James, I'm editing right now to add the documentation! I agree it will be helpful so others can tag articles, too!
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 3:05 PM, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote: > > LiAnna, > > This is great, and very encouraging to see a likely solution here. Can > you please post guidance to admins on WP:AN for how to tag articles > which need to be listed in > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_program/Tasks > whether they are being worked on by official WikiEd-onboarded classes or > not? > > And shouldn't there be a category for suspected plagiarism / copyvios? > > The vast majority of the problems I've seen over the past year have > been due to copy-and-paste plagiarism from students whose teachers > have assigned them Wikipedia editing tasks without being a formal part > of Wiki Ed-supported classes. Do you think there needs to be some way > to make a higher-profile outreach to such teachers so they can have > the huge benefit of your formal guidance and materials? And also, with > luck, some way to associate the list of articles involved with editing > assignments with some way for editors and admins to contact the > faculty responsible for those assignments when things are going wrong? > > Best regards, > James Salsman > > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 12:38 PM, LiAnna Davis <lia...@wikiedu.org> wrote: > > Hi education program leaders, > > > > Just wanted to flag for you that Wiki Ed (the organization that runs the > > education program in the US and Canada) has made some changes to our > support > > structure for next term: > > > http://wikiedu.org/blog/2014/12/18/changes-to-classroom-program-for-spring-2015/ > > > > I wanted to head off any other programs from thinking "does this mean we > > should change too?" by saying it's something that's right for the size of > > our program and the support we're able to provide from paid staff, but > that > > doesn't mean it's right for your program, too. :) It makes sense for us > as > > an organization with 12 paid staff supporting (likely) more than 100 > classes > > next term, but that's obviously something unique to Wiki Ed and our > program. > > > > I'm happy to answer any questions, > > LiAnna > > > > > > -- > > LiAnna Davis > > Director of Programs > > Wiki Education Foundation > > +1-415-770-1061 > > www.wikiedu.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Education mailing list > > Education@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > Education@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > -- Jami Mathewson Educational Partnerships Manager Wiki Education Foundation j...@wikiedu.org <j...@wikiedfoundation.org> User:Jami (Wiki Ed) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jami_(Wiki_Ed)> @WikiEducation <https://twitter.com/WikiEducation> wikiedu.org *Our organization supports the Wikipedia Education Program in the United States and Canada.*
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