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Course name
Amazon A Cultural History
Institution
Macalester College
Instructor
Brooke Schmolke
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History and Latin American Studies
Course dates
2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-17 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
16


Students in this course will be given the option of expanding articles focused around Latin American History or writing a brief offline.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Lunacookies4 Chico Mendes
Samminogue Candido Rondon, Euclides da Cunha
Mdegaspe
Zambakzeytinci Candido Rondon, Euclides da Cunha
Sophiepk Nísia Floresta, Witoto people
Amex0303 Nísia Floresta, Witoto people
Marisasw Nísia Floresta, Witoto people
Amazon2019 Candido Rondon, Euclides da Cunha
Twileman
Mpeter12 Chico Mendes
Kirbystarwarrior Chico Mendes, Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve

Timeline

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 1 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 3 April 2019   |   Friday, 5 April 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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 8 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 10 April 2019   |   Friday, 12 April 2019
Assignment - Independent
Evaluating Articles and Sources

Exercise

Evaluate an article


In class - Discussion on 4/2

What's a content gap?

In class - Proposal Crafting

In-class workshop on 4/5


In class - Proposal Due

Email Editorial/Wikipedia Proposal by Sunday 4/7

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 15 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 17 April 2019   |   Friday, 19 April 2019
Assignment - Independent
Finding your article

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


Assignment - Independent
Finalize Topic

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

In class - Finalizing Scope

In Class Workshop on 4/12

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 22 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 24 April 2019   |   Friday, 26 April 2019
Assignment - Independent
Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

History

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 29 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 1 May 2019   |   Friday, 3 May 2019
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.


Assignment - Independent
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


Assignment - Peer review an article - in class 4/26

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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


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.

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 6 May 2019   |   Wednesday, 8 May 2019   |   Friday, 10 May 2019
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.


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 16

Course meetings
Monday, 13 May 2019   |   Wednesday, 15 May 2019   |   Friday, 17 May 2019
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!
Milestones

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