Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Boston College/HIST 4048 Women and Gender in Modern China (Spring 2022)
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- Course name
- HIST 4048 Women and Gender in Modern China
- Institution
- Boston College
- Instructor
- Yajun Mo
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- History
- Course dates
- 2022-01-18 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-05-14 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 20
This course introduces the changes in Chinese women’s lives—and the changes in shared social ideas about what women and men should do and be—from the mid-19th century to the present, a time of profound change on the Chinese mainland.
Timeline
Week 3
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- Tuesday, 1 February 2022 | Thursday, 3 February 2022
- Milestones
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.
Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resources:
- 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. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 4
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- Tuesday, 8 February 2022 | Thursday, 10 February 2022
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Week 5
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- Tuesday, 15 February 2022 | Thursday, 17 February 2022
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 6
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- Tuesday, 22 February 2022 | Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Assignment - Pick a topic
Week 7
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- Tuesday, 1 March 2022 | Thursday, 3 March 2022
- Assignment - Complete the training before drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Assignment - Adding 3 references
Week 8
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- Tuesday, 15 March 2022 | Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Assignment - Finish a clear outline of your proposed article
- Milestones
Week 9
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- Tuesday, 22 March 2022
- Assignment - Training of peer review
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 29 March 2022 | Thursday, 31 March 2022
- Assignment - Post a draft of your article
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 April 2022 | Thursday, 7 April 2022
- Assignment - Post peer review comments about one of your classmates' article draft
- Assignment - Responding to your first peer review
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Assignment - Post peer review comments about another classmate's articile draft
- Assignment - Respond to your second peer review
- In class - Continue to expand and improve your work
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
Week 13
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- Thursday, 21 April 2022
- Assignment - Polish your work with your peer reviewers
It's the final week to develop your 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!
Week 14
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- Tuesday, 26 April 2022 | Thursday, 28 April 2022
- In class - More peer review
Week 15
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- Tuesday, 3 May 2022 | Thursday, 5 May 2022
- In class - In-class presentations
- Assignment - Reflective essay
- Milestones