User talk:Swotmh

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Hello, Swotmh, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful: Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or and a volunteer will visit you here shortly. Again, welcome!  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  14:31, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
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Help me!
How can I add my institution and make my course page draft go live? How will I know if/when I obtain course instructor rights? (I have requested them and created my course page draft).

Swotmh (talk) 16:57, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello Swotmh! Your course draft page can go live after you get course instructor rights. People get course instructor rights after there is a small amount of evidence presented that their classroom project is likely to result in a positive experience for both the Wikipedia community and the students. One way to check if this positive experience is likely is to have a voice conversation with a Wikipedian who has some experience with the education program. I do, so I would be an option if you email me at Special:EmailUser/Bluerasberry to set up a time for a voice chat. Otherwise, many other Wikipedians could have the same chat with you.
 * What is probably giving other people pause is that you seem to have no Wikipedia experience and we are all volunteers managing this program, and people sometimes are fearful that new users need a lot of support. Could I chat with you about your expectations? Thanks.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  17:12, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Change in your user rights
Your Wikipedia account was previously granted a user right called "course instructor" by the Wiki Education Foundation. That right enabled you to create a course page through the EducationProgram MediaWiki extension. Starting in fall 2015, the Wiki Education Foundation has discontinued its use of this extension. Going forward, users should create course pages through the Wiki Education Foundation website. That application is more user-friendly, and any content is automatically mirrored to Wikipedia. To prevent confusion, we'll be removing your "course instructor" user right, as it is not needed with the new system. This is simply a notification of the technical change to your account. No action is needed from you at this time.

If you plan on teaching with Wikipedia for the fall 2015 term, please email me (helaine@undefinedwikiedu.org) for instructions how to create your next course page using our new system. --Helaine (Wiki Ed) (talk), sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:34, 21 July 2015 (UTC)