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Course name
THEA 7214X Global Theater History and Theory I
Institution
Brooklyn College, CUNY
Instructor
Amy E Hughes
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Theater History
Course dates
2017-08-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-12-18 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
9


In this course, we will survey examples of theatrical practice, drama, and treatises (theory) in oral and written cultures before 1650, including ritual and shamanic performance; religious and civic festivals in ancient Greece, Rome, and medieval Europe; theatrical traditions in Egypt, Japan, and India; and European Renaissance drama.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Jre1991 Croxton Play of the Sacrament Skene (theatre), Autos Sacramentales
Stories Alive Skene (theatre) Dyskolos, Rabinal Achi
Kyracsbloom Le Cid The Peony Pavilion, Ta'zieh
Irene.elias85 Dyskolos Rabinal acahi, Lord chamberlain
Jlingreen Lord Chamberlain Autos sacramentales, Croxton Play of the Sacrament Croxton Play of the Sacrament
Aoifemahood Ta'zieh Skene (theatre), The Peony Pavilion
GGRiehl Autos sacramentales Lord Chamberlain, Croxton Play of the Sacrament
QsCarolyn The Peony Pavilion Le Cid, Dyskolos
Emmaosmundson Rabinal Achí Ta'zieh, Le Cid

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 11 September 2017
Assignment - Setting Up; Making a Small Dent
  1. If you don’t have a Wikipedia account: Create an account on en.Wikipedia.org and establish your user page (post a brief bio, etc.). For help, watch the video on creating an account and/or read the Account and user page creation handout.
  2. Complete the first three modules in the Wikipedia Tutorial for students (it will take approximately one hour).
  3. Once you're logged into your account on Wikipedia, complete the following three tasks:
    1. Make at least one improvement to the Brooklyn College article, the article about your hometown, or an article about any other school you have attended.
    2. Introduce yourself to me, our Online Ambassadors, and at least one of your classmates by leaving messages on their Talk pages. (See the Talk pages tutorial video for guidance.)
    3. “Enroll” in the assignment by going to this link. You will need an "enrollment token" to enroll (you can find this on the Wikipedia Project handout you received from me).

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 18 September 2017
Assignment - Evaluating and Choosing Articles; Learning How to Cite Sources
  1. Watch video (2 min) about the importance of Verifiability and Neutral point of view on Wikipedia.
  2. Take the Wikipedia student tutorial on Sources and Citations (10 min). For additional help, read the Referencing handout, the Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, and the Referencing: Wikicode handout (if you want to try using wikicode instead of the VisualEditor).
  3. Familiarize yourself with WikiProject Theatre, a community effort to improve all articles relating to theater, with the goal of making Wikipedia one of the best online resources on the subject.
  4. Log into your account on Wikipedia and “claim” at least three (3) articles you want to assess and potentially edit this semester: go to dashboard.wikiedu.org, look for the box on the upper right side, and click on "Assign Myself an Article." You are only required to work on one article, but I want you to explore at least three possibilities before committing.

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 25 September 2017
Assignment - Preliminary Bibliography; Setting Up Your Sandbox
  1. Complete the Wikipedia student tutorial on Sandboxes and Mainspace (10 min).
  2. Log into your account and visit your “Sandbox”—the experimental space you will use to draft content for the Wikipedia page you’re developing. You can access it by clicking the “Sandbox” link at the top of the page, between “Talk” and “Preferences.” For help, visit About_the_Sandbox.
  3. Go to your User page and add this text at the bottom: {{My sandbox|yourusername}} 
This will add a “button” to your User page that will give me access your sandbox.
  4. In your sandbox, post a bibliography, formatted in MLA style, of at least ten (10) potentially useful secondary sources (books and journal articles) that you will consult during this project. NOTE: For your actual Wikipedia article, you can use Wikipedia's referencing tool to automatically format your citations. Different articles use different citation systems, not necessarily MLA. However, you will write your MA/MFA thesis using MLA style, which is why I want you to use MLA in for this Sandbox assignment.

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 2 October 2017
Assignment - 1st Draft of Needs Assessment (NA) and Writing Plan (WP)

Prepare a Needs Assessment (NA) for the article you have chosen. It should include:

  1. A completed “Article Evaluation Form” (you can download this form by going to the Syllabus/Handouts area on Blackboard)
  2. A brief overview of the article’s quality (200-300 words)
  3. A checklist of what you think needs to be improved

Prepare a Writing Plan (WP). It should include:

  1. A brief overview of your planned improvements
  2. A timeline of your planned improvements (with deadlines for specific tasks)

Print a copy of your NA, WP, and Wikipedia page and bring to class for peer review.

