Wikipedia:Canada Education Program/Courses/Cognitive Science (Ken McRae)/Timeline

Week 1, February 13th: Wikipedia Essentials

 * In class
 * Overview of the Wikipedia Assignment
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used
 * Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
 * Read Five pillars, an explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good & bad articles
 * 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
 * Referencing handout
 * Referencing: Wikicode handout
 * Plagiarism handout
 * Citing sources tutorial video
 * RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video
 * Assignments (due February 20th before midnight)
 * Choose a topic, create a Wikipedia account, create a user page, sign up on the list of students on the course page, and sign up and add the course code to the APS Wikipedia Initiative Site (course code = “WesPsychology 313952-000-ken”)
 * Find one journal article on your chosen topic and post its reference to your Wiki Sandbox using the cite menu journal template.
 * This initial step is worth 2% of your final grade and will be marked as complete/incomplete.

Week 2: Reading Week

 * Assignments:
 * No assignments.

Week 3: Using sources and Exploring the topic area

 * Assignments:
 * Add 1-2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to your chosen Wikipedia article.
 * Compose a 15 item bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Start reading the sources.


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

Week 4: Drafting starter articles

 * Video resource: Sandbox tutorial


 * 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.


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

Week 5: Building Articles

 * In class
 * Handout: Moving into main space, Submitting articles to Did You Know


 * Wiki assignments
 * Move sandbox articles into main space.
 * Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.

Week 6: Building articles and Giving Feedback

 * In class or outside of class
 * Article ratings on Wikipedia & how to get there
 * Uploading images, and adding images to articles
 * 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


 * Wiki assignments
 * 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.
 * 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.

Week 7: Responding to feedback

 * In class


 * Wiki assignments (due week 9)
 * Make edits to your article based on peers' feedback.
 * Nominate your article for Good Article status.

Week 8:

 * In class


 * Wiki assignments (due week 9)
 * Add final touches to you Wikipedia article. Try to address issues from Good Article reviews and peer reviews.

Week 9: Due date
You made it!


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

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