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Course name
Women of the Renaissance
Institution
Ursuline College
Instructor
Pamela McVay
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History
Course dates
2022-01-11 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-05-04 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
9


Survey of women's and gender history from 1400-1800 CE, emphasizing the experiences and activities of women in Europe and European colonies. Students will contribute additions to articles and images.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Kaitlyn.reigle
Msheab Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work Volume 1 A-N by Melissa Hope Ditmore
Britney.haase Elizabethan era
Mysterious Ties Women artists
Zoezdunczyk Feminist interpretations of the Early Modern witch trials
Raniquerhoden Women of the renaissance
Mikeculpalston

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Assignment - 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 - Practice and Communication

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.)

Assignment - Everyone has a Wikipedia account

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 31 January 2022   |   Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Choosing high quality sources and avoiding plagiarism

You are welcome to use your sandbox to keep notes. To avoid plagiarism as you do so, follow these steps.

  1. Always begin by writing down a full bibliographic entry of the resource you are taking notes on.
  2. Whenever you take a note, begin  that note with the page number of the source.
  3. When you change pages, put in the new page number before you start taking notes on that page.
  4. Distinguish among:
    1. "direct quotations" from your source
    2. [your own ideas about, interpretations of, and questions you have about] your source. You may even want to include a phrase like "I think" or "I wonder" at the beginning of the bracket. 
    3.  paraphrases from the source

I use quotation marks for direct quotation; brackets for my own ideas, remarks, and questions; and no formatting for paraphrases. 

 

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 7 February 2022   |   Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 14 February 2022
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
Milestones

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

Week 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
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 10

Course meetings
Monday, 28 March 2022   |   Wednesday, 30 March 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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 4 April 2022   |   Wednesday, 6 April 2022
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.

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 11 April 2022
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 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 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!
In class - In-class presentation
Assignment - Reflective essay

Week 14

Course meetings
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Milestones

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