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Course name
Introduction to Digital Studies
Institution
College of Wooster
Instructor
Jennifer Hayward
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Media Studies
Course dates
2020-08-12 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-12-04 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
16


The course covers a range of digital media, with a common emphasis on digital literacy as well as questions of equity, access, and inclusion.

For this ongoing Wikipedia editing project, learning objectives include distinguishing among primary, secondary, and tertiary sources; thinking critically about information so as to identify which sources are reliable and verifiable; becoming more attentive to bias in choice of subject matter for articles as well as in sources of information; and gaining awareness of how, and by whom, knowledge is constructed with a view towards redressing inequities.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Rondo Caesar
EvanMacko
Lhaley21 Surveillance Capitalism
Cballou23
Epainter20 Digital empathy, Emotions in virtual communication, Denormalization
Lromo24
Alwhite24
AustinT07
Taydot4
Digital Studies TA
VGoldenrose Digital divide in the United States
KMag11 Aztlán
Jrichburg23
Cassiebuzz Gamergate Controvery
Cerodox
Jacobheil
TMcNeal24

Timeline

Week 8

Course meetings
Thursday, 1 October 2020
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.

Today, you'll 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.)

You'll then complete an introductory training module on Wikipedia's goals and policies.

Resources:

Week 9

Course meetings
Thursday, 8 October 2020
Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 October 2020   |   Thursday, 15 October 2020
Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
sandboxes, talk pages, and watchlists

Continue with your training on Wikipedia by understanding more about the writing and topic selection process.


In class - Discussion
thinking about Wikipedia
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia articles and sources
In class - Discussion
What's a content gap?

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 October 2020   |   Thursday, 22 October 2020
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion
thinking about sources and plagiarism
In class - Exercise
add to an article
Assignment - Exercise
finalizing your topic and finding sources

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 October 2020   |   Thursday, 29 October 2020
In class - Exercise
choose your article
Assignment - Add to an article and additing citations
Assignment - Start drafting
plagiarism training

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


In class - Drafting articles in the sandbox

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 November 2020   |   Thursday, 5 November 2020
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.


Assignment - Exercise
copyedit an article
Assignment - Continue improving 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 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 November 2020   |   Thursday, 12 November 2020
Assignment - Exercise
Finding your article

Begin thinking about your Wikipedia annotated bibliography!


In class - How to edit
Wikicode vs Visual Editor
Assignment - Original analytical paper

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.

Week 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 November 2020   |   Thursday, 19 November 2020
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 16

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
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.


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!


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!

Week 17

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 December 2020   |   Thursday, 3 December 2020
In class - In-class presentation
Milestones

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