Wikipedia:Canada Education Program/Courses/Present/Intellectual Property: Copyright, Trademark and Patent (Ariel Katz)/Timeline

The Wiki Component
This course is part of the Wikipedia: Canada Education Program. In addition to the Program's general goals, the course's Wiki component aims to achieve the following course-specific goals:


 * To create the "official" course summaries, produced in an open and collaborative way, by writing or editing Wikipedia articles about the topics covered in the course.
 * To teach students about:
 * The Wikipedia’s mission and goals
 * The anatomy of Wikipedia articles
 * How to create a Wikipedia account and how to use it!
 * How to properly research, develop, contribute and edit content for Wikipedia
 * What it means to participate in Wiki-culture

Each entry will be written by a student or a team of students, based on the readings, classroom discussions and possibly additional commentary. The entries then might be edited by other students, or anyone else who is part of the Wikipedia community. Unless otherwise agreed with Prof. Katz, all wiki entries should be posted no later than 7 days after the topic was covered in class. Due to the collaborative nature of the wiki project, failure to post the entries by the due date will be regarded as no-submission (akin to no-participation when the final grade contains a participation component), rather than late submission of a written work.

Week 1

 * In class
 * Overview of the course
 * Introduction to the Wikipedia part of the course


 * Assignments for students (due week 2)
 * Read the page "Wikipedia:Five pillars" on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars

Week 2

 * In class
 * Campus Ambassadors introduce Wikipedia
 * Basics of editing
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles: what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good & bad articles
 * Tips & recommendations for best articles to work on for the class


 * Assignments for students (due week 3)
 * Create a Wikipedia user account, create a user page, and add your name to the course page's list of students (on the WikiProject)
 * To practice the editing features of Wikipedia, leave a message for a few classmates on their user talk pages.

Week 3

 * In class
 * Campus Ambassadors introduce students to IRC (online chat system where students can get live support) and show students how to contact Online Ambassador mentors


 * Assignments for students (due 7 days after the article's topic was covered in class)

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