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Week 1: Introduction to Wikipedia

 * In class
 * Overview of the project
 * 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
 * Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments
 * Handouts: Using talk pages, Wikimarkup cheatsheet, Advice for choosing articles and How to get help
 * Benchmarks
 * Complete the online training for students.
 * Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page for your section.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.
 * Generate an initial list of 4-6 possible article topics (new articles or existing pages needing significant expansion)and post it to your user page.

Week 3: Exploring the topic area

 * In class
 * Evaluating Wikipedia article quality exercise
 * Handout: Evaluating Wikipedia article quality

Week 4: Practice and Narrowing Topics

 * In class
 * Lab Day
 * Activities: add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class. Add a suggestion for improving the article evaluated during week 4 to its talk page.
 * Benchmark
 * Narrow list of potential topics to one topic, and compile a preliminary bibliography of reliable secondary sources.
 * For next week
 * Instructor evaluates student's article selections.

Week 5: Rough Drafts

 * Benchmark
 * Post initial draft of chosen article or revisions. If topic is a new article, post a 3-4 page summary in your Sandbox.  If it is an expansion of an existing article, post a summary of the planned updates in your Sandbox and a brief description of your plans on the article's talk page.

Week 6: Improving Rough Drafts

 * Benchmark
 * By the end of the week, improved versions of initial articles should be posted in the main space.
 * Handout: Moving out of your sandbox

Week 7: Peer Critique

 * In class
 * Peer Critique exercise. Critiques to be posted on article's talk page.

Week 8: Finalizing articles

 * Benchmark
 * Articles to be submitted for grade at end of week.

Weeks 9-11

 * Students continue to monitor their articles, interact with and respond to feedback from other interested Wikipedia editors.

Week 12: Reflection

 * In class: Reflection and critique of Wikipedia editing project.
 * Assignment: Reflective Essay due in class.

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