Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/ENG 604 Teaching With Technology (Webster Newbold)/Timeline

Week 3 Jan 26: Wikipedia Essentials

 * In class
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)


 * Assignment
 * Read Five pillars, an explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles, and browse other Wikipedia Help topics.

Week 4 Feb 2: Editing basics and Referencing

 * In class
 * Continues work on:
 * 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: Advice for choosing articles, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, Wikimarkup cheatsheet, Referencing handout, Referencing: Wikicode handout, Plagiarism handout, Citing sources tutorial video, RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video
 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
 * Assignments for Feb 9:
 * Critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's discussion page.
 * Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. Ask your class's Online Ambassadors for comments.
 * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.

Week 5 Feb 9: Exploring the topic area and Setting Personal Topics

 * In class
 * Choose potential topic and present to group and Online Ambassador if possible
 * Post sources for potential revision in article's Talk page; post in your sandbox Talk page if article not yet existing
 * Assignments for Feb 16
 * Draft article or revisions in Sandboxes
 * Video resource: Sandbox tutorial

Week 6 Feb 16: Preparing Articles

 * In class
 * Present article drafts/revisions
 * Describe your intentions in appropriate Talk pages
 * Images and videos
 * 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
 * Assignment
 * Continue work with articles — have draft (or article under revision) set up in sandbox as work in progress.
 * Instructor, peers, and Online Ambassador review work in progress

Week 7 Feb 23: Finalizing Articles

 * In class
 * Review of progress and problems
 * Prepare for posting by end of week

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