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- Course name
- KHC 112 Fish
- Institution
- Boston University
- Instructor
- Amy Fish
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Course dates
- 2020-01-25 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-08 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 22
In this first-year writing and research seminar, students from Boston University's Kilachand Honors College will contribute Wikipedia content related to the topics of their semester-long research papers. Students represent many disciplines and will choose varying research topics accordingly, with resonance to the general course themes of citizenship, identity, social issues, innovation, reparations, reconciliation and memory.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 31 January 2020
- 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 7 February 2020
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
- 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.)
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 14 February 2020
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 21 February 2020
- Assignment - Evaluating articles and sources
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 28 February 2020
- In class - Evaluate an article
- Potential articles to evaluate: Great Migration (African American), redlining, G. I. Bill, Indian Child Welfare Act, Rafael Trujillo, American Indian Boarding Schools, Washington Heights
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 6 March 2020
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 20 March 2020
- Assignment - Preparing to contribute
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
- As relevant
- review the rules for health topics
Required for students with relevant topics
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 27 March 2020
- In class - Planning your contribution to Wikipedia
The very short exercises here are primarily informational. They explain how to assign yourself an article, once you've finalized your choice of contribution, and then go about planning your contribution.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 3 April 2020
- Assignment - Start drafting your contribution
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
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 10 April 2020
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 17 April 2020
- Assignment - Prepare draft for peer review
- In class - Peer review an article
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 24 April 2020
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 13
- Assignment - Final article
It's the final week 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!
- In class - In-class presentation