Hello
Thank you for this topic, Pline.
In Rennes (Brittany), we don't use wikitext in workshops anymore. Problem:
VE is preferred by new editors, but regular contributors don't use it. So
we have trained ourselves: we use(d) VE in our day to day contributions in
order to discover it and know the current limitations. Now, I use VE very
often.
During a workshop, we spent half of the time on rules and wiki-traditions,
half on the wikitext. Now we have half of the time for real contributions,
because VE interface is simple and much more easier than this complicated
wikitext (no more "hey, how can I type [ on my Mac keyboard", or "this is
bold text? How can I see that?" \o/).
The booklet "Welcome to Wikipedia", avaliable on Outreach wiki, has been
updated a few months ago. It focuses on VE and is a good basis for VE
lessons.
Benoît / Trizek
Le 21 févr. 2015 21:19, "Pine W" <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> a écrit :
Hi Juliana,
The attendees at the Cascadia Wikimedians User Group editing workshop
expressed a strong preference for VisualEditor after learning the
traditional interface with The Wikipedia Adventure.
Hi Amir,
Would you be willing to translate the training into English?
Pine
On Feb 21, 2015 12:00 PM, "domusaurea" <domusaurea(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Excellent point, Pine. I myself don't even
know how to use the
VisualEditor - seems odd, but old-timers know how it feels, yep? But
indeed, I'm sure my students would feel less intimidated if they don't need
to learn any coding, even wiki.
I'd love to hear from colleagues who made this transition in their
classes. Is switching to VisualEditor as effective as promised?
Juliana
Enviada do meu iPhone
Em 21/02/2015, às 17:24, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> escreveu:
Hi all,
Is there a lesson plan available for an editor training workshop that
uses VisualEditor? New editors seem to prefer learning VE but all lesson
plans that I know of use the traditional wikitext interface.
I would like to be able to teach new editors the basics of editing and
referencing using VE, plus talk pages using wikitext, in a one hour format.
Thanks,
Pine
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