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Course name
Introduction to LGBTQ Studies
Institution
Northeastern Illinois University
Instructor
Laurie Fuller
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Women's and Gender Studies
Course dates
2017-08-30 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-12-13 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


Offers an introductory and interdisciplinary approach to the lives, histories and cultures of LGBTQ communities and allies. Focuses on justice work that honors multiplicity and diversity in gender and sexual expression including how race, class, ability and other identity markers shape LGBTQ lives.

You can find an article to edit and add to at the LGBT Studies clean up listing:

https://tools.wmflabs.org/bambots/cwb/alpha/LGBT_studies.html

Student Assigned Reviewing
MiracleChicken
Rebrow23 Fun Home (musical) Fun Home (musical)
Apstlaur
Aheuer
LisaH91 Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Frodri19
Reesler
Positive Vibes
Opodisadly Homosexuality and psychology
JustinBlanko Gender Identity
Ravifreeman
Mei Fukunaga
TyBaby18
Katsufumi0224
Jander22
Yoselin C. Transgender youth Transgender youth
Antonio Gamez Something Like Summer (novel)
Tefowler
Jswils20 Gender in speculative fiction
DrodNelMan Carmen Maria Machado

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia project

Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
  • Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (To avoid hitting Wikipedia's account creation limits, this is best done outside of class. Only 6 new accounts may be created per day from the same IP address.)
  • It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
  • When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 13 September 2017

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 27 September 2017

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 4 October 2017

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 11 October 2017

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 18 October 2017

Week 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Assignment - Evaluating how LGBTQ people or Organizations are portrayed on Wikipedia

Take the training Modules on Evaluating Wikipedia and Finding Articles. Then Locate a Wikipedia entry on an LGBTQ person or organization and evaluate the article. 


  • Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
  • Choose an article, and consider some questions (but don't feel limited to these): 
    • Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
  •  Choose at least 2 questions relevant to the article you're evaluating. 

Submit your evaluation into the Dropbox on D2L.

You can find an article to edit and add to at the LGBT Studies clean up listing:


Week 10

Course meetings
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Assignment - Copyedit an Article about an LGBTQ Person, issue or Organization

Choose an article about an LGBTQ Person or Organization. Read through it, thinking about ways to improve the language, such as fixing grammatical mistakes. Then, make the appropriate changes. You don’t need to contribute new information to the article. 

You can find an article to edit and add to at the LGBT Studies clean up listing:





Week 11

Course meetings
Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Week 12

Course meetings
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Assignment - Add to an article about an LGBTQ Person, issue or Org. (same 1 you edited)

Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a paragraph and new citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:


  • Add short paragraph to the article you edited, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
  •  The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement. 

Week 13

Course meetings
Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Week 14

Course meetings
Wednesday, 29 November 2017