Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Simmons University/Digital Stewardship (Spring 2021)
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- Course name
- Digital Stewardship
- Institution
- Simmons University
- Instructor
- Adam Kriesberg
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- History
- Course dates
- 2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-05-18 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 22
This course teaches the core concepts and skills needed to create and manage digital collections and repositories. It covers the digital convergence of cultural heritage information in libraries, archives and museums. It introduces strategies for managing digital objects over the long term through active, ongoing oversight of the total environment (content, technologies, and user expectations) during all phases of the information life cycle. The course also includes extensive discussion of policy issues affecting digital collections, including sustainability issues for digital repositories, and open access to digital resources.
Timeline
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 March 2021
- Assignment - 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
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 23 March 2021
- 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 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 30 March 2021
- In class - Understanding Images and Media on Wikipedia
Complete this training to learn more about how images and media work on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 6 April 2021
- 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.
Week 10
- Assignment - Additional training modules
If you plan on adding text to Wikipedia, take the above training modules.
- Assignment - Reflection