Wikipedia essentials: Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
Read: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
Start the online student orientation and training. During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
Wk2
1/20/14
WP basics
Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
Create a user page (with no personal identifying information!)
Sign up on the list of students on the course page (below)
To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia: find a 'wikipartner' in class and post a message on their talk page (get to their talk page through the link on the course page).
add a link from your userpage to your wikipartner's userpage.
1/22/14
Wk3
1/27/14
1/29/14
Wk4
2/3/14
Discuss range of topics to work on and strategies for researching and writing about them. How to get help
Using sources
Read: “Referencing on Wikipedia” and “Understanding Wikipedia’s copyright policy”
2/9/14
*Connect with team by posting to each other's talk pages.
Add link to the article you've chosen to the class's course page.
Add Article Banner to the talk page of your article! See directions below. ||
Wk5
2/10/14
2/12/14
Wk6
2/17/14
Wikipedia in class work session
Post correctly formatted initial bibliography on your article's talk page.
Consult WP checklist and make certain you are up to date on deadlines.
Consult class members for help!
DUE 2/21/14
Write a summary version reflecting the content the article will have after it's been improved, and post this along with a brief description of your plans on the article’s talk page.
In your sand box (link to it from your userpage!), begin expanding this summary into a full article.
In your sandbox, expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic. Keep in mind, a polished article needs to be on main page by 3/28/14, when peer review BEGINS.
3/12/14
Wk9
3/17/14
Wk10
3/24/14
DUE 3/28/14
Select one classmate's article that you will peer review and copy-edit. Add your name as a REVIEWER for that article in the course table below. If the article already has three reviewers, choose a different one!
3/26/14
Wk 11
3/31/14
4/2/14
Wk12
4/7/14
Getting and giving feedback
Demo uploading images and adding images to articles.
Share experiences and discuss problems.
DUE 4/11/14
Peer review one of your classmate's articles. Leave comments requiring work by the article author on the article's talk page (for example, ask these questions as you read article: Good overall flow?, Sufficiently wikified?, Clear? References correctly cited in line and at end of article? MANY wikilinks? Balanced treatment of multiple perspectives? Major points covered? Is introductory section clear and does it invite further reading?
Copy-edit the reviewed articles (fix grammatical errors such as spelling, punctuation, capitalization).
4/9/14
Wk 13
4/14/14
How to respond to reviewer comments, explicitly and kindly.
FINAL Wikipedia article DUE 4/28/14
Once peer review is finished, work carefully on your article to specifically address all edits and suggestions. Make notes on your article's talk page about HOW you addressed feedback, point by point.
4/16/14
Wk14
4/21/14
Patriot's Day- No Class
DUE 4/28/14
Keep polishing your Wikipedia article.
DUE 4/30/14
1) Write a reflective essay (2-5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions and experience. In the essay, address these questions:
What was your contribution to the wikipage?
How equitable was the sharing of the workload within your group?
What did you learn about group work during this project?
What are the most valuable lessons - positive and negative - you learned during this assignment (regarding overall experience, content, team work, etc).
Do you think you will/might keep poking around as an editor on wikipedia?
Do you think this assignment will help you in the future? If so, how?
Of course add any other comments on your learning, the process, etc.!
2) ALSO Develop a list of the URLs of at least 6 other wikipedia pages where your group has added wikilinks back to your article (everyone on your team should work on placing the links, however only one person in the group needs to send the email to instructor!). These wikilinks to your article should include links placed on the main topic and subtopic pages (for example the ectoderm article should have a link from the germ layers article; neural fold and neural plate should have links to them from the neurulation article). You might also find pages to place wikilinks within the portal and project sub pages, on did you know nomination pages, etc. Six is the minimum number of links you should create and more links will be considered in a highly favorable light!"
