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Course name
LIBY 1210 Section 35
Institution
CSU East Bay
Instructor
Sharon Radcliff
Wikipedia Expert
Adam (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Information Literacy
Course dates
2016-03-30 – 2016-06-08
Approximate number of student editors
20


Students learn how to do college level research by writing a research paper on a global issue.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Lmadanat1
KyraWilliams
OliLevine Traditional games in the Philippines Traditional games in the Philippines
Kamari7 Genetically modified food
Aparicio2310
Simone0319
Waicheng Bottled water Bottled water
Jeremylucky
Sabrina Douglas Barajas
Jdelgado1024
ShomikaDutt Parakeets Parakeets
JesseIV97
Don Bev
Bfunes Anorexia nervosa
Jezreelpf23 Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Pandaexpresslover1 Philippine cuisine Philippine cuisine
Yadiralv Sea turtle Sea turtle
Ajanae.evans Genetically Modified food
Dazsa0319 Dolphins

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
In class - Wikipedia essentials
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
  • Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.



Handout: Editing Wikipedia


Assignment - Learn the basics
  • Begin the training modules assigned for your course. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Assignment - Critique an article
  • Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.
  • Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
  • A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):
    • Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?



Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, Using Talk Pages

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Assignment - Add to an article
  • Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
Assignment - Illustrate an article
  • Identify an article that would benefit from illustration, create or find an appropriate photo, illustration, or audio/video, and add it to the article.
    • All media uploaded to Wikipedia must fall under a "free license," which means they can be used or shared by anyone. Examples of media you can use are photos that you take yourself, images and text in the public domain, and works created by someone else who has given permission for their work to be used by others. For more information about which types of media can be uploaded to Wikipedia, see Commons:Help desk.
    • To add a media file to an article, you must first upload it to Wikimedia Commons. For instructions on how to upload files to Commons, refer to Illustrating Wikipedia. This brochure will also provide you with detailed information about which files are acceptable to upload to Wikipedia and the value of contributing media to Wikipedia articles.

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
In class - Catch up week!

Continue working on the above assignments as needed!

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 11 May 2016