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{{Historical|comment=On June 30, 2018, '''the use of Extension:Education Program was shut down'''; courses managed through the Education Program extension are now limited to inactive courses.<ref>[https://outreach.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/January_2018/Education_Extension_scheduled_shutdown Education_Extension_scheduled_shutdown, Wikimedia outreach]</ref><ref>[[Wikipedia:Education noticeboard/Archive 18#NOTICE:_EducationProgram extension is being deprecated]]</ref> Current courses are managed through the Programs & Events Dashboard at '''[https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org]''', or the Wiki Education dashboard at '''[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org dashboard.wikiedu.org]'''. The content of this page pertaining to the Education Program namespace and associated special pages and user groups, is now largely historical due to deprecation.|brief=yes}}


The '''[[:mw:Education Program|Education Program extension for MediaWiki]]''' adds features to Wikipedia to support classes of students editing articles, including structured Institution and Course pages and feeds of recent activity by students.

See instructions for:
*[[Help:Education Program extension/Anyone|Anyone]]
*[[Help:Education Program extension/Students|Students]]
*[[Help:Education Program extension/Instructors|Instructors]]
*[[Help:Education Program extension/Campus volunteers|Campus Ambassadors and other local volunteers]]
*[[Help:Education Program extension/Online volunteers|Online Ambassadors and other online volunteers]]
*[[Help:Education Program extension/Admins and course coordinators|Admins and course coordinators]]
:''(notice that each of the links above will lead you to the related subpage, ''not'' to the sections below.)''

* On June 30, 2018, the Education Extension will be shut down.<ref>[https://outreach.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/January_2018/Education_Extension_scheduled_shutdown Education_Extension_scheduled_shutdown, Wikimedia outreach].</ref>

==What can I do with it?==
===Anyone===
*View and search data: courses, student usernames, ambassador usernames, instructor usernames, universities
*View ambassador profiles
*View course pages with syllabus, instructor, ambassadors, students, and articles
*View recent student activity
*View the Education Program program statistics

===Students===
*Enroll in a course (and un-enroll from it) (note this does not replace formal procedures at your institution)
*Indicate what article you're working on
*View recent activity for the courses you are enrolled in
*Become a reviewer for articles fellow students are working on

===Instructors===
*Set up a course page
*Indicate which courses you're teaching
*Manage your list of students
*View recent activity for the courses you are instructor for

===Campus Ambassadors, Online Ambassadors, and other editors helping students===
*Maintain a quick introductory profile introducing yourself to students
*Sign up to support a course
*View recent activity for the courses you are supporting

===Admins and course coordinators (including Regional Ambassadors)===
*Grant permissions to campus volunteers, online volunteers and instructors
*Create (and delete) courses and institution pages
*Edit course descriptions and course details
*Remove students, instructors, and campus or online volunteers from courses

==See also==
* [[Wikipedia:Education noticeboard]]
* [[Wikipedia:Education Program extension]]

==References==
{{Ref-list}}

* [[Outreach:Education/Extension]]
[[Category:Wikipedia interface help]]
[[Category:Wikipedia Education Program]]