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Africa Growth Pilot/Online self-paced course/Module 2

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This page is for drafting and honing scripts for the various units in Module 2: 101 Ways to Contribute to Wikimedia.

Module goal

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The module aims to introduce learners to a variety of ways one can contribute to Wikimedia, including both sibling projects (Wikisource, Commons, Wikidata, Mediawiki) and less-obvious ways of contributing to Wikipedia.

Units

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Slides from the live session of this module

Below are transcriptions of the live session where this module was taught in Phase 1 of the Africa Growth Pilot, divided into short units by topic. The session was accompanied by the slides linked here on the right.

You are welcome to review and edit the scripts for the various units, so that they are the best they can be for self-paced online learning.

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Unit # Unit title Slide # Link to script Status
1 Module intro 3–8 script In review
2 The sibling projects 9–10 script In review
3 Intro to non-specialized contribution 11 script In review
4 What is Wikimedia Commons? 12–13 script In review
5 Uploading a photo 14 script In review
6 Uploading a video 15 script In review
7 Participating in organized work 16 script In review
8 What is Wikisource? 17–22 script In review
9 Contributing to Wikisource 23–24 script In review
10 Recording pronunciations 25–27 script In review
11 Contributing labels and descriptions to Wikidata 28–30 script In review
12 Contributing graphics skills 31–32 script In review
13 Becoming a tech ambassador 32 script In review
14 Building wiki technology 33 script In review
15 Contributing by reading and leaving feedback 35–37 script In review
16 Contributing references 38 script In review
17 Copy editing article text 39 script In review
18 Translating articles 40–48 script In review
19 Adding photos and media to articles 49 script In review
20 Help reach out to subject-matter experts 50 script In review