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Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe School project: ESL class
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Welcome to the school project of the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe. This project aims to bring English as a second language students from Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe to edit Wikipedia articles in a fun way! We will first open an account and do some introduction exercises such as wiki-races to get familiar with Wikipedia. Second, students will choose subjects to work on and find reliable sources on the Web or in library. Finally, each student will have to add content to existing articles or create a new one (a stub).

Participants

• Teacher: MCPearson (talk · contribs) - Article: CEGEP, Chibougamau
• Ambassador: Benoit Rochon (talk · contribs)

Workshop 1A : Getting Ready

Wiki-race: For this exercise, you must start the race on an article and finish on another by clicking on the least blue links possible. For example, you must start the race on the article "Ice hockey" and finish on the article "Gas" by clicking on the least blue links. Example: Ice hockey > Ice > Liquid > Gas (3 clicks)

• Race #1: From "Montreal" to "Eiffel Tower".
• Race #2: From "Quebec" to "Music".
• Race #3: From "English" to "Milk".

Exploration of Wikipedia in general, the Simple English platform and the official project page (See pdf document on Léa).

Workshop 1B

For more details, refer to pdf document on Léa.

• Choose a username. It can be either a nickname or your real name.
• Create an account create your new account

• Activate your user page
• Add the banner {{Class project user|link=WP:CSH}} on the top of your userpage and also on your personal Talk page.
• Write a basic introduction on yourself, just to let other Wikipedians know who you are and what you are up to.
• At home, add your username in the participants section above.

Workshop 2A : Writing

• Choose a subject that you are interested in and that you already know things about.
• Find English reliable sources in library and on the web. Keep track of these sources to be able to add them to your article later.
• To keep track of your sources, you can add them in your userpage and easily refer to them later on.
• Do not copy and paste sentences from English Wikipedia: this is a copyright violation, but you can rephrase or even translate French Wikipedia (with external sources).
• Add the banner {{Class project|link=WP:CSH}} on the top of the article you choose to work on.
• At home: Add your article entry name beside your username in the Participants list on the official project page: - Article: [[name of article]].

Workshop 2B

• Write your article (time: 2 weeks).
• Review evaluation criteria to make sure you do a good job.

Workshop 2C

• Proofread your article before posting it online.
• Copy-paste final version on Wikipedia.
• Get familiar with the Change and View History tabs.

Workshop 3A : Wikifying

• Write and create references.
• Get familiar with the technical aspect of posting on Wikipedia (wiki syntax, info reading, practice, see examples, etc.).

Workshop 3B

• Final tweak to your article: Add images, hyperlinks, paragraphs, list of references, etc.
• Wrap-up on experience on your user page.

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