Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Political Research Seminar/Timeline

Timeline
Goal(s):
 * Collaboratively develop and expand upon the American Democracy Project Wikipedia page focusing on Civic Commitment
 * Contribute a substantive and substantial article(s)to Wikipedia directly related to the American Democracy Project. You can expect to contribute to at least 10-20 paragraphs, or approximately 1,500 words.
 * Develop a sustainable framework to showcase Winona State University's contribution to the American Democracy Project in regards to Civic Commitment.

Getting Started: Introduction and Become a Wikipedian
Goals:
 * Learn about Wikipedia and becoming a Wikipedian as a way to connect with and contribute to a global audience
 * Apply Wikipedia to the course American Democracy Project
 * Become a Wikipedian

Introduction:
 * Preview the 5 Pillars Prezi overview of Wikipedia
 * Read:Wikipedia:Five pillarson the Wikipedia website
 * Read:Welcome to Wikipedia Brochure

Tasks to complete by: January 23, 2012
 * Create a Wikipedia User Account: This does not have to be your WSU username and should not be the same as your WSU password.
 * Video on creating an account,Account and user page creation handout,

Optional Tasks:
 * Create and Develop a Wikipedia User Page
 * Edit your userpage to include a short bio (100 words or less about yourself). Remember your userpage is still public domain.

Step 1: American Democracy Project Editing Basics

 * In class
 * Campus Ambassadors introduce:
 * Wikipedia's Article Wizard to Get us Started
 * Basics of editing
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good & bad article
 * Instructor and/or Campus Ambassadors talk about Wikipedia culture & etiquette.


 * Handouts and videos: Talk pages tutorial video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, Wikimarkup cheatsheet
 * Assignments: Deadline: January 23, 2012 (in-class)
 * Create a user page and sign up on the list of students on the course 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.


 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
 * All students have edited the American Democracy Project or Civic Commitment Wikipedia Article
 * All students are prepared to move forward with the editing of the Civic Commitment article.

Step 2: Building Your Article

 * Out of Class
 * Within your groups, add new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.
 * Handouts and videos: Referencing handout, Referencing: Wikicode handout, Plagiarism handout, Citing sources tutorial video, RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video


 * Assignment: Deadline February 20 - 27, 2012
 * Content has been added to the article.
 * Provide feedback on the information posted by other groups to the article. This can be done on the article talk page.


 * Milestones:
 * All students have added content to the Citizen Alum article
 * All students have posted feedback on the article talk page

Step 3: Final Contributions to the Article

 * Out of Class
 * Review feedback provided on the article talk page by your peers and make the necessary modifications and final additions to the article.
 * Article ratings on Wikipedia & how to get there
 * Uploading images, and adding images to articles
 * Handouts and videos: Uploading images handout, Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, Article assessments video, Evolution of an article video


 * Assignment: Deadline March 19, 2012
 * Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.


 * Milestone:
 * The American Democracy Project Wikipedia Article has been updated.
 * The Civic Commitment page has been thoroughly developed connecting concepts to actual WSU projects.

Step 4: Did you know

 * For new articles, compose a one-sentence "hook," nominate it for "Did you know," and monitor the nomination for any issues identified by other editors.
 * Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
 * Handout: Moving into main space, Submitting articles to Did You Know

Deadline: April 16, 2012

Step 5: Final Event
Details coming soon: April 30, 2012

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Example Articles from Fall 2010 Wikiprojects:

Fall 2010

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