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Timeline

Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)

Start the online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments
Handouts: Using talk pages, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet

To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to any Wikipedians helping your class (such as a Wikipedia Ambassador), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.

Handouts: Advice for choosing articles and How to get help
Critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article’s talk page.
Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. Ask your instructor for comment.

Handouts: “Referencing on Wikipedia” and “Understanding Wikipedia’s copyright policy”
Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.

Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.
Select an article to work on, removing the rest from your user page. Add your article to the class’s course page.
Compile a bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.

If you are starting a new article, write a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article—with citations—in your Wikipedia sandbox. If you are improving an existing article, write a summary version reflecting the content the article will have after it's been improved, and post this along with a brief description of your plans on the article’s talk page.
Begin working with classmates and other editors to polish your short starter article and fix any major issues.
Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.

Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copy-edit. (You don’t need to start reviewing yet.)

You made it!

Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading, and have submitted reflective essays.