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| style="padding-left:2px;"| Go back to <br/>[[ICT student textbook]] <br/> [[ICT teacher handbook]]
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| style="padding-left:2px;" | Go back to <br />[[ICT student textbook]] <br /> [[ICT teacher handbook]]
 
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=Introduction=
 
=Introduction=
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'''Wikimedia Commons''' (or simply '''Commons''') is an online repository of free-use images, sound, and other media files.<sup>[2]</sup> It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.
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==Educational application and relevance==
 
==Educational application and relevance==
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Wikimedia Commons is an online repository of Free use images, sound, and other media files.It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.
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==Version==
 
==Version==
 
==Configuration==
 
==Configuration==
 
==Overview of Features==
 
==Overview of Features==
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Files from Wikimedia Commons can be used across all Wikimedia projects in all languages, including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikivoyage, Wikispecies, Wikisource, and Wikinews, or downloaded for offsite use. The repository contains over 34 million media files.<sup>[4]</sup> In July 2013, the number of edits on Commons reached 100,000,000.
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==Other similar applications==
 
==Other similar applications==
 
==Development and community help==
 
==Development and community help==
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Wikimedia Foundation<br>
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[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Official Website]
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=Working with the application=
 
=Working with the application=
 
==Functionalities==
 
==Functionalities==
#'''Please label images as Step 1'''
 
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|style="width: 50%;|Image  Image Image Image  (Step 1)
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| style="width: 50%;" |{{ext-img|450px|[[File:Wikimedia_Commons_1_Open_Browser.png]]}}
|style="width: 50%;|Image  Image Image Image  (Step 2)
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| style="width: 50%;" |{{ext-img|450px|[[File:Wikicommons_2_Type_Address_of_Wkicommons_in_browser.png]]}}
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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 1:To open Wikicommons Go to Application >Internet>Browser
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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 2: Type the wikicommons Address in the address bar of the web browser and open
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| style="width: 50%;" |{{ext-img|450px|[[File:Wikicommons_3_Create_ID_and_log_in.png]]}}
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| style="width: 50%;" |{{ext-img|450px|[[File:Wikicommons_4_Main_page.png]]}}
 
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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 3: Create an ID in the Wkicommons and Log in to Upload
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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 4:Main page which Display on the browser when you loging to the Wikicommons page
 
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|style="width: 50%;|Image  Image Image Image  (Step 3)
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| style="width: 50%;" |{{ext-img|450px|[[File:Wikicommons_5_Upload_the_file.png]]}}
|style="width: 50%;|Image  Image Image Image  (Step 4)
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| style="width: 50%;" |{{ext-img|450px|[[File:Wikicommons_6_Select_the_file.png]]}}
 
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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 5: Upload the file to Wikicommons page
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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 6: Select the file which you  need to upload ti the Wikicommons page
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| style="width: 50%;" |{{ext-img|450px|[[File:Wikicommons_7_Upload_can_be_done.png]]}}
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| style="width: 50%;" |{{ext-img|450px|[[File:Wikicommons_8_Fill_the_Details_1.png]]}}
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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 7: After Selecting the file the page shows that you can upload the file to the  Wikicommons 
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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 8: Fill the Details of the Image Screenshot Author And Version of the Application in the page
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| style="width: 50%;" |{{ext-img|450px|[[File:Wikicommons_9_Fill_the_Details_2.png]]}}
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| style="width: 50%;" |{{ext-img|450px|[[File:Wikicommons_10_Upload_link.png]]}}
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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 9: Fill the Details of the Image Screenshot Name ,Date,Screenshot of which Application  and click on next
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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 10 : Wikicommons page gives the image link which you have uploaded and you can link this to other page to see the image which u have been uploaded
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=Installation=
 
=Installation=
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| Web based registration || Steps
 
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=The application on mobiles and tablets=
 
=The application on mobiles and tablets=
  
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=References=
 
=References=
 
  
 
[[Category:Explore an application]]
 
[[Category:Explore an application]]

Latest revision as of 08:28, 28 June 2017

Introduction

Wikimedia Commons (or simply Commons) is an online repository of free-use images, sound, and other media files.[2] It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Educational application and relevance

Wikimedia Commons is an online repository of Free use images, sound, and other media files.It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Version

Configuration

Overview of Features

Files from Wikimedia Commons can be used across all Wikimedia projects in all languages, including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikivoyage, Wikispecies, Wikisource, and Wikinews, or downloaded for offsite use. The repository contains over 34 million media files.[4] In July 2013, the number of edits on Commons reached 100,000,000.

Other similar applications

Development and community help

Wikimedia Foundation
Official Website

Working with the application

Functionalities

Wikimedia Commons 1 Open Browser.png


Wikicommons 2 Type Address of Wkicommons in browser.png


Step 1:To open Wikicommons Go to Application >Internet>Browser Step 2: Type the wikicommons Address in the address bar of the web browser and open
Wikicommons 3 Create ID and log in.png


Wikicommons 4 Main page.png


Step 3: Create an ID in the Wkicommons and Log in to Upload Step 4:Main page which Display on the browser when you loging to the Wikicommons page
Wikicommons 5 Upload the file.png


Wikicommons 6 Select the file.png


Step 5: Upload the file to Wikicommons page Step 6: Select the file which you need to upload ti the Wikicommons page
Wikicommons 7 Upload can be done.png


Wikicommons 8 Fill the Details 1.png


Step 7: After Selecting the file the page shows that you can upload the file to the Wikicommons Step 8: Fill the Details of the Image Screenshot Author And Version of the Application in the page
Wikicommons 9 Fill the Details 2.png


Wikicommons 10 Upload link.png


Step 9: Fill the Details of the Image Screenshot Name ,Date,Screenshot of which Application and click on next Step 10 : Wikicommons page gives the image link which you have uploaded and you can link this to other page to see the image which u have been uploaded

File formats for creation

Saving the file

Export and publishing files

Advanced features

Installation

The application on mobiles and tablets

Ideas for resource creation

References