Wikimedia Awareness In Ummah College of Health Science and Technology

The goal of Wikimedia Awareness at Ummah College of Health Science and Technology is to incorporate Wikipedia and its sister projects into the institution's community, encourage faculty members and students to actively contribute, and create long-lasting Wikimedia organizations. The project promotes information sharing and collaboration across conventional borders and strengthens ties between academic institutions and Wikimedia platforms. The project empowers students and professors as worldwide contributors to knowledge through awareness-raising, workshops, and committed groups.

Action Points

Creating awareness on social media.
Teaching participants how to access and create Wikipedia, Commons Wiki, and Wikidata accounts.
Introduction to Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Introduction to Wikipedia and Wikidata project tools.
Introduction to Wikicommons.
Practical hands-on editathon on editing English, Hausa, and Fulfulde Wikipedia articles.
Practical hands-on editathon on editing Wikidata items.
Practical hands-on editathon on uploading images to Wikicommons.
Discussions about the specific challenges of editing Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikicommons.

How to participate

Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikipedia.

Enroll on the Outreach Dashboard to track your contributions .

Sign up in the [participants] section on this page.

The events are as follow;

Participants

To participate you need to sign up on the participants section and join the [event dashboard] to track your contributions.