online volunteers
- Admins and course coordinators
- (notice that each of the links above will lead you to the related subpage, not to the sections below.)
- On June 30, 2018, the Education Extension will be shut down.[3]
What can I do with it?
[edit]Anyone
[edit]- View and search data: courses, student usernames, ambassador usernames, instructor usernames, universities
- View ambassador profiles
- View course pages with syllabus, instructor, ambassadors, students, and articles
- View recent student activity
- View the Education Program program statistics
Students
[edit]- Enroll in a course (and un-enroll from it) (note this does not replace formal procedures at your institution)
- Indicate what article you're working on
- View recent activity for the courses you are enrolled in
- Become a reviewer for articles fellow students are working on
Instructors
[edit]- Set up a course page
- Indicate which courses you're teaching
- Manage your list of students
- View recent activity for the courses you are instructor for
Campus Ambassadors, Online Ambassadors, and other editors helping students
[edit]- Maintain a quick introductory profile introducing yourself to students
- Sign up to support a course
- View recent activity for the courses you are supporting
Admins and course coordinators (including Regional Ambassadors)
[edit]- Grant permissions to campus volunteers, online volunteers and instructors
- Create (and delete) courses and institution pages
- Edit course descriptions and course details
- Remove students, instructors, and campus or online volunteers from courses