Wikipedia:Australia Education Program/Courses/Health Informatics C - Electronic Health Records (Dennis Wollersheim)/Timeline

Wikipedia 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

• Leigh Blackall will 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
  • Here's Leigh's handouts

Reading

• Read Five pillars, a explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles

Week 2: Editing basics

In class

• Handouts and videos: Video on creating an account, Talk pages tutorial video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, Account and user page creation handout, Wikimarkup cheatsheet

Assessment (due week 3)

• Create a Wikipedia account, create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page, and add category HIM5IHC to your categories list
• To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, leave a message for Dennis on his talk page, saying what you want to learn from this class. Also, 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

Assessment (due week 4)

• Critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's discussion page.
• Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. Ask lecturer for comments.

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

Assessment (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.

Final Wiki Assignment Checkpoint (due week 6)

• Select an article to work on, removing the rest from your user page.
• Compile a bibliography of relevant research 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

• Instructor talks about Wikipedia culture & etiquette, and introduce the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
• Q&A session with instructor about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing
• Video resource: Sandbox tutorial

Final Wiki Assignment Checkpoint (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 to polish your short starter article and fix any major transgressions of Wikipedia norms.
• Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.

Milestone

• All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.

Week 7: Moving out of the Sandbox

In class

• Handout: Moving into main space

Final Wiki Assignment Checkpoint (due week 8)

• Move sandbox articles into main space.
• Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.

Week 8: Building articles

In class

• Instructor 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

Final Wiki Assignment Checkpoint (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.

Final Wiki Assignment Checkpoint (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

Final Wiki Assignment Checkpoint (due week 11)

• Make edits to your article based on peers' feedback.
• Nominate your article for Good Article status.

Week 11: Final Touches

Final Wiki Assessment (due week 12)

• Add final touches to you Wikipedia article. Try to address issues from Good Article reviews.

Week 12: Due date

You made it!

Milestone

• Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.

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