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Course name
CRM620 Controversies in Policing
Institution
Eastern Michigan University
Instructor
Kevin Karpiak
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Criminology & Criminal Justice
Course dates
2018-09-06 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-06 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


This course will expose students to a variety of controversial issues relating to the police. Specifically, the course will focus on community policing, police discretionary powers, police use of force, police corruption, racial profiling, the police role in crime rates, gender and policing, and “high profile” crimes.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Emichtk23 Community Policing Recidivism
Jsayles1 Community Policing Police corruption
DAnthonyRocket Community Policing Blue wall of silence
JSostakas Community Policing Community policing
MarkyMark162 Community Policing Driving while black, Watchmen (law enforcement)

Timeline

Week 4

Course meetings
Thursday, 27 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.

Week 5

Course meetings
Thursday, 4 October 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 6

Course meetings
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 7

Course meetings
Thursday, 18 October 2018
Assignment - Finalize your topic / Find sources

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 8

Course meetings
Thursday, 25 October 2018
Assignment - Copyedit an Article

Copyedit an article

Week 9

Course meetings
Thursday, 1 November 2018
Assignment - Start drafting your article

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Cultural Anthropology

History

LGBT+ Studies

Political Science

Sociology

Women's Studies

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 10

Course meetings
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Milestones

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
Thursday, 15 November 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



Once your work is live, 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. 

Exercise: Add links to your article

Week 12

Course meetings
Thursday, 29 November 2018

Week 13

Course meetings
Thursday, 6 December 2018
Assignment - Final article

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! Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.

In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Milestones

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