Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Lorain County Community College/RSCH 150: Information Research Techniques (Fall 2013 8A)/Timeline
Timeline[edit]
Week 3: Wikipedia essentials, Exploring topics[edit]
- In ANGEL class
- Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course and Introduction to WISSP
- Handouts
Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation), Advice for choosing articles
- WISSP Learning Activities
- Complete the online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
- Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
- Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. Ask your instructor for comment.
Week 4: Select article; Wikipedia editing basics[edit]
- In ANGEL class
- Searching/Finding sources
- Handouts
Using talk pages, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet, How to get help
- WISSP Learning Activities
- 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.
- Select an article for WISSP, removing the rest from your user page. Add your article to the class’s course page.
Week 5: Searching and finding sources; Reading/Reviewing Sources[edit]
- In ANGEL class
- Evaluating sources
- WISSP Learning Activities
- Search and find sources to support your WISSP topic
- Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to your selected Wikipedia article.
Week 6: Continue searching and finding sources; Reading/Reviewing Sources; Begin Sandboxing[edit]
- In ANGEL class
- Using sources ethically and legally
- Handouts
, Wikipedia:Plagiarism, Wikipedia:Copyright
- WISSP Learning Activities
- Begin sandboxing sources and summaries for WISSP. Begin drafting expanded article (optional extra credit)
Week 7: Continue Sandboxing Sources and Summaries[edit]
- In ANGEL class
- Required consultation with Mrs. Sheetz
- WISSP Learning Activities
- Continue Sandboxing Sources and Summaries
- Review/Revise Sources and Summaries
- Draft Expanded Article (optional extra credit)
Week 8: Move to Live Pages[edit]
- Handout
- Moving out of your sandbox
- Move WISSP to Live Talk pages
- Move Expanded Article to Live Wikipedia page (optional extra credit)
- Write a reflective essay (2-5 pages)