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Contents
- 1 Timeline
- 1.1 Week 1: Wikipedia Essentials
- 1.2 Week 2: Editing basics
- 1.3 Week 3: Exploring the topic area
- 1.4 Week 4: Using sources
- 1.5 Week 5: Choosing articles
- 1.6 Week 6: Drafting starter articles
- 1.7 Week 7: Moving articles to the main space
- 1.8 Week 8: Building articles
- 1.9 Week 9: Getting and giving feedback
- 1.10 Week 10: Responding to feedback
- 1.11 Week 11: Class presentations
- 1.12 Week 12: Due date
Timeline
Week 1: Wikipedia Essentials
- In class
- Overview of the course
- Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
- Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
- Assignment (due week 2)
- Go through the online student orientation.
Week 2: Editing basics
- In class
- Campus Ambassadors introduce:
- Basics of editing
- Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good & bad articles
- Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments
- Handouts and videos: Using talk pages handout, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, Wikimarkup cheatsheet (included in Welcome to Wikipedia brochure)
- Complete the online training for students. During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
- Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on your course page.
- To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to any Wikipedians helping your class (such as a Wikipedia Ambassador), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.
- Milestone
- All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
Week 3: Exploring the topic area
- In class
- Handout: Advice for choosing articles and How to get help
- Assignments (due week 4)
- Critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
- Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. Ask your class's Online Ambassadors for comments (especially to approve notability).
Week 4: Using sources
- In class
- Handouts and videos: Referencing handout, Referencing: Wikicode handout, Plagiarism handout, Citing sources tutorial video, RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video
- Assignment (due week 5)
- Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.
- For next week
- Instructor evaluates student's article selections, by week 5.
Week 5: Choosing articles
- In class
- Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.
- Assignments (due week 6)
- Select an article to work on, removing the rest from your user page. Add your article to the class's course page.
- Compile a bibliography of relevant reliable sources and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.
Week 6: Drafting starter articles
- In class
- Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, and [optionally] revisit the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
- Q&A session with instructor and/or Wikipedia Ambassadors about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing.
- Video resource: Sandbox tutorial
- Assignments (due week 7)
- If you are starting a new article, write a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article (with citations) in your Wikipedia sandbox. If you are improving an existing article, write a summary version reflecting the content the article will have after it's been improved, and post this along with a brief description of your plans on the article's talk page.
- Begin working with classmates and other editors to polish your short starter article and fix any major issues.
- Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
- Milestone
- All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.
Week 7: Moving articles to the main space
- In class
- Wiki assignments (due week 8)
- Move sandbox articles into main space.
- Optional: For new articles or qualifying expansions of stubs, compose a one-sentence "hook," nominate it for "Did you know," and monitor the nomination for any issues identified by other editors.
- Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
Week 8: Building articles
- In class or outside of class
- Campus Ambassadors lead Wikipedia lab/workshop, covering:
- Article ratings on Wikipedia & how to get there
- Uploading images, and adding images to articles
- Handouts and videos: Uploading images handout, Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure (handed out originally in week 2), Article assessments video, Evolution of an article video
- Wiki assignments (due week 9)
- Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
- Select two classmates' articles that you will peer review and copy-edit. (You don't need to start reviewing yet.)
Week 9: Getting and giving feedback
- In class
- As a group, have the students offer suggestions for improving one or two of the students' articles, setting the example for what is expected from a solid encyclopedia article.
- Wiki assignments (due week 10)
- Peer review two of your classmates' articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
- Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.
- Milestone
- All articles have been reviewed by others. All students have reviewed articles by their classmates.
Week 10: Responding to feedback
- In class
- Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, media literacy, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia
- Wiki assignments (due week 11)
- Make edits to your article based on peers' feedback.
- Nominate your article for Good Article status.
- Prepare for an in-class presentation about your Wikipedia editing experience.
Week 11: Class presentations
- In class
- Students give in-class presentations about their experiences editing Wikipedia.
- Wiki assignments (due week 12)
- Add final touches to you Wikipedia article. Try to address issues from Good Article reviews.
- Write a reflective essay (2-5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.
Week 12: Due date
You made it!
- Milestone
- Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading, and have submitted reflective essays.
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