Template:FamilySearch Staff Wiki Training

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FamilySearch Staff Wiki Contributor Training[edit source]

Please put the date in the last column to signify you have watched the videos and taken the quiz assessments. 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 Required

Sessions

Date Taken
VisualEditor - Sessions
11a - Internal and External Links 7:41 Link Advanced No
15a - Adding Repositories 6:25 Link Beginner No
Wikitext - Sessions
11b - Internal & External Links 15:46 Link Advanced No
12 - Formatting Database Links 13:08 Link Advanced No
13 - Formatting Books Link Advanced No
14 - Reference and Footnote Citations 8:54 Link Advanced No
15b - Adding Repositories 5:30 Link Beginner No

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