Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Politics of Piracy (Kevin Gorman and Katie Gilmore)/Grading

Grading

 * Attendance/Participation will comprise 25% of your grade.

Reading Responses

 * Students are required to post a multiple sentence reading response each week on the Wikipedia page for the course. This assignment is to ensure students keep up on the reading and also encourages some thoughtful analysis that should enrich in-class discussions. Each week two featured comments will be selected and the author will receive a small amount of extra credit.
 * These reading responses will comprise 20% of your grade.

Midterm Wikipedia Roadmap Assignment
A 200 word proposal posted on your Wikipedia user talk page with:
 * Specific Wikipedia article(s) to be edited by you or your group. Ratio of at least 1 article per 2 group members.
 * One source as potential Wikipedia article reference that you are bringing to your groups
 * Summary or transcript of communication with an online ambassador or Campus Ambassador.
 * This assignment will comprise 25% of your grade.

Final Wikipedia Assignment
A contribution to a Wikipedia article having: Also turn in a 250 word final paper which includes: This assignment will comprise 30% of your grade.
 * 1) At least 2 major edits from your Wikipedia account
 * 2) Be active on the discussion page of the article.
 * 3) The aggregated edits  of your group must be sufficient to raise the quality scale grade by at least one level (I.e. from Stub to Start, Start to C, C to B, B to Good, Good to Featured). If the group creates a stub, it must be raised at least two levels.
 * 1) Summary of contact with your online or campus ambassador(s) during the revision process for additional advice/feedback.
 * 2) What you learned from working with Wikipedia, both about your experience crowdsourcing, and the subject of your article.

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