Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Development Economics (Ahn Tran)/Timeline

Timeline
Note: Wikipedia Assignment is an optional assignment for students in this class.

Week 1: Wikipedia Essentials

 * In class:
 * Overview of the course
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course

Week 3: Introduction to Wikipedia
Discuss Five pillars, an explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles
 * Campus Ambassador will provide an overview of Wikipedia.
 * Handout and videos:
 * Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
 * Referencing handout
 * Referencing: Wikicode handout
 * Plagiarism handout
 * Citing sources tutorial video
 * RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video

Week 4/5: Create User Accounts

 * Tasks to complete
 * Create an account.
 * Add user name to course page.


 * Handouts and videos:
 * Video on creating an account
 * Account and user page creation handout

Week 5: Choosing Articles

 * Tasks to complete
 * Select article for Wikipedia assignment. Advice for choosing articles
 * Add Wikipedia article to course page next to your user name.

Week 6: Editing basics/Drafting starter articles/Did you know

 * In class
 * If necessary, Campus Ambassadors introduces:
 * Basics of editing
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good & bad articles
 * Instructor and/or Campus Ambassadors talk about Wikipedia culture & etiquette, and [optionally] introduce the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
 * Q&A session with instructor and/or Campus Ambassadors about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing


 * Handouts and videos:
 * Talk pages tutorial video
 * Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure
 * Wikimarkup cheatsheet
 * Sandbox tutorial

Milestone:
 * All students:
 * Have Wikipedia user accounts
 * Are listed on the course page
 * Have selected & started editing an article


 * Tasks to complete outside of class
 * 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.
 * Work with classmates to polish your short starter article and fix any major transgressions of Wikipedia norms.
 * Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
 * If you started article in sandbox, move sandbox articles into main space. * Handout: Moving into main space,
 * Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.


 * For new articles or qualifying expansions of stubs, students have the option to nominate the article for "Did you Know"
 * Submitting articles to Did You Know

Week 7: Building Articles

 * Tasks to complete outside of class
 * Contine to expand your article; Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.

Week 8: Wikipedia Assignment Due
You made it!
 * Complete Wikipedia Assignment
 * Add final touches to you Wikipedia article.
 * Milestone
 * Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.

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