Interpersonal Media (Winter 2020)/Wiki Task 1

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Wikipedia Task #1

Task
Create an account and start orientation
Due
Friday January 10
Deliverables
Make contributions in Wikipedia and the the class WikiEdu dashboard
  • Complete the WikiEdu training and assignments for week 1.
  • During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of the Wikipedia community.
  • Once you have created an account, you must enroll in the course so that your account on Wikipedia is associated with the course and so that I can track your activity on Wikipedia. Click this link to enroll in the course. If you are asked for a passcode, you can enter ratxwlye.

Tips

The biggest pitfall is failing to enroll in the course. Make sure that you have created an account on https://en.wikipedia.org/ and are logged in. Then follow this link and click "Join".

https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Interpersonal_Media_(Winter)?enroll=ratxwlye

Once you are enrolled in the course, you should begin the training modules and complete the first two, "Wikipedia policies" and "Sandboxes, talk pages, and watchlists".