Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Courses/Cognitive Psychology (Greta Munger)/Timeline

August 22: 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 August 26)
 * Read Five pillars, an explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles

August 29: Editing basics

 * Background information
 * Handouts and videos: Video on creating an account, Talk pages tutorial video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, Account and user page creation handout, Wikimarkup cheatsheet
 * Assignments (in class, September 2)
 * Create a Wikipedia account, create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to one of the class's Online Ambassadors (via talk page), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.


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

August 29: Editing basics

 * Background information
 * Handouts and videos: Video on creating an account, Talk pages tutorial video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, Account and user page creation handout, Wikimarkup cheatsheet
 * Assignments (in class, September 2)
 * Create a Wikipedia account, create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to one of the class's Online Ambassadors (via talk page), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.


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

August 29: Editing basics

 * Background information
 * Handouts and videos: Video on creating an account, Talk pages tutorial video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, Account and user page creation handout, Wikimarkup cheatsheet
 * Assignments (in class, September 2)
 * Create a Wikipedia account, create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to one of the class's Online Ambassadors (via talk page), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.


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

September 5: Using sources

 * Background information
 * Handouts and videos: Referencing handout, Referencing: Wikicode handout, Plagiarism handout, Citing sources tutorial video, RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video


 * Assignment (in class, September 9)
 * Learn about finding journal articles (for citations)


 * Follow-up assignment (due September 12)
 * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.

September 12: Choosing articles

 * Assignments (due September 12)
 * Indicate preferences for an article to work on.


 * Partners (in class, September 16)
 * Begin bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.

September 19: Drafting starter articles

 * Background information
 * Instructor and/or Campus Ambassadors talk about Wikipedia culture & etiquette.
 * Q&A session with instructor and/or Campus Ambassadors about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing
 * Video resource: Sandbox tutorial


 * Assignments (due September 23)
 * 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 Online Ambassadors to polish your short starter article and fix any major transgressions of Wikipedia norms.
 * Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.


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

September 19-October 21: Writing & Editing

 * Background information
 * Handouts and videos: Uploading images handout, Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure (handed out originally in week 2), Article assessments video, Evolution of an article video
 * Handout: Moving into main space, Submitting articles to Did You Know


 * Wiki assignments (due October 21)
 * Move sandbox articles into main space.
 * 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.

October 24: Getting and giving feedback

 * Wiki assignments (due October 28)
 * Peer review two of your classmates' articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
 * Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.


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

October 31-November 18: Responding to feedback

 * Wiki assignments (due November 18)
 * Make edits to your article based on peers' feedback.
 * Add final touches to you Wikipedia article.
 * Nominate your article for Good Article status.
 * "Final" version for grade.

November 18: Reflective essay

 * Optional
 * Add final touches to your Wikipedia article. Try to address issues from Good Article reviews.


 * Wiki assignments (due December 2)
 * Write a reflective essay (2-5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.