Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Point Loma Nazarene University/HIS 320 US History from 1815-1914 (Spring 2016)

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Course name

HIS 320 US History from 1815-1914

Institution

Point Loma Nazarene University

Instructor

Kelli McCoy

Wikipedia Expert

Adam (Wiki Ed)

Subject

U.S. History

Course dates

2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC – 2016-05-06 23:59:59 UTC

Approximate number of student editors

16

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Tbrown1934	History of Long Island
Sverbie05	History of women in the United States
Ryoung595
Raerose	James J. Hill
MerrickKonkoly123
Darshap	San Francisco Committee of Vigilance
Hwhite321
Jfern1987	Siege of Corinth
Bgysin
Hannahc7940	Monroe Doctrine
Veltze	Medicine in the American Civil War
Setenove222	History of the Chinese Americans in San Francisco
Bsamano1993	Ida B. Wells
Fcamacho1993	Grimke sisters
Bingo-no-kami

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings

Wednesday, 2 March 2016   |   Friday, 4 March 2016

In class - Wikipedia essentials

• Overview of the course
• Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
• Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.

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Handout: Editing Wikipedia

Assignment - Learn the basics

  

• Begin the training modules assigned for your course. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 2

Course meetings

Monday, 14 March 2016   |   Wednesday, 16 March 2016   |   Friday, 18 March 2016

Assignment - Add to an article

  

• Add 10-12 sentences of new information, backed up with at least three citations to appropriate sources, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.