Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/School of the Art Institute of Chicago/New Histories of Chicago Media (Spring 2018)
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- Course name
- New Histories of Chicago Media
- Institution
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Instructor
- Amy Beste
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- History of Chicago Film, Video, New Media
- Course dates
- 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-05-09 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 15
Chicago has been home to generations of radical film, video, and new media artists whose work has played a profound role in the development of artistic and commercial media. Yet, this history is largely unknown. This class will reconsider Chicago's role in media history and reintroduce some of its major players, contributing 15 new entries about significant Chicago film, video, and new media artists.
Timeline
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 14 February 2018
- 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.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
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 - 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.
- Assignment - Choose your topic
- Select your assigned subject from the "Available Articles" on the Articles tab on this course page. Click Select to assign it to yourself.
- Find 1 - 2 relevant, reliable journal articles or other sources on your subject. Post that bibliography in your sandbox.
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have chosen their Wikipedia account.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 21 February 2018
- In class - Discussion
- Thinking about sources and plagiarism
- Blog posts and press releases are considered poor sources of reliable information. Why?
- What are some reasons you might not want to use a company's website as the main source of information about that company?
- What is the difference between a copyright violation and plagiarism?
- What are some good techniques to avoid close paraphrasing and plagiarism?
- In class - Discuss article topics
Discuss the topics students will be working on, and determine strategies for researching and writing about them.
- Assignment - Bibliography
Compile a bibliography of relevant, reliable sources and post it your sandbox. Read your sources as you find them; they will lead you to other sources.
- Your bibliography should contain around 10 discreet sources (note that multiple pages from one website—like the Chicago Film Archives—will only count as one source – the Chicago Film Archives).
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 28 February 2018
- Assignment - Draft your article
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.
Creating a new article?
- Write an outline of that topic in the form of a standard Wikipedia article's "lead section." Write it in your sandbox.
- A "lead" section is not a traditional introduction. It should summarize, very briefly, what the rest of the article will say in detail. The first paragraph should include important, broad facts about the subject. A good example is Ada Lovelace. See Editing Wikipedia page 9 for more ideas.
Keep researching and reading additional sources, as you prepare to write the body of the article.
Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
- Assignment - Expand your draft
- Keep working on transforming your article into a complete first draft. Get draft ready for peer-review.
- If you'd like a Wikipedia Expert to review your draft, now is the time! Click the "Get Help" button in your sandbox to request notes.
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 7 March 2018
- Assignment - Peer review and copy edit
- First, take the "Peer Review" online training.
- Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copyedit. On the Articles tab, find the articles that you want to review. Then in the "My Articles" section of the Home tab, assign them to yourself to review.
- Peer review your classmates' drafts. Leave suggestions on the Talk page of the article, or sandbox, that your fellow student is working on. Other editors may be reviewing your work, so look for their comments! Be sure to acknowledge feedback from other Wikipedians.
- As you review, make spelling, grammar, and other adjustments. Pay attention to the tone of the article. Is it encyclopedic?
- 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. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
- Read Editing Wikipedia pages 12 and 14.
- Return to your draft or article and think about the suggestions. Decide which ones to start implementing. Reach out to your instructor or your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 14 March 2018
- In class - Goals for Improving Articles
In class, we’ll make suggestions for improving each Wikipedia article and craft improvement goals for your final draft.
- Assignment - Move your work to Wikipedia's "Mainspace"
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Creating a new article?
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 13, and follow those steps to move your article from your Sandbox to Mainspace.
- You can also review the Sandboxes and Mainspace online training.
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 12 to see how to create links from your article to others, and from other articles to your own. Try to link to 3–5 articles, and link to your article from 2–3 other articles.
- Consider adding an image to your article. Wikipedia has strict rules about what media can be added, so make sure to take Contributing Images and Media Files training before you upload an image.
- Assignment - Final 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.