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Course name
History 363 - Gonzales
Institution
Brigham Young University
Instructor
David-James Gonzales
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Spanish Frontier in North America
Course dates
2018-09-05 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-20 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
16


TBD

Student Assigned Reviewing
Jakovnewman MS-13
Elattin23 Arapaho, Wind River Indian Reservation
Kyrandb Mexico-United States border
Mhughes189 Northern Paiute people
Emcha24 Jonathan Corwin, Anselm Weber
Evan616 Tohono O'odham

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 5 September 2018   |   Friday, 7 September 2018
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:

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 10 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 12 September 2018   |   Friday, 14 September 2018
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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 17 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 19 September 2018   |   Friday, 21 September 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 24 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 26 September 2018   |   Friday, 28 September 2018
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 1 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 8 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 10 October 2018   |   Friday, 12 October 2018
Assignment - Annotated Bibliography

Guidelines for Annotated Bibliography for Wikipedia 

Objective: This is an opportunity to begin significant research on your Wikipedia interventions by finding those sources and material that will help you build the citations that will provide the documentation for your article. 


Annotated Bibliography: In preparation for their Wikipedia contributions, students will present an annotated bibliography that includes at least 10 verifiable sources related to their topic. These can include journal articles, book chapters, newspaper accounts, magazine articles, and documentaries. A minimum of half your sources must come from academic journal articles, book chapters, or anthologies accessed via the University library. Your annotations should include both broad general texts that provide the historical, geographic, or contextual framing for your Wiki article and more specific articles that focus directly on your topic. Each entry in the Annotated Bibliography should be about 2-3 sentences long and include a description of the source and about how you are going to use it in Wiki articles. In your annotated bibliography you can already begin paraphrasing those points that you want to make using this source. The assignment will be graded based on the range and quality of the sources cited, the strength and clarity of the writing, and the creativity and resourcefulness used to track down pertinent citations. Each topic will be different, but here are some things to consider:  


Quality of Sources: The better your sources, the more credible your Wikipedia article. The highest quality sources are those that come from academic books and academic journals—academic books are published by University Presses, and academic articles are peer-reviewed. The next level would be popular books, magazines, and newspapers, and finally, the least reliable are web pages and blogs. Even here there are differences—the Human Rights Watch is a much better source for Human Rights than a random page by an unknown author. Always aim to use the highest quality of sources you can find.


Context: In considering what sort of things to include, think about the larger historical, cultural, or geographic context of your topic, these might not specifically mention your subject but can help provide the background to establish their significance or importance. For general context, academic books and academic journal articles are best to establish the grounding and significance of your topic. Sources will generally come from databases like J-Stor, Project MUSE, LexisNexis (for Law), and google scholar. But you will also need to seek out sources that directly speak about your topic, and for these, you may need to look harder, including in local newspapers, independent films, and other more obscure sources.


Grading Criteria for Annotated Bibliography 

Things I will look for in sources:


·           A wide range of appropriate sources: a mix of books, articles, newspapers


·           The scholarly value of the sources used


·           Sources that suggest that you have considered several aspects of the topic


·           Extra consideration will be given to sources that are particularly unusual, creative, or difficult to find.


 

Things I will look for in annotations:       


·           How focused are they relative to your project?


·           How well are you able to describe the relevance of the source to your project?


·           How insightful is your understanding of the ideas presented?


·           How effectively are the annotations written in terms of style and grammar?


Grading Grid

A (90-100)      An excellent range of substantive and high-quality sources that work well together to illuminate a topic in compelling ways. The sources demonstrate advanced research skills, tenacity in seeking out obscure sources, and familiarity with assessing the value of diverse sources. The annotations are well written and illustrate an understanding of the significance of the relevant issues and how they might be applied to the final Wikipedia entry. 


B (80-89)     A good range of sources that work together to construct a solid research foundation for a topic.  Overall the annotations demonstrate a clear understanding of the issues involved. This assignment may have benefited from one or more of the following: greater use of high quality sources; more specific and targeted sources that directly address your topic; more creativity or perseverance seeking out useful sources; greater clarity in presenting the larger relevant issues; greater attention to existing Wikipedia sources to avoid duplication; greater attention to grammar, punctuation and proofreading.


C (70-79)        The assignment has an identifiable topic and demonstrates evidence of some independent research. This assignment would have benefited from one or more of the following: more high quality sources; more specific and targeted sources that directly address your topic; clearer focus on the larger context and relevance of your topic; more attention to connecting your annotations to your project; greater analysis or thought in terms of understanding the larger context; more attention to existing Wikipedia sources to avoid duplication; considerably greater attention to writing, grammar and proofreading. 


D (60-70)        The assignment does not evidence meaningful research or consideration of the issues. This assignment is lacking in several significant areas including quality of research; clarity of annotations; focus; grammar and proofreading.


F (59 or less)   The minimum requirements of the assignment were not met.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 15 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Milestones

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, 22 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 24 October 2018   |   Friday, 26 October 2018
Continue working on your draft

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 29 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 31 October 2018   |   Friday, 2 November 2018
Continue working on your draft

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 5 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 7 November 2018   |   Friday, 9 November 2018
Assignment - 1st Draft of Wikipedia Article Due

This does not have to be a full and complete draft, but it should consist of at least 500 words. Additionally, your initial draft should be divided into sections (whether fully written out or not) that show what will be covered in your article. 

