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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 next week)
 * 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.

Editing basics

 * Basics of editing
 * 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
 * Assignments (due next week)
 * Complete the online training for students.
 * Email erhayes@simons-rock.edu with a screenshot of your accomplishment
 * 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.
 * Print the list with their corresponding abstracts and turn in to Eden-Reneé
 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.

Exploring the topic area

 * Handouts: Advice for choosing articles and How to get help
 * Assignments (due next week):
 * Critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article’s talk page.
 * Email erhayes@simons-rock.edu with a screenshot of your accomplishment
 * State your suggestions in the email if what you suggested is not clear in the screenshot

Using sources

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


 * Assignment (due next week)
 * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.
 * Email erhayes@simons-rock.edu with a screenshot of your accomplishment
 * State what you added in your email

Choosing articles

 * In class
 * Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.


 * Assignments (due next week)
 * Select an article to work on, removing the rest from your user page. Add your article to the class’s course page.
 * Compile a list of references of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.
 * Email erhayes@simons-rock.edu with a screenshot of your accomplishment

Drafting starter articles

 * Assignments (due next week)
 * 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.


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

Moving articles to the main space

 * Handout: Moving out of your sandbox


 * Assignments (due next week)
 * Move sandbox articles into main space.
 * Optional: For new articles or qualifying expansions of stubs, compose a one-sentence “hook,” nominate it for “Did you know,” and monitor the nomination for any issues identified by other editors.
 * Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
 * Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copy-edit. (You don’t need to start reviewing yet.) Avoid pairing (trading article pages between two students). No one student can have more than two peer reviews.
 * Email erhayes@simons-rock.edu with your two students

Building articles

 * Handouts: “Uploading images” and “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality” (handed out originally in week 2)


 * Assignments (due next week)
 * Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
 * Peer review two of your classmates' articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
 * Copy-edit the two reviewed articles
 * It may be helpful to cut and paste the two selected articles into MS Word, turn on track changes, then edit. The tracked changes can be saved and sent to both the two students (separately) and erhayes@simons-rock.edu

Getting and giving feedback

 * In class
 * As a group, have the students offer suggestions for improving one or two of the students' articles, setting the example for what is expected from a solid encyclopedia article.


 * Assignments (due next week)
 * Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback. Prepare for an in-class presentation about your Wikipedia editing experience.


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

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


 * Assignments (due next week)
 * Continue editing your article.

Finish Editing

 * Assignments (due this week)
 * Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.

Prep

 * Assignment (to do this week)
 * Prepare for an in-class presentation about your Wikipedia article and editing experience.

Due date
You made it!
 * In class
 * Students give in-class presentations about their Wikipedia article and editing experience.
 * Milestone
 * Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading, and have submitted reflective essays.

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