Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Courses/Intro to Organizational Communication(Lori Britt)/Timeline

Wikipedia Essentials

 * Friday, Sept. 2
 * Create a wikipedia account and bring your user name to class
 * Go to en,wikipedia.org top right, create account
 * Helpful resources: Video on creating an account


 * Friday, September 9 In class
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course and Using the Wikipedia website/your page
 * To prepare, please read Five pillars, an explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles
 * Handouts and videos: Welcome to Wikipedia, Talk pages tutorial video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, Wikimarkup cheatsheet

Brainstorming Topics

 * Friday, Sept. 16 In class


 * Assignment
 * Peruse topics and terms related to Organizational Communication in your text and find some pages that are flagged as being stubs or need development and identify some topics not covered at all. Bring these topics/page names to class.
 * Milestone:
 * All students are listed on the course page and have perused the course page and wikipedia, building comfort.

Finding Sources to Write Quality Pages

 * Friday, Sept. 23, Class meets in Carrier 301
 * Handout: Advice for choosing articles

Confirm Article Topic Areas

 * Friday, Oct. 7
 * Assignment
 * Bring your group's final topic area to write about/revise to class. Instructor evaluates and approves student's article topic areas by Monday Oct. 10
 * Instructor and Campus Ambassadors talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, and introduce the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
 * Q&A session about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing
 * Video resource: Sandbox tutorial

Going Live

 * Fri., Oct. 21
 * Read Handouts: Moving into main space, Submitting articles to Did You Know


 * Assignments
 * 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.

Review/Critique of Articles

 * Friday, Nov. 4 In class
 * Each group will work with another group to review and offer suggestions on their articles and discuss the Wikipedia collaborative editing process.
 * Each group's article must be made available to their Critique Team
 * Peer review your assigned article. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.

WIKI Help Day

 * Wednesday, Nov. 16
 * Dean and Peter will be available in class for help.

Final articles Due
You made it!
 * Fri., Dec. 2 In class


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

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