Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Consumer Reports/Community educator training (winter 2015)/Timeline
Timeline[edit]
Before class[edit]
- If you wish, create a Wikipedia account then while logged in, click here to enroll in this class.
- Bookmark this course page!
- Review this syllabus
- Dates and times of classes will be posted by the end of December; class will start the week of Monday 12 January 2015.
Optional homework before class: Consider who reads Wikipedia, what people expect from Wikipedia, what content on Wikipedia is highest quality, and what you might like to do on Wikipedia. Check the following lists:
- The top 25 most popular Wikipedia articles from last week
- The top 1000 articles by importance by the focus standards of a traditional encyclopedia
- The highest quality articles, about 4000 of them, which have passed Wikipedia's most comprehensive review
- Your own subject matter interests
How are these lists alike? How are they different?
Week 1: Why edit Wikipedia?[edit]
- In class
- Discuss purpose of course
- Overview of the course
- Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
- Homework
- Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
- Create a User page, and and click the "enroll" button on the top left of this course page.
- To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to any Wikipedians helping your class (such as a Wikipedia Ambassador), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.
Week 2: Editing basics[edit]
- In class
- Basics of editing
- Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
- Tips on finding the best articles to work on
- Handouts: Using Talk Pages handout and Evaluating Wikipedia brochure
- Milestone
- All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on this course page.
Week 3: How to ask for assistance[edit]
- In class
- Handouts: Choosing an article and How to get help
- Assignments (due Week 4)
- In your sandbox, write one sentence presenting a fact from a source which you cite.
- Handouts: Citing sources on Wikipedia and Avoiding plagiarism on Wikipedia
Week 4: Tour of Wikipedia[edit]
- In class
- Tour Wikipedia more broadly to understand how it works and how your contribution will be evaluated.
- Assignment (due on your own time! Your instructor will watch and follow up!)
- Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.