Just a technical/infrastructure note that might be useful:
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Jennifer Gristock <gristock(a)me.com> wrote:
But I see that this is being replaced by the Campaigns
extension, I wonder
what might be most appropriate there.
Yes, Editor Campaigns <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editor_campaigns> is
ultimately slated to replace the Education Extension
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Education_Program>, but this will
happen gradually over the next year (or so, depending on engineering
resources, etc.). Editor Campaigns will likely have its initial release in
the coming weeks/months, and as more functionality is added to it, it will
start to supersede functions that the Education Extension currently
provides (chunk by chunk, not in one fell swoop).
One of the goals of Editor Campaigns is to have a more flexible arrangement
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editor_campaigns/Technical_design> so you
wouldn't have to always set up a 'Class,' but rather you could set up a
'Research' perhaps. Same goes for workshops and edit-a-thons, etc. It will
also integrate with Wikimetrics to make running reports on your user
cohorts a breeze :)
In short, I'd say if you want something that works today for
managing/tracking a cohort of users on-wiki, go with the Education
Extension on your project's wiki; and keep in the loop with any
developments by signing up here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Wikipedia_Education_Program_technical_updates>
:)
Hope that helps!
Tighe
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Tighe Flanagan
Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
Wikimedia Foundation
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