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Course name
ENG 122_022
Institution
Community College of Denver
Instructor
Kelly Zepp
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
English Composition 2
Course dates
2019-01-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-13 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


In this course, students will research and write a researched argument on the following:

-Demonstrate that a specific subset of college student that is less likely to succeed than the average college student and discuss reasons why this group is less successful than the average

-Identify both the reasons why that group is less successful and how their lack of success impacts both them and society-at-large

-Compare implemented and/or proposed policies aimed at increasing that groups success

-Argue for a concrete solution to be implemented at a local level

Student Assigned Reviewing
Ayousuf8
Lookout 30
Sawaged21
Alisson 1119
Eduardogr123
Ahmed.abdi12
Talha.qureshi29
Medinaernesto671
Pawmalie
Aliss19

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 28 January 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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 4 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 11 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 February 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 18 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 25 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 4 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 March 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 7

Course meetings
Monday, 11 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 March 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 8

Course meetings
Monday, 18 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 March 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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 1 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 3 April 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 10

Course meetings
Monday, 8 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 10 April 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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 15 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 17 April 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!

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 22 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Milestones

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