User:Kirbys12/course wizard/Timeline

==Timeline==

===Week 1: Wikipedia Basics===
 * Busy Work - But Still Necessary
 * Click on the blue link below to learn all about Wikipedia:
 * Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)


 * Assignment (due by the end of 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. Finish the orientation and answer the 5 questions at the end and save it. This will take you to the Wikipedia:Training/For students/Training feedback page.  Look under the Contents box at the bottom and click on your user name (Notice how many other students are also giving feedback from the training!).  This will take you to your comments.  Highlight and copy your comments and send them to me via student email.

===Week 2: What is Web 2.0 anyhow??===
 * Busy Work - But Still Necessary
 * Using the Wikipedia Search Engine look up Web 2.0.
 * Using the Web 2.0 page find out about Social Media, Virtual Community, Social Networking Sites by using the links within the Web 2.0 page.

The post should include the link to the page you picked out and a short paragraph about what you found interesting about the topic.
 * Assignments (due week 3)
 * Pick a link from the Web 2.0 page that interests you.
 * Using this information you are going to make a discussion board post (back in your Blackboard account).
 * Please respond to two of your classmates on the discussion board.


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

===Week 3: To Blog or Not to Blog?===
 * Busy Work - But Still Necessary
 * Using the Wikipedia Search Engine and look up Blog.
 * Using the Blog page find out about Twitter, Microblogging, and Web Publishing Tools by using the links within the Blog page.

The post should include the link to the page you picked out and a short paragraph about what you found interesting about the topic.
 * Assignments (due week 4)
 * Pick a link from the Blog page that interests you.
 * Using this information you are going to make a discussion board post (back in your Blackboard account).
 * Please respond to two of your classmates on the discussion board.

'''===Week 4: Am I Wikiing? What is a Wiki?==='''
 * Busy Work - But Still Necessary
 * Using the Wikipedia Search Engine and look up Wiki.
 * Using the Wiki page find out about Web Application, HTML, and Cascading Style Sheets by using the links within the Wiki page.

The post should include the link to the page you picked out and a short paragraph about what you found interesting about the topic.
 * Assignments (due week 5)
 * Pick a link from the Wiki page that interests you.
 * Using this information you are going to make a discussion board post (back in your Blackboard account).
 * Please respond to two of your classmates on the discussion board.
 * To practice using a Wiki you will edit any page on Wikipedia but be sure that it is on a topic that you are knowledgeable. Copy the page after you have posted to the Wiki and send it to me in an email using "Wiki post" as the subject line.

===Week 5: What is Social Networking?===
 * Busy Work - But Still Necessary
 * Using the Wikipedia Search Engine and look up Social Networking. Wikipedia will automatically redirect you to the page.
 * Using the Social Networking Service  page find out about Cyberbullying and Cyberstalking by using the links within the Social Networking Service  page.

The post should include the link to the page you picked out and a short paragraph about what you found interesting about the topic.
 * Assignments (due the end of week 5)
 * Pick a link from the Social Networking Service  page about a social network that interests you. (Remember to keep the content within the college's policy.)
 * Using this information you are going to make a discussion board post (back in your Blackboard account).
 * Please respond to two of your classmates on the discussion board.


 * Milestone
 * All students have edited an article on Wikipedia.

''The End! You made it!''


 * Milestone
 * Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading, and have submitted all assignments.

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