Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Cognitive Psychology (Stacy Eltiti)/Timeline

Week 1: Introduction to Wiki Project

 * Readings/Videos
 * Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
 * Five pillars, an explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles

Week 2: Editing basics

 * Readings/Videos
 * Talk pages tutorial video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, Account and user page creation handout, Wikimarkup cheatsheet


 * Assignments
 * Choose group members
 * Step 1: Create Wikipedia and APSWI account; Sign up on list of students for course page

Week 3: Exploring the topic area

 * Readings/Videos
 * Advice for choosing articles


 * Assignments
 * Create a user page
 * 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.

Week 4: Using sources

 * Readings/Videos
 * Referencing handout, Referencing: Wikicode handout, Plagiarism handout, Citing sources tutorial video, RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video


 * Assignment
 * Step 2: Select topic/ wiki article

Week 5: Choosing references

 * No readings for this week


 * Assignment
 * Step 3: Select 5 peer-reviewed articles

Week 6: Drafting starter articles

 * Readings/Videos
 * Sandbox tutorial


 * Assignment
 * There are no assignments due this week.

Week 7: Missions Conference

 * Readings/Videos and Assignments
 * There are no readings/videos or assignments due this week.

Week 8: Did You Know

 * Readings/Videos
 * Moving into main space, Submitting articles to Did You Know


 * Assignment
 * Step 4: Write a Summary

Week 9: Building articles

 * Readings/Videos
 * Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure (handed out originally in week 2), Article assessments video, Evolution of an article video


 * Assignment
 * Step 5: Main space and DKY

Week 10: Getting and giving feedback

 * Readings/Videos
 * There are no readings/videos for this week.


 * Assignment
 * Step 6: Rough draft of article/edits

Week 11: Peer Review

 * Readings/Videos
 * There are no readings/videos for this week.


 * Assignment
 * Step 7: Peer review

Week 12: Responding to feedback

 * Readings/Videos and Assignments
 * There are no readings/videos or assignments due this week.

Week 13

 * Readings/Videos and Assignments
 * There are no readings/videos or assignments due this week.

Week 14

 * Assignment
 * Step 8: Finish articles/edits

Week 15: Reflection
You made it!
 * Assignment
 * Step 9: Reflection Paper

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