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Is the purpose of this page to help trainers know what handouts are available? Or for WMUK to consider having/creating new handouts? Or both? --[[User:Toni Sant (WMUK)|Toni Sant (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Toni Sant (WMUK)|talk]]) 16:37, 19 February 2014 (UTC) | Is the purpose of this page to help trainers know what handouts are available? Or for WMUK to consider having/creating new handouts? Or both? --[[User:Toni Sant (WMUK)|Toni Sant (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Toni Sant (WMUK)|talk]]) 16:37, 19 February 2014 (UTC) | ||
== Hard copy or electronic handouts? == | |||
Casual trainees may have different needs from university students. I say this from my own personal experience working with both. Casual trainees seem to prefer being given a hard copy handout while university students (particularly those on multiple session training programmes) opt for PDFs. I use a number of PDFs during my training, mostly with students in a classroom setting where training is offered over multiple sessions. These include: | |||
* [[:File:Welcome_to_Wikipedia_brochure_EN.pdf|Welcome to Wikipedia]] (available in print or online) | |||
* [[:File:UsingTalkPages.pdf|Using talk pages]] | |||
* [[:File:Welcome2WP English Flap 081810.pdf|Wikimarkup cheatsheet]] (available in print or online) | |||
* [[:File:Handout - Advice for choosing articles.pdf|Advice for choosing articles]]) ''aka DOs and DON'Ts'' | |||
* [[:File:Evaluating Wikipedia article quality 2010-11-26 (web).pdf|Evaluating Wikipedia article quality]] | |||
* [[:File:Classroom_handout_-_How_to_get_help.pdf|How to get help]] | |||
* [[:File%3AWikipediaReferencing.pdf|Referencing on Wikipedia]] | |||
I also use the following tool quite extensively with my students: | |||
* [https://reftag.appspot.com/ Wikipedia Citation Tool for Google Books] | |||
And there are a number of Wikipedia policies/guidelines that I also point them to, including: | |||
* [[w:en:Wikipedia:Notability]] | |||
* [[w:en:Wikipedia:Verifiability]] | |||
* [[w:en:Wikipedia:Manual of Style]] | |||
* [[w:en:Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ]] | |||
Would this sort of information be better placed on this page rather than the talk page? --[[User:Toni Sant (WMUK)|Toni Sant (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Toni Sant (WMUK)|talk]]) 16:53, 19 February 2014 (UTC) | |||
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Purpose of this page
Is the purpose of this page to help trainers know what handouts are available? Or for WMUK to consider having/creating new handouts? Or both? --Toni Sant (WMUK) (talk) 16:37, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
Hard copy or electronic handouts?
Casual trainees may have different needs from university students. I say this from my own personal experience working with both. Casual trainees seem to prefer being given a hard copy handout while university students (particularly those on multiple session training programmes) opt for PDFs. I use a number of PDFs during my training, mostly with students in a classroom setting where training is offered over multiple sessions. These include:
- Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online)
- Using talk pages
- Wikimarkup cheatsheet (available in print or online)
- Advice for choosing articles) aka DOs and DON'Ts
- Evaluating Wikipedia article quality
- How to get help
- Referencing on Wikipedia
I also use the following tool quite extensively with my students:
And there are a number of Wikipedia policies/guidelines that I also point them to, including:
- w:en:Wikipedia:Notability
- w:en:Wikipedia:Verifiability
- w:en:Wikipedia:Manual of Style
- w:en:Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ
Would this sort of information be better placed on this page rather than the talk page? --Toni Sant (WMUK) (talk) 16:53, 19 February 2014 (UTC)