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Course name
Art of the Book
Institution
American University in Cairo
Instructor
Bernard O'Kane
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Islamic painting
Course dates
2019-08-31 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-10 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


Survey of Arab, Persian, Turkish and Mughal book painting, with an emphasis on Persian material. The students will be expected to work in groups on selected topics for uploading, to be decided on later.

Student Assigned Reviewing
MaiKolkailah
Hla Osama Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, Yahya ibn mahmud al wasiti
Lailaelbeheri
Zeina El Sayad Yahya ib muhammad al wasiti, Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi
Salma Elkafrawy
Farida Maamoun
Haidy Z
Imanyehia
Rahmagamal98 Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti
Hamdy1234567 Al wasiti
Omarabouzeid1

Timeline

Week 4

Course meetings
Sunday, 15 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 18 September 2019
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

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:


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.)


Assignment - Wikipedia assignment blog

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 5

Course meetings
Sunday, 22 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 6

Course meetings
Sunday, 29 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 2 October 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Art History

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 8

Course meetings
Sunday, 13 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9

Course meetings
Sunday, 20 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 10

Course meetings
Sunday, 27 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Assignment - Respond to your 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 11

Course meetings
Sunday, 3 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 November 2019
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 12

Course meetings
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to 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 13

Course meetings
Sunday, 17 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Assignment - Polish 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 14

Course meetings
Sunday, 24 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Assignment - Final article

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!


In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Week 15

Course meetings
Sunday, 1 December 2019   |   Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.