Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Rutgers University-Newark/Introduction to Islamic Art and Architecture (Fall 2018)
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- Course name
- Introduction to Islamic Art and Architecture
- Institution
- Rutgers University-Newark
- Instructor
- Alex Seggerman
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Art History
- Course dates
- 2018-09-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-19 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 34
This is an introductory survey course on Islamic art history. Students learn about great works of art and architecture from the Dome of the Rock to contemporary video art from the Islamic world. For the final project, all students "adopted" an object from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection of Islamic art. They will write a final, 5 page research paper on the object, and I intended for them to do a wiki-a-thon on Dec 14 to add one fact or image to wikipedia. Most of the Met's images are open source. The aim is for them to learn how to be editors and add to the vastly under-represented entries on Islamic art history.
Timeline
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 29 November 2018
- In class - Wikipedia essentials
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:
- Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Learn the basics
- 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.
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 4 December 2018 | Thursday, 6 December 2018
- Assignment - Illustrate an article
You'll want to find or create an appropriate photo, illustration, or piece of video/audio to add to an article.
- Before you start, review the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook, or see Editing Wikipedia pages 10–11.
- When you've reviewed those pages, take the training linked below.
- When you're ready to start finding images, remember: Never grab images you find through an image search, or those found on Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit, Imgur, or even so-called "Free image" or "free stock photo" websites. Instead, you'll want to find images with clear proof that the creator has given permission to use their work. Many of these images can be found on search.creativecommons.org.
- Don't just upload an image to Wikipedia. Instead, upload it to Wikipedia's sister site for images, Wikimedia Commons. For instructions, read through the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook.