FamilySearch Wiki:New Contributors Training

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#The Family history community naturally reaches out to mentor and share our knowledge and sources with each other. As we do this, we experience the support of collaboration and the sweetness of success. Working together, we will find our ancestors! <br>
 
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Listed below are copies of the lesson plans used for the New Wiki Contributors Training meetings. They correspond to the Scheduled Topics list, above. The information given was accurate at the time of the lesson, but may change slightly as our Wiki grows and matures.  
 
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To download a file, right-click the name of the file, and then select either '''Save target as...''' (IE) or '''Save Link As...''' (Firefox). Select a location on your computer, and then click '''Save'''.  
 
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Listed below are copies of the lesson plans used for the New Wiki Contributors Training meetings. They correspond to the Scheduled Topics list, above. The information given was accurate at the time of the lesson, but may change slightly as our Wiki grows and matures.
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*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/d/d2/New_Wiki_Contributors_Training_%E2%80%93_Lesson_1.pdf New Wiki Contributors Training - Lesson 1]
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*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/7/72/New_Wiki_Contributors_Training_%E2%80%93_Lesson_2.pdf New Wiki Contributors Training - Lesson 2]
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*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/b/bf/New_Wiki_Contributors_Training_%E2%80%93_Lesson_5.pdf New Wiki Contributors Training - Lesson 5]
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Contents

WHEN:  Thursday 2:00 - 3:00 MST (4:00 - 5:00 EST)

The first part of the meeting is training on a scheduled topic. The last part of the meeting is open for personalized help with questions you may have, or with projects you may be working on. Current Wiki news and concerns may also be discussed.

WHERE:  Online with MeetingPlace 

MeetingPlace ID 5252 Link to Meeting

To both view and hear the meeting:

  1. Click Link to Meeting, above.
  2. If necessary, in the Meeting ID field, enter 5252, and then click the Attend Meeting button.
  3. On the Attend Meeting screen, enter either a guest user name or your LDS Account information, and then click the Attend Meeting button.
  4. Under Connect Me, make sure that the boxes next to both Join the web conference and Have MeetingPlace call my phone have a checkmark in them; type your phone number (including area code, with no dashes or parentheses) in the appropriate field; and then click the Connect button.

To hear the meeting only:

Call 801 240-2663 (or toll-free 877-453-7266), and then follow the prompts. The Meeting ID is 5252.

PURPOSE: Support & Collaboration

  1. If you have experience with family history but are new to using the Wiki, this meeting is for you! You may receive support in contributing to the Wiki, which helps others with direction in their personal research.
  2. The Family history community naturally reaches out to mentor and share our knowledge and sources with each other. As we do this, we experience the support of collaboration and the sweetness of success. Working together, we will find our ancestors!

Scheduled Topics

  1. Ways to get to the Wiki; registering; signing in; setting your preferences; MeetingPlace tips
  2. Understanding the Home page and the navigation bar; Community guidelines; Forums
  3. Editing pages using the Rich Text/FCK editor; setting up your User page; watching pages and understanding the Watched Pages e-mail
  4. Creating and editing links; setting up your Sandbox (a subpage) and linking back to your User page; using Discussion pages; signing your name 
  5. Editing pages using the standard editor; intro to Wikitext; creating and editing links - continued; IE browser tips
  6. The Table of Contents (TOC); heading levels; advanced searching; types of pages, including special pages
  7. Copying and pasting – from within the Wiki, from other Web sites including Wikipedia
  8. Copying and pasting – from Microsoft Office Word, from OpenOffice.org Writer; running OpenOffice from a flash drive
  9. Uploading images and files; placing images and files and their thumbnails in an article; roles in the Wiki
  10. Creating and adding tables; using templates, infoboxes, and userboxes; adding References/Citations to an article
  11. Understanding Wiki namespaces; creating and naming a new page; splitting an article; renaming, moving, and redirecting articles
  12. Combining articles; deleting articles; understanding and adding Categories to articles
Scheduled Topics
*Proposed Dates to be Given
1. Getting in 18 Aug 2011  
2. Wiki navigation
 25 Aug 2011
3. User pages, watching pages
 01 Sep 2011
4. Links, sandbox, discussion pages
 08 Sep 2011   
5. Standard editor & wikitext
 15 Sep 2011
6. Table of contents, searching
 22 Sep 2011 
7. Copying & pasting, part 1
 29 Sep 2011
8. Copying & pasting, part 2
 06 Oct 2011 
9. Images and files
 13 Oct 2011 
10. Tables & templates, references & citations
 20 Oct 2011
11. Namespaces, creating & naming articles
 27 Oct 2011 
12. Combining & deleting, categorization
 03 Nov 2011

*These dates are subject to change.

Lesson Plans

Listed below are copies of the lesson plans used for the New Wiki Contributors Training meetings. They correspond to the Scheduled Topics list, above. The information given was accurate at the time of the lesson, but may change slightly as our Wiki grows and matures.

To download a file, right-click the name of the file, and then select either Save target as... (IE) or Save Link As... (Firefox). Select a location on your computer, and then click Save.


Past Meetings

To review the recording or access attachments of a previous meeting:

  1. Click MeetingPlace.
  2. Enter 5252, and then click the Find Meeting button (not Attend Meeting).
  3. Type in your name, and then click Find Meeting. 
  4. Under Meeting Search, select Past.
  5. Enter the date (or date range -- such as From: Apr 7, 2011 To: current date), and then click Search.
  6. In the Past Meetings list, for the desired date, click the Meeting ID link (5252).
  7. On the right, under Options, click Attachments/Recordings.
  8. The Web Recording can be played, but not downloaded. It has both audio and video. There are also separate audio recordings (and sometimes document or other attachments) which can be downloaded to your computer by right-clicking the icon or link, and then selecting Save Target As....


Topics
Dates Given
1. Getting in 07 Apr 2011
2. Wiki navigation
14 Apr 2011
3. User pages, watching pages 28 Apr 2011
4. Links, sandbox, discussion pages 05 May 2011
5. Standard editor & wikitext 12 May 2011
6. Table of contents, searching 26 May 2011
7. Copying & pasting, part 1 02 Jun 2011
8. Copying & pasting, part 2 09 Jun 2011
9. Images and files 30 Jun 2011
10. Tables & templates, references & citations 14 Jul 2011
11. Namespaces, creating & naming articles 21 Jul 2011
12. Combining & deleting, categorization 28 Jul 2011

Lesson Plans

Listed below are copies of the lesson plans used for the New Wiki Contributors Training meetings. They correspond to the Scheduled Topics list, above. The information given was accurate at the time of the lesson, but may change slightly as our Wiki grows and matures.

To download a file, right-click the name of the file, and then select either Save target as... (IE) or Save Link As... (Firefox). Select a location on your computer, and then click Save.

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