Help:Education Program extension/core
Appearance
...enable or disable the "My courses" shortcut link
- Navigate to the education preferences (accessible at the bottom of the "Appearance" tab from My preferences).
- Select "Show a link to your courses at the top of every page"
- Press "Save".
- To disable this shortcut, uncheck the box and press "Save".
...navigate to a course page
- Navigate to the Institutions list (accessible from My courses).
- Click on the name of your learning institution.
- Select "Planned", "Current", or "Passed", depending on which applies to the course you're looking for.
- Press "Go".
- Click on the name of the course.
...sign up to review an article
- Navigate to a course page.
- Next to an article link, press "Add myself as reviewer".
- Press "Become reviewer" to confirm.
- Be sure to review the article periodically for style, sourcing, and general overall quality.
...stop reviewing an article
- Navigate to a course page.
- Next to an article link, press "Remove myself as reviewer".
- Press "Remove yourself" to confirm.
...create a profile
- Navigate to profile (accessible from My courses).
- Make sure the checkbox indicating to publicly list your profile is filled in.
- Enter an introduction in the text area, keeping in mind this will be visible to the public.
- In the "Profile photo" text box, type the name of an image uploaded either to the English Wikipedia or to Wikimedia Commons. As you type, the autosuggest feature should help you spell the name correctly. Once you finish typing in this field, a preview of the image should appear.
- Press "Submit" to save.
- If you see a green confirmation message, your profile was saved.
...update your profile
- Navigate to profile (accessible from My courses).
- Make sure the checkbox indicating to publicly list your profile is filled in.
- Make any desired changes.
- Press "Submit" to save.
- If you see a green confirmation message, your profile was saved.
...delist your profile
- Navigate to profile (accessible from My courses).
- Deselect the checkbox indicating to publicly list your profile.
- Press "Submit" to save.
- If you see a green confirmation message, your profile was delisted successfully.
...list someone else as instructor or ambassador for a course
- Navigate to your course page.
- Click "Become an instructor", "Become an online ambassador", or "Become a campus ambassador".
- (Optional) Provide a reason for listing yourself.
- Click the button that says "Become instructor", "Become online ambassador", or "Become campus ambassador".
- A dialogue box will appear notifying you this was successful.
...delist someone else as instructor or ambassador for a course
- Navigate to your course page.
- Next to your name, click "Remove as instructor", "Remove as online ambassador", or "Remove as campus ambassador". If the link does not appear, refresh the page.
- (Optional) Enter a reason summarizing why you are removing yourself from the course page.
- Press "Remove instructor", "Remove online ambassador", or "Remove campus ambassador" if you are sure you want to remove yourself from the course page.
- A dialogue box will appear confirming the action is complete.
...add or remove an instructor or ambassador to/from the system
- Navigate to User rights (accessible from Special pages in the toolbox).
- Enter the username of the individual.
- Press "Edit user groups".
- Make desired changes. (Note that only a bureaucrat or Education Program staff may add/remove the Education Program staff access level)
- (Optional) Provide a reason for changing the user access level.
- Press "Save user groups".
- Verify the user access level now appears in the "Member of" list above the checkboxes.