User:Ninafundisha/course wizard/Timeline

Timeline

 * September 16 (Tuesday)
 * Start and complete the online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia. In addition, please sign up on the list of students on the class course page.


 * September 23 (Tuesday)
 * Create a user page, and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.


 * September 30 (Tuesday)
 * Team edit the Wikipedia article "African archaeology" (in class). Students should come prepared with 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, on their assigned section.


 * October 8 and 10 (Tuesday and Thursday)
 * Select an article to work on, and add your article to the class’s course page.
 * Compile a bibliography of relevant research (at least five sources) and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.


 * October 22 (Tuesday)
 * 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.


 * October 29 (Tuesday)
 * Move sandbox articles into main space.
 * Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.


 * November 5 (Tuesday)
 * Peer review two of your classmates' articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
 * Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.


 * November 26 (Tuesday)
 * Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.

December 17
 * Write a reflective essay (3 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.