The draft must be moved to the SAND BOX section of one group member, so that it can be read by me and your classmates. If you are unsure of what this is, then see the training module that covers this. 

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 12 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 14 November 2018   |   Friday, 16 November 2018
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 19 November 2018
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


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 13

Course meetings
Monday, 26 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 28 November 2018   |   Friday, 30 November 2018
Assignment - Final article

Final Wikipedia Article

HIST 363 – The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

 

 Wikipedia Edits completed:  Due Dec. 3 

 

Wikipedia never ends, but the final draft of all your work relating to the article should be finalized and published on Wikipedia by the time our class meets at 12 PM on Monday, Dec. 3.

 

Note, you must also bring a printed copy of the text of your article (only your contributions if adding to an existing page) to class on Monday, Dec. 3. Please format and print this in a word processor document like Microsoft Word or Google Docs. Please use 12 pt. Times New Roman Font and 1-inch margins. Also, please include a final works cited page. 

 

The Wikipedia portion of your grade will be graded as follows:

 

Grading Goal: A substantial and thoughtful intervention that uses a wide range of sources (minimum of 10) effectively to make significant contributions across Wikipedia. The article consists of a minimum of 1000 words and demonstrates understanding of different kinds of sources and an appreciation of their strengths and utility to document their topic. Sources can include in scholarly books and articles; national, international and community newspapers; films, television, and videos; musical recordings, government, organizational, and community websites and reports. Remember, at least half of your sources must come from academic journal articles, books, magazines, etc. Also, the university library system should be the primary mode of accessing your sources. The article displays a sophisticated understanding of the topic, careful and precise editing, and a clear understanding of Wikipedia standards. The article represents significant research into the academic literature surrounding the topic and places the topic within a larger socio-historical context. It also evidences a thorough interrogation of existing Wikipedia pages that address the issue. 

 

Things that detract from this excellence and will result in deductions:

·       Insufficient attention to the larger historical, cultural, or geographic context

·       Focusing on a small aspect of a topic without making important connection to related topics and Wikipedia entries

·       Insufficient attention to other related Wikipedia pages

·       Lack of organization and structure in your contributions 

·       Biased language

·       Lack of attention to grammar and style—remember clear, accessible, and impartial language is the goal!

·       Insufficient research to support your points

·       Over-reliance on poor quality sources

 

Things that merit extra points:

·       An article/page that includes visual material—remember this must conform to WikiCommons standards of use!

·       An article/page that is well organized into topics and sections with headings and subheadings that flow logically and are easy to follow

·       Research that evidences extra effort to track down sources

·       Inclusion of primary sources from news and magazines

·       Proof-reading and editing Wikipedia entries of other students 

 

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 3 December 2018   |   Wednesday, 5 December 2018   |   Friday, 7 December 2018
In class - In-class presentation

You will have 15 minutes to present your Wikipedia article to the class. Following your presentation you will have 3-4 minutes for Q&A.

Be sure to explain the following in your presentation: 

  1. What is your topic and why did you choose it?
  2. What specific contributions did you make to your article (text and images)?
  3. How does your article/contributions relate to the history of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands?
  4. What did you learn from this project? 

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 10 December 2018   |   Wednesday, 12 December 2018   |   Friday, 14 December 2018
In class - In-class presentation

You will have 15 minutes to present your Wikipedia article to the class. Following your presentation you will have 3-4 minutes for Q&A.

Be sure to explain the following in your presentation: 

  1. What is your topic and why did you choose it?
  2. What specific contributions did you make to your article (text and images)?
  3. How does your article/contributions relate to the history of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands?
  4. What did you learn from this project? 

 

Week 16

Course meetings
Monday, 17 December 2018   |   Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Assignment - Reflective essay

Wikipedia Reflection Paper Instructions

(4-5 double-spaced pages, 12pt. font, 1-inch margins)

 

Please create a heading for each of the 2 following sections and answer the questions in full sentance and paragraph form.

 

I. Individual Contributions & Learning Goals (3-4 pages):

Please describe your contribution to Wikipedia in detail. Specifically, explain how your article (new or addition to existing) contributes to the collective knowledge of the public via the Wikipedia community. Also, describe how your article relates to the topics, readings, and discussions covered throughout our course. In answering these questions, keep in mind the following course themes: (1) the intersectionality of individual and collective experience/history; (2) the multi-directionality of historical narratives; (3) the ambiguity and instability of linear, chronological, and ethnocentric versions of the past; and (4) how notions of race/ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality intersect with historical and contemporary ideas pertaining to citizenship and national belonging.  

 

II. Self-Assessment (1-2 pages):

Discuss what obstacles and challenges did this project present, and how did you go about addressing them? This is a place to outline any particular efforts that you made to research your topic, track down material, engage with other Wikipedia editors, etc. What insights did you gain about Wikipedia, yourself, and the research process?

 

Milestones

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