Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Anne Arundel Community College/Popular Culture in America (Fall 2018 Session 2)
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- Course name
- Popular Culture in America
- Institution
- Anne Arundel Community College
- Instructor
- Richard Otten
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Popular Culture Studies
- Course dates
- 2018-10-22 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-16 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 25
This online course presents an intersectional approach to popular culture.
In this Wikipedia assignment, students will be adding critical commentary from academic sources to existing Wikipedia pages.
Timeline
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 4 November 2018 | Monday, 5 November 2018 | Tuesday, 6 November 2018 | Wednesday, 7 November 2018 | Thursday, 8 November 2018
- 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- 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 4
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 11 November 2018 | Monday, 12 November 2018 | Tuesday, 13 November 2018 | Wednesday, 14 November 2018 | Thursday, 15 November 2018
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 18 November 2018 | Monday, 19 November 2018 | Tuesday, 20 November 2018 | Wednesday, 21 November 2018 | Thursday, 22 November 2018
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 25 November 2018 | Monday, 26 November 2018 | Tuesday, 27 November 2018 | Wednesday, 28 November 2018 | Thursday, 29 November 2018
- Assignment - Exercise
- Assignment - Annotated Bibliography
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 2 December 2018 | Monday, 3 December 2018 | Tuesday, 4 December 2018 | Wednesday, 5 December 2018
- 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
- 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
- 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!
- Assignment - Original analytical paper
Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.