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Course name
Successful Writing
Institution
Auburn University at Montgomery
Instructor
Amy Locklear
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
ENG3050
Course dates
2019-08-20 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-02 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
28


ENG3050 explores the practice & theory of expository writing. The focus of this course will be both exploratory and practical application, with an emphasis on the nature of knowledge and the role of rhetoric. Attention will be given to practical applications, including research writing and writing for special rhetorical situations: Wikipedia. We will use the Wikipedia Education site as the central hub for our critical thinking and writing

Student Assigned Reviewing
Abibatoudia Cognitive and linguistic theories of composition, Acting
Jmarti64 Persuasive writing, Writing in space
Aelliso4 Legal opinion
Sarah Katherine Barnes Writing in space
Rallen15 Legal opinion, History of pseudoscience
Shade Lionheart Cognitive and linguistic theories of composition, Herbarium vivum
Cmann25 Transfer (rhetoric)
Wheelek5 Legal opinion, Music executive
Britanny.tran Cognitive and linguistic theories of composition, Client confidentiality
Ddonaldson98 Visual rhetoric and composition, Transfer (rhetoric), Biracial Family Network
Kbtucker30 Legal opinion, Lives on the Boundary
AndreaWyckoff Cognitive and linguistic theories of composition, Editing
Summerjs1 Legal writing, Transfer (rhetoric)
Djewellw Writing in space, Egg cell
Issiah1017
Crystalnicole47 Academic writing, Politics, American Political Science Association, Sovereignty

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 4 September 2019
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)


Assignment - Wikipedia assignment blog

Using our Blackboard Course Blog space, begin your weekly blog with an entry about your previous experiences with Wikipedia as a source for knowlede building.  (You will add at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 9 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


In class - Sandbox

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 16 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 23 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 30 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 7 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review one article

Guiding framework

Milestones

We'll do this in class in a few weeks.

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 14 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Assignment - Group Editing - Citations & Building A Reference Page

Collaboratively deciding upon gaps and revisions to an article can help reveal the types of information and credibility support desired by readers of Wikipedia. Use this week's collaborative exercise in "finding and filling the gaps" as a way to practice the type of editing and resourcing you'll be doing in your individual article creations. Consider your peers' suggestions, and together discuss ways you would edit your group draft to make those changes. No need to actually make the changes - your goal this week is to explore and find resources based on your discussion of "gaps."

Resources:

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 21 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Continue Editing Focusing on Adding Citations (Bibliography Work)

These are for review and to help you work on your article sources this week

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 28 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 4 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 November 2019
In class - Peer Review One Classmates' Article Draft

Review one classmate's article draft and provide feedback in the Sandbox's Talk Page. Prior to doing so, review the material below and then use this as your Peer Review checklist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org_peer_review


Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 11 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 November 2019
In class - Multimodality

Refer to our Writer/Designer text readings to add / edit appropriate multimodal elements. Citation is important!

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 18 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the preliminary work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for revising the final drafts for grading.


Assignment - Final article

We are down to the final weeks to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!


Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions