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Course name
Digital Writing
Institution
York College of Pennsylvania
Instructor
Emily Murphy Cope
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Digital Writing
Course dates
2019-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-13 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


This course introduces students to digital writing practices and rhetorical theories relevant to digital environments.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Tbankert2
Khamelia H. Collaborative writing Digital rhetoric, Transliteracy
Taijay Blagrove Messaging apps Vlog, College Sports Information Directors of America
Ben Gallagher Jones Vlog Messaging apps, Augmented Reality
JohnWilfong Mixer (website) Roll20, Content strategy
Steppitup02 Content strategy College Sports Information Directors of America, Mixer (website)
SamanthaSabatiniYCP Transliteracy Corporate social media, Collaborative writing
Lwalsh1 College Sports Information Directors of America Content strategy, Messaging apps
Isabella Pham Digital rhetoric Video editing, Comments section
Cquinn1112 Comments section Wattpad, Digital rhetoric
Fredmaurer Web design Collaborative writing, Augmented Reality
Tgill98 TikTok Collaborative writing, Vlog
Beck1212 Video editing Digital rhetoric, Corporate social media
Keegan Willson Email marketing Augmented Reality, Web design
Taylorjackson0911 Corporate social media Transliteracy, Video editing
Arielpaige17 Wattpad Comments section, Roll20
Laurenbeth76 Augmented Reality Email marketing, Web design
KMYCP Roll20 Mixer (website), Wattpad

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Thursday, 5 September 2019
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 - 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.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 September 2019   |   Thursday, 12 September 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 September 2019   |   Thursday, 19 September 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 September 2019   |   Thursday, 26 September 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 October 2019   |   Thursday, 3 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

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.

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 8 October 2019   |   Thursday, 10 October 2019
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.


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 8

Course meetings
Thursday, 17 October 2019
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 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 October 2019   |   Thursday, 24 October 2019
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

Guiding questions

Milestones

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