Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Art and Terrorism (Diane Apostolos-Cappadona)/Timeline

September 13, 2011 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)
 * Campus Ambassadors introduce:
 * Basics of editing
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good & bad articles
 * Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments
 * 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

October 11th, 2011 Exploring the topic area
Submit your paper topic to both Professor Apostolos-Cappadona and your campus ambassadors for approval and suggestions.

Do this both by email and as an addition to our course page.

In addition, each student must schedule a small group session with one of the ambassadors to review Wiki editing and address any questions.

October 17th, 2011 Create your stub article
On wiki (either live or in your sandbox), begin writing a stub article. This should be roughly 250 words and include a claim to notability. In addition, provide at least 5 references.

November 1, 2011 "Did You Know" and Article Expansion
New articles must reach the qualifications for "Did You Know," roughly 1000 to 1200 words. Campus Ambassadors will help students go live on Wiki if they have not done so already. Your article may not be complete or up to a final standard, but it is ready to start receiving feedback from the Wikipedia community.

Moving into main space

November 1 - December 6 Improvement, Feedback, and Polishing
Engage the Wikipedia community, seek feedback, improve the quality of your article. Expand the piece to a fully developed article, roughly equivalent to an 8-10 page research paper. Add pictures

December
Project due. Begin Peer review process.

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