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Week 1: Wikipedia essentials

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


 * Assignment (due week 2)
 * 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.

Week 2: Editing basics

 * In class
 * Basics of editing
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
 * Handouts: Using talk pages, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet


 * Assignments (due week 3)
 * Complete the online training for students.
 * Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
 * 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.


 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.

Week 3: Exploring the topic area

 * In class
 * Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.
 * Handouts: Advice for choosing articles and How to get help


 * Assignments (due week 4):
 * Start researching 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.

Week 4: Using sources

 * In class
 * Handouts: “Referencing on Wikipedia” and “Understanding Wikipedia’s copyright policy”


 * Assignment (due week 5)
 * List at least 5 reliable sources on your topic in your topic sandbox

Week 5: Choosing articles

 * In class
 * Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, and (optionally) revisit the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.


 * Assignments (due week 6)
 * Add 2-3 sentences, backed up with citations, on your topic sandbox.

Week 6: Drafting starter articles

 * In class
 * Q&A session with instructor and/or Wikipedia Ambassadors about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing.


 * Assignments (due week 7)
 * Write a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article—with citations—in your Wikipedia sandbox.
 * Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
 * List at least 5 reliable sources on your topic in your topic sandbox


 * Milestone
 * All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.

Week 7: Moving articles to the main space

 * In class
 * Handout: Moving out of your sandbox

Week 8: Building articles

 * Workshop in class or outside of class
 * Demo uploading images and adding images to articles.
 * Share experiences and discuss problems.
 * Handouts: “Uploading images” and “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality” (handed out originally in week 2)


 * Assignments (due week 9)
 * Add 1-2 paragraphs with citations on the main article sandbox

Week 9: Planning for further building

 * In class
 * Professor feedback - going over sandboxes to offer suggestions for what is expected from a solid encyclopedia article.
 * Launch of article; description of article talk page


 * Assignments (due week 10)
 * Comments on what you plan to the article on the main article talk page


 * Milestone
 * Main article is launched

Week 10: Responding to feedback

 * In class
 * Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, media literacy, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.


 * Assignments (due week 11)
 * Make edits to your article based on Prof's feedback, group plan, and additional research.
 * Add another couple of paragraphs on article main space, with citations.

Week 11: Peer feedback

 * In class
 * Students go over the article and suggest changes in class.


 * Assignments (due week 12)
 * Peer feedback

Week 12: Final editing

 * In class
 * Go over tying up loose ends on an article (pics, categories, external links, etc.)


 * Assignments (due week 13)
 * Final edits, based on all feedback on article main space


 * Milestone
 * All articles have been reviewed by others. All students have reviewed articles by their classmates.

Week 13: Reflection

 * In class
 * As a class, go over the project experiences


 * Assignments (due week 14)
 * Prepare for presentations on your sub-topic and experiences with Wikipedia editing.

Week 14: Presentations

 * In class
 * Students give in-class presentations about their experiences editing Wikipedia.

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