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Timeline[edit]

Week 1: Wikipedia essentials (August 19-21)[edit]

In class
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
  • Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
Assignment (due week 2)
  • Start the online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 2: Editing basics (August 26-28)[edit]

In class
Assignments
  • Complete the online training for students. (due before class on Wednesday, August 28)
  • Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page. (due before class on Wednesday, August 28)
  • To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, leave a message for two classmates on their user talk pages or introduce yourself to any Wikipedians helping your class ( Ragesoss). You must leave at least two messages. (due at 12:00am Tuesday, September 3)
  • Critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article’s talk page. (Friday, September 13)
  • Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. (Friday, September 13)
Milestone
  • All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.

Week 4: Using sources (September 9-11)[edit]

In class
  • Handouts: “Referencing on Wikipedia” and “Understanding Wikipedia’s copyright policy”
  • Table of articles that need work: WikiProject History of Science
Assignment (due week 5, Sunday, September 15)
  • Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.
For next week
  • Instructor evaluates student's article selections, by week 5.

Week 5: Choosing articles (September 16-18)[edit]

In class
  • Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.
Assignments (due week 7)
  • Select an article to work on, removing the rest from your user page. Add your article to the class’s course page.
  • Compile a bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.

Week 7: Drafting starter articles (September 30-October 2)[edit]

In class
  • Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, and (optionally) revisit the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
  • Q&A session with instructor and/or Wikipedia Ambassadors about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing.
Assignments (due week 9)
  • If you are starting a new article, write a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article—with citations—in your Wikipedia sandbox. If you are improving an existing article, 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.
  • Begin working with classmates and other editors to polish your short starter article and fix any major issues.
  • Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
Milestone
  • All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.

Week 8: Building articles (October 7-9)[edit]

Workshop in class or outside of class
Assignments (due week 9)
  • Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.

Week 9: Moving articles to the main space (October 14-16)[edit]

This image from Galileo's Discourse on the Two New Sciences (1638) demonstrates mathematically the law of falling bodies. Image courtesy of the History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries.
In class
Editing Wikipedia Resources
Assignments (due this week)
  • Select an article to work on, removing the rest from your user page. Add your article to the class’s course page.
  • Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
Homework
  • Move edits into main article space (due November 10)
  • Optional: For new articles or qualifying expansions of stubs, compose a one-sentence “hook,” nominate it for “Did you know,” and monitor the nomination for any issues identified by other editors.

Week 11: Getting and giving feedback (November 11-13)[edit]

Your Article is Due!!!!
  • Make sure you've completed your changes to the article and moved them into the main article space.
In class
  • As a group, have the students offer suggestions for improving one or two of the students' articles, setting the example for what is expected from a solid encyclopedia article.
Assignments (due November 17)
  • Peer review two of your classmates' articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
  • Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.
Milestone
  • All article drafting has been completed. All students have marked the articles by their classmates that they will review.

Week 12: Responding to feedback (November 18-20)[edit]

In class
  • Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, media literacy, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.
Assignments (due November 25)
  • Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback.
  • Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.
  • Write a reflective essay (2-5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.

Week 13: Due date (November 25)[edit]

You made it!

Milestone
  • Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading, and have submitted reflective essays.



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