Editing Project: Overview

Checklist

You are finished with this project when you: 

• Sign up for an iFixit account using your school email address

• Join a student team

• Create a profile

• Choose which guide(s) you want to work on

• Decide what flag(s) you'll be addressing

• Email us about what you’ll be working on and what flag(s) you'll address

• Review the guidelines for fixing the issues denoted by each flag

• Make appropriate edits by following the guidelines and applying the technical communication principles you've learned in class

• Email us once you've finished the editing project

Overview

We have thousands of awesome user-submitted guides on iFixit, for everything from laptops and smartphones, to cars and household appliances. Some of these guides are a little rough around the edges and could use your help.

Why does it matter? Check out our mission video:

Here at iFixit, repair is our way of life, and we want to provide the world with the proper know-how and tools to fix anything. What does this mean for your project? First, it means that this isn't just busy-work—the work you do on this project will help people from all over the world fix their devices. Second, it means you'll be contributing to an open-source community dedicated to keeping stuff working longer and out of landfills. Find out more about why we are so passionate about repair by checking out ifixit.com/right-to-repair.