User:Rhododendrites/Test Course

Some information about the course

Week 1: Translation essentials

 * Overview of the course
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Wikipedia is a community: a brief overview of its rules, expectations, and etiquette
 * The differences between English Wikipedia and other Wikipedias
 * Handout: Editing Wikipedia, Using Talk Pages (available in print or online from the Wiki Education Foundation)


 * Create a Wikipedia account and a user page, and add your user name to the list of students on the bottom of this course page.
 * Complete the Student Training for Translation Assignments.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to another student on their user talk page. Make sure you've also enrolled on the course page by clicking on the Enroll link above.

Week 2: Choose an article

 * Choose two articles (a first choice, and a backup) to translate into English. Post the article links on your talk page, and submit them to the instructor for review.
 * Once your instructor has approved one or both of your choices, finalize your choice of which article to translate.


 * Copy your article from the target-language Wikipedia into your sandbox.
 * Begin to translate your work.


 * For each sentence you translate, make a note of the sources used in the original article. Are they good sources? Do they really say what the Wikipedia article describes?
 * Begin looking for English-language texts that support the facts stated in your translated article. Make a note of these sources and add them to your sandbox. Adjust your translation if necessary.

Week 3: Translation

 * Be ready to start translating your approved article in a sandbox.
 * Carefully note the original citations for facts in your source article.
 * If an original source doesn't seem reliable, feel free to omit it from your translation.
 * Handouts: Citing sources and Avoiding plagiarism.


 * Continue to translate your work.
 * Introduce citations from English-language texts that support the facts stated in your translated article. Adjust your translation if necessary.
 * For each sentence you translate, make a note of the sources used in the original article. Are they good sources? Do they really say what the Wikipedia article describes?

Week 4: Publish your work

 * Discussion of fact-checking translated work, finding English-language sources.


 * Move sandbox articles into main space.
 * If you are expanding an existing article, it's time to add your revised translation (including English sources, when available). Copy your edit into the article. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article. Be sure to check the article's talk page and respond to suggestions from Wikipedians. Don't panic if your edits are removed or changed! Discuss it civilly on the article's talk page, and make a note of it for your report or presentation about your editing experience.
 * If you are creating a new article, do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow these instructions on how to move your work.
 * In your first edit to the article namespace, include a link of the source article (i.e., the article you translated) in the "edit summary" before hitting "save."
 * Copy the code to the bottom of the Wikipedia article.
 * Complete your assignment report based on the grading guidelines below.

Week 5: Revise and review

 * Individual presentations about your translation process, how you selected your articles, and your observations about how this differs from a traditional translation assignment.


 * Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.