In class - Intertwine
evaluate a Wikipedia article with your peers!

Intertwine is a platform where you you will be chatting with student editors enrolled in other Wiki Education courses. This week, the featured activities include:


  • Learning Wikipedia’s five pillars as evaluation criteria
  • Evaluating an existing Wikipedia article with your peers
  • Getting to know more Wikipedia editors and learning from each other's experiences

Sign up for a session here. If you haven’t logged in using your Wikipedia account, you will first be redirected to Wikipedia logging page. After logging in using your Wikipedia credentials, you will be able to sign up for our activity.  

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 16 October 2017
Assignment - Final Draft NA & WP

Incorporate the feedback you received during the peer review of your NP and WP. Submit the final draft to me on Blackboard (in the Assignments area).

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 23 October 2017
Assignment - Work on Article(s); First Substantial Addition

Use your sandbox to develop text and experiment. By this date, you should transport at least one substantial addition to the “live” article.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 30 October 2017
Assignment - Work on Article(s); Adding Visual Content
  1. Take the Wikipedia student tutorial on Contributing Images and Media Files. For additional help, read the Illustrating Wikipedia brochure.
  2. Find at least one image (that is NOT under copyright protection) related to your topic and upload it, either to your Sandbox or to the Wikipedia article. You may also design your own graph, timeline, or other visual aid that you believe will enhance the article.

 

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 6 November 2017
Assignment - Midterm Progress Report; Choosing Articles to Peer Review

1.     Complete the Wikipedia student tutorial on Peer Review (7 min).
2.     Officially “nominate” your article for peer review on Wikipedia, so that your classmates (and possibly others) can give you feedback on your work. Instructions are here.
3.     Select two classmates’ articles to peer review. “Claim” the articles by going to our Wikipedia course page and adding your username to the appropriate box in the list of articles. (You don’t have to review them yet.)
4.     Prepare a progress report that includes:
·       A copy of the checklist in your WP, annotated to indicate what you have done so far
·       An honest self-assessment of your progress on your original WP (250 words)
·       A brief evaluation of the article’s current quality (250 words)
·       An updated WP for the remainder of the semester
5.     Submit your progress report in the Assignments area on Blackboard.
Print one copy of your progress report and bring it to class for peer review. 

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 13 November 2017
Assignment - Peer Review of Two Articles
  1. Reread the “Article Evaluation Form” (in Syllabus/Handouts area on Blackboard).
  2. Keeping the criteria in mind, evaluate the two articles you have chosen to peer review using Wikipedia’s peer review system.
In class - Intertwine
review your Wikipedia article draft with your peers!

Intertwine is a platform where you you will be chatting with student editors enrolled in other Wiki Education courses. This week, the featured activities include:


  • Sharing the Wikipedia article your drafted with your peers.  
  • Getting feedbacks from your peers on how to make your Wikipedia article even better
  • Providing feedbacks to your peers and help them improve their article

Sign up for a session here. If you haven’t logged in using your Wikipedia account, you will first be redirected to Wikipedia logging page. After logging in using your Wikipedia credentials, you will be able to sign up for our activity.  

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 20 November 2017
In class - Responding to Feedback (nothing due)

Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback and midterm progress report. 

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 27 November 2017
In class - Responding to Feedback (nothing due)

Continue making edits based on peers’ feedback and midterm progress report. 

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 4 December 2017
Assignment - Reflective Essay and Class Presentation; Finishing Up
  1. Write a short reflective essay (2 pages, double spaced) summarizing your Wikipedia contributions, both as a writer/contributor and a reviewer/editor. Submit your essay in the Assignments area on Blackboard.
  2. You will give a brief presentation (3-4 minutes) in class today about your Wikipedia editing experience, summarizing your reflection paper. 

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 11 December 2017
Assignment - Submit Electronic Portfolio

This is your last week to make improvements to your article.

Create an electronic portfolio documenting your work on this project. I will use this portfolio to evaluate your work and assign you a grade for the assignment. It should be in the form of a single PDF document. To include visual material, make scans or create screenshots, then insert them into the document. Your e-portfolio should include:

  • Your reflective essay
  • A PDF of the article as it originally appeared in September
  • A PDF of the article as it now appears 
  • Your midterm progress report 
  • Your final progress report. This should include 1) the original checklist from your WP, annotated to indicate what you ultimately accomplished; 2) a brief assessment of the article’s current quality (250 words); and 3) some thoughts about what, in your opinion, could be done to further improve the article.

Submit your electronic portfolio in the Assignments area on Blackboard.

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