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Course name
Composition 101
Institution
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Instructor
Jialei Jiang
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
English
Course dates
2018-09-10 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-10-15 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
43


Composition 101 introduces you to college composition and academic writing. For this Wikipedia-editing assignment, you will collaboratively expand a stub or start-class Wikipedia article, evaluating and documenting sources to enhance the credibility and richness of the article. Each of you will include at least one external sources for the edit. The purpose of this assignment is to help you gain awareness of the informative style of writing.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Vickersalec Wearable technology
Emmatrotta Obesity in the united states
Nytasia123 Politics
HammersB Wealth inequality in the United States
Kcanterbury97
MeganSchmittinger
A.ellison17
Mariaa093 Virtual reality in fiction
Lmarshal28
Hope Demont17
KaufmanEmily
Jsmitty3200
IUPHawks12
Exiemouck19
Itsyaboi28 History of violence against LGBT people in the United States
Chaneliup20
Jacobsmith26
Qkjx
Misurma948 Domestic robot
Imes11
18collinsr
Sharrarme
Rdsx Augmented learning
Jesspowell42 Propaganda through media
Alymad18 Augmented reality
Flowerchild bro
Vldy
Lexilukert Augmented learning
Tatiannawashington8 Gender equality
D Flash00
Tgvy
John19zqrx
Shrekisloveshrekislife1
GreyGuardian
Cheeseboy77 Gender Equality
Laney02
Jhjz
Toddg18
Meg.early17
Chris staten
Cole Flory
Erand97 Propaganda in the united states, Gender equality
IUPKaufman Portrayal of women scientists in film
Emmasunshinebrandt
Qwerty099 Virtual reality in fiction

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 10 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 12 September 2018   |   Friday, 14 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.)


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 17 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 19 September 2018   |   Friday, 21 September 2018
Assignment - Select your topic

Complete the training and then this exercise.

Exercise

Choose your topic / Find your sources

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Books

Cultural Anthropology

History

More available here


Assignment - Evaluate & add to your article

====== Review the trainings and then complete the exercises. 

======

Exercise

Evaluate your article

Add a citation to your article

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 24 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 26 September 2018   |   Friday, 28 September 2018
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Begin drafting the rest of your planned contributions. 

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.


Assignment - Peer Review an Article

Guiding framework

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 1 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 3 October 2018   |   Friday, 5 October 2018
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.
Milestones

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


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 5

Course meetings
Monday, 8 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 10 October 2018   |   Friday, 12 October 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 - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article. Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. 

  • 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 6

Course meetings
Monday, 15 October 2018
Milestones

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