This document provides instructions for contributing to Wikiversity as part of RuralWeb. It explains that all of RuralWeb's content and learning circles' action plans will be published on Wikiversity. It describes Wikiversity as a place where experts and novices can join learning circles to work together on topics and learn from each other. It provides step-by-step instructions for logging in, finding existing RuralWeb content, and contributing new information, including adding text, images, pages, and movies. It also includes links to additional help pages.

1. Wikiversity Manual
www.facebook.com/RuralWebFAQ
All RuralWeb’s content + interesting links to e-tools, news-updates will
be published here.
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/RuralWeb
All RuralWeb’s content + learning circles’ action plans will be published
here.

2. WHY?
If you would like to add information to Wikipedia, you really need to be an expert on the
topic. What makes Wikiversity different, is that everyone can join, add information and ask
questions.

3. Guilds / Learning Circles
What’s more, Wikiversity is divided in ‘guilds ’ (or learning circles) where experts and
everyone who wants to learn can form a team. They work together on a specific topic
and learn from each other. (you may join more guilds of course) Ideally, a team really
gets to know each other well, so that people get actually engaged.
Learning Circles could be about ‘Making beautiful websites’’ or ‘Social Business’, or
smaller components of the subject: e.g. ‘Start-up finance’.

4. Log in
1) https://en.wikiversity.org/
2) Log in OR make an account

5. RuralWeb at Wikiversity
Search: RuralWeb
Or go to: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Ruralweb
You’ll find:

6. Learning Circles at Wikiversity
Search: RuralWeb/learning projects
Or go to:
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/RuralWeb/learning_projects
Click at a subject of your
interest and:
• Learn
• Add / Improve
• Share your own
experiences!
How?
Continue this manual.

7. Action plans at Wikiversity
Search: RuralWeb/learning projects
Or go to: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/RuralWeb/learning_projects
Click at a subject of your
interest and:
• Action Plan
• Whose involved?
• Who you may contact
to join
• Add your questions.
How?
Continue this manual.

8. How to add information?
What kind of information should I add?
• Add or improve the information (‘book knowledge’ ; good links or explainer
pictures)
• Share your own experiences!
Because that is what makes RuralWeb unique – the content is valuable for
communities worldwide by sharing experiences that matter to your own local context,
and that might be valuable for someone else too!

9. How to add information?
1) Choose: ‘’Edit’’ (above each chapter OR right upper corner to
change entire page)
2) Now you can add text
3) To check what you’ve done press ‘Show Preview’ (below)
4) Save the changes with ‘Safe page’ (below)

10. How to add information?
What short cuts do you need to know?
* = bullet
• Use the buttons to write in bold; include a table or a link
• Heading level 2 = making a new chapter

11. How to add pictures?
1) First of all you need the legal permission to use the picture!
2) Go to Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
(same login as Wikiversity)
3) Upload picture: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard
4) Copy the file name of the picture
5) Go back to Wikiversity
6) Click button ‘Insert Picture Galary’
7) Remove ‘example’ and past the file name of your picture
8) Use sice: [[file name|600px|border]]

12. How to add a page?
1) You may not use a page name which is a
common name that many other can use for other
subjects: e.g. a page called ‘’partners’’. When you
want to tell some about RuralWeb’s partners, we
must to customize the name to RuralWeb. So you
must create a name for the page that is
unique, like: Ruralweb/partners
2) When you
write: [[Ruralweb/partners|partners]] you
created a new page called Partners.
3) Want to rename a page? Click ‘Move’ (above)
and you can create a different name
Design of a page:
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Title
What’s …
How …
Issue log = action plan
Index - in alphabetic order

13. How to add a movie?

14. Links
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https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Help:Creating_educational_content_at_Wikiversity
•
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Help:Guides

15. Made by RuralWeb
Inemarie Dekker, the Netherlands
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