User:Malecasta/sandbox
Timeline
Wikipedia Documents for Assignment (in chronological order for the project)
- Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
- Five pillars, explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles
- Video on creating an account
- Talk pages tutorial video
- Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure
- Account and user page creation handout
- Wikimarkup cheatsheet
- Advice for choosing articles
- Referencing handout
- Referencing: Wikicode handout
- Plagiarism handout
- Citing sources tutorial video
- RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video
- Sandbox tutorial
- Moving into main space
- Submitting articles to Did You Know
- Uploading images handout
- Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons video
- Article assessments video
- Evolution of an article video
Getting started on Wikipedia (Week of January 14)
- Create a Wikipedia account, create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
- To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to one of the class's Online Ambassadors (via talk page), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.
Choosing articles
- Check out the
- Sign up for article chosen.
- February 7 Research Proposal due. See Course Outline for details.
Drafting starter articles (Start on this process before Reading Week)
- Video resource: Sandbox tutorial
- Write a summary version reflecting the content the article will have after it has been improved, and post this along with a brief description of your plans on the article's talk page.
- Begin working with classmates and Online Ambassadors to polish your short starter article and fix any major transgressions of Wikipedia norms.
- Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
Handouts:
Building articles
- Handouts and videos:
- Uploading images handout
- Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons video
- Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure
- Article assessments video
- Evolution of an article video
Class presentations
- April 4: Students give in-class presentations about their experiences editing Wikipedia. See Course Outline for details.
Presentation of Revised Article
- April 9: Revised Article due.
- Add final touches to you Wikipedia article.
- Write a reflective essay (2-5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.