Template:FamilySearch Staff Wiki Training
FamilySearch Staff Wiki Contributor Training[edit source]
These tables are to track the videos you have taken. When you successfully complete an assessment quiz, Wiki Administration will update your chart. Please allow 3 business days to complete this process.
Required Training Sessions[edit source]
| Session | Length of Video | Link to
Video |
Type | Required
Sessions |
Date
Taken |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intro to Training Sessions - Staff | Beginner | Yes | |||
| 1 - FS Research Wiki Introduction & FAQs | 6:28 | Link | Beginner | Yes | |
| 2 - Ways to Contribute | 6:30 | Link | Beginner | Yes | |
| 3 - Policies and Procedures | 9:18 | Link | Beginner | Yes | |
| 4 - User Pages, VisualEditor & Wikitext | 8:01 | Link | Beginner | Yes | |
| 5 - Wiki Page navigation Tabs | 8:09 | Link | Beginner | Yes | |
| 6 - User's Personal Tools | 3:14 | Link | Beginner | Yes | |
| 7a* - Basic Editing Functions - VisualEditor | 9:21 | Link | Beginner | Either 7a or7b | |
| 7b* - Basic Editing Functions - Wikitext | 11:46 | Link | Beginner | Either 7a or7b | |
| 8 - Elements of a Wiki Page | 15:36 | Link | Beginner | Yes | |
| 9 - Grammar and Manual of Style | 6:48 | Link | Beginner | Yes | |
| 10 - Content Allowed in the Wiki | 13:59 | Link | Beginner | Yes |
*Watch either session 7a or 7b.
Table 2 - Editing Lessons for VisualEditor and Wikitext Code[edit source]
| Editing Training sessions | Length
of Video |
Link to
Video |
Type | Date Taken |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VisualEditor - Sessions | ||||
| 11a - Internal and External Links | 7:41 | Link | Advanced | |
| 15a - Adding Repositories | 6:25 | Link | Beginner | |
| Wikitext - Sessions | ||||
| 11b - Internal & External Links | 15:46 | Link | Advanced | |
| 12 - Formatting Database Links | 13:08 | Link | Advanced | |
| 13 - Formatting Books | Link | Advanced | ||
| 14 - Reference and Footnote Citations | 8:54 | Link | Advanced | |
| 15b - Adding Repositories | 5:30 | Link | Beginner |
Images Training Sessions[edit source]
| Session | Length of Video | Link to Video | Type | Required
Sessions |
Date
Taken |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 - Uploading images - FamilySearch Staff | 13:39 | Link | Advanced | No |