Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Architectural Design V(Jim Sullivan, Meredith Sattler)/Timeline

Week 3: Wikipedia Discussion Usage

 * Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
 * Read Five pillars, an explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles


 * In class
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used for this assignment
 * Campus Ambassador, Rebecca Burdette introduces:
 * Basics of editing
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good & bad articles
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia Discussion/Talk, how to "talk" in a meaningful architectural language
 * Instructor and/or Campus Ambassadors talk about Wikipedia culture & etiquette
 * Handouts and videos: Referencing handout, Referencing: Wikicode handout, Plagiarism handout, Citing sources tutorial video, RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video


 * 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


 * 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


 * Assignments (due Monday, September 12)
 * Create a Wikipedia account and create a user page, if you like.
 * 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.
 * Distill your Site Manifesto into 50 words or less (no more than 3 sentences). Think of this collection of words as a thesis or argument for what the site is, and why.  Also consider that it should be legible to a broader audience (one that might access the future “Architecture” section on the Wikipedia Chinati Foundation page).  Select or create a photograph or image that is evidence supporting this thesis or argument.  This visual will exist as your statement’s companion and must be free of copyright restrictions.
 * Upload your image into WikimediaCommons. Access the upload page via the left navigation bar, under “Toolbox”, “Upload File” or go to:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Upload
 * Go to our Wikipedia Class Page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:United_States_Education_Program/Courses/Architectural_Design_V%28Jim_Sullivan,_Meredith_Sattler%29
 * Click on the “Discuss” tab and enter your Site Determination Statement by clicking on the “[edit]” button in the upper right corner of the dialogue box. Embed your image file using the button on the toolbar above the dialogue box.  Sign your name using four tildes at the conclusion of your entry; this will automatically produce your username and the date.  Always do this when making entries into Wikipedia.
 * Things to consider: All sites are so complex we cannot possibly comprehend their reality in totality; however, we often agree on many specifics that characterize them.  Because of this we are put in the position of having to first construct the site, in other words, determine and develop the key components of the site, in order to be able to design in relation to it.  Your construction of the Chinati site is your edited interpretation of our collective experience of the site, and simultaneously, of your personal experience and set of values relating to the site.  Given this, how can you clearly and succinctly communicate the site, and develop a unique position that relates to it?


 * Assignment (due Wednesday, September 14)
 * Select a classmate's contribution to peer review and copy-edit. Consider what comments and images you might want to populate the Chinati Foundation "Discussion" page with.

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