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Course name
Community Food Systems
Institution
DePaul University
Instructor
Howard Rosing
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Food Systems
Course dates
2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-11-09 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
14


A critical analysis of the concept "community food system" as it is employed as an alternative to the global agro-food system. An overview of emerging local and community-driven efforts at producing, distributing and consuming food. Students will be writing a narrative on the Chicago Urban Agriculture Mapping Project (cuamp.org) based on existing literature and non-profit and government websites.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Tbogartz
Rewhittaker
CamKoch
Cscoltock
Icuetodpu
Eberg19
Jessf227
Granteloupe
Aggiekallinicou

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Friday, 14 September 2018

Week 2

Course meetings
Friday, 21 September 2018
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.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Friday, 28 September 2018
Assignment - Find urban agriculture mapping projects in other cities

Search online for how other cities in the world are mapping urban agriculture. 

Add at least one link with information on an urban agriculture mapping project to the Sandbox (include your name in brackets next to anything you add).

Week 4

Course meetings
Friday, 5 October 2018
Assignment - Find articles online that mention CUAMP

Add at least one online citation mentioning CUAMP with the url to the Sandbox with your name in brackets next to the citation.

Week 5

Course meetings
Friday, 12 October 2018
In class - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Friday, 19 October 2018
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

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


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 7

Course meetings
Friday, 26 October 2018
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 8

Course meetings
Friday, 2 November 2018
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.


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 9

Course meetings
Friday, 9 November 2018
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!
Milestones

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