Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Film Theory in the Age of New Media (Melissa Goldman)/Timeline

Week 1: Wikipedia Essentials

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

Week 3: Editing basics

 * In class
 * 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
 * Assignments (due week 3)
 * Due: Create a Wikipedia account, create a user page and sign up on the list of students on the course page

Week 4: Exploring the topic area

 * In class
 * Handout: Advice for choosing articles
 * Assignments (due week 4):
 * Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. Ask Online Ambassadors for comments.

Week 5: Choosing articles

 * Assignments (due week 5)
 * Critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class and leave suggestions for improving it on article's discussion page

Week 6: Live editing

 * Assignments (due week 6)
 * Add 1-2 sentences of new information backed up with a citation, to a Wikipedia article related to class

Week 7

 * Assignments (due week 7)
 * Article selected

Week 8

 * Assignments (due week 8)
 * 3-4 paragraph summary of your article (with citations) in Wikipedia sandbox

Week 9

 * Assignments (due week 9)
 * Move article into main space

Week 10

 * Assignments (due week 10)
 * Select 2 classmates' articles that you will review

Week 11

 * Assignments (due week 11)
 * Peer review of 2 classmates' articles -- leave suggestions on article talk

Week 13

 * Assignments (due week 13)
 * Make edits to your article based on peer feedback

Week 14

 * Assignments (due week 14)
 * Wikipedia article

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