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Course name
Digital Rhetoric
Institution
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Instructor
Matthew Vetter
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Digital rhetoric
Course dates
2020-01-21 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-16 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


This advanced seminar focuses on digital rhetoric - the application of rhetorical theory to digital texts and technologies. As an emerging field of inquiry, digital rhetoric encompasses the study of rhetorical techniques for production and analysis; new media function, design, and capability; digital identity; community formation; ideology, epistemology, and culture in digital interfaces and texts; and technology’s influence on agency and the emergence of posthuman actors in networks and interfaces (Eyman, 2015). This course will explore these issues with/through classical, modern, and postmodern theories of rhetoric.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Morozok7 Digital identity
EgyptiankingX Visual rhetoric
Briannadoyle Hashtag activism
CatSeptember
YinMajora Internet meme
PSondari Internet meme
Playit20 Visual rhetoric
Dansila Internet meme
Undercommonsatrix Digital literacy
Omar Yacoub 2020 Hashtag Activism
EmyHawk Digital literacy
Arwa.Moh Digital identity

Timeline

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 March 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.

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 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Linguistics

Women's Studies

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


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 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
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


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.


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 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
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!


Assignment - Reflective essay
Milestones

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