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Course name
FMS 115
Institution
UNCG
Instructor
Joseph A. Ross
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
First-Year Experience
Course dates
2022-01-10 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-04-30 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


This course helps students develop information literacy and analytical reasoning skills. Students will learn to identify and evaluate the quality of information in order to determine which sources are the most accurate, objective, and reliable.

Students will work in teams to evaluate a Wikipedia article and revise it in order to increase its quality and credibility.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Bruisevelvet Ricky Eat Acid
HannonP123 Robert Bagg
Cinto246 Robert Bagg
Steph.alcazz2002 Castle of Chinchilla
Shaunthomas03 Stephen Curry's Unanimous MVP Season
CarissaBoddie Chicken fingers
Acheareg Robert Bagg
Jusstjayaa Waist Beads
JeremyFiguereo 1964 New York Giants season
Tnyia C My body, my choice
Kennedim36 List of Jamaican dishes and foods
Lexdonahue027 Castle of Chinchilla
AbdiDeLeon Robert Bagg
Victoradejumo 1st Marine Raider Battalion (MARSOC)
Qasimazeem30
Antoford Justyn Ross

Timeline

Week 8

Course meetings
Friday, 4 March 2022
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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 14 March 2022   |   Wednesday, 16 March 2022   |   Friday, 18 March 2022
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Assignment - Discussion -- Sources and Plagiarism

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 21 March 2022   |   Wednesday, 23 March 2022   |   Friday, 25 March 2022
Assignment - Discussion -- What's a content gap?

What's a content gap?

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 28 March 2022   |   Wednesday, 30 March 2022   |   Friday, 1 April 2022
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 4 April 2022   |   Wednesday, 6 April 2022   |   Friday, 8 April 2022
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

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 13

Course meetings
Monday, 11 April 2022   |   Wednesday, 13 April 2022   |   Friday, 15 April 2022
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 14

Course meetings
Monday, 18 April 2022   |   Wednesday, 20 April 2022   |   Friday, 22 April 2022
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 15

Course meetings
Monday, 25 April 2022   |   Wednesday, 27 April 2022   |   Friday, 29 April 2022
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.