Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Poverty, Gender, and Development (Diana Strassmann and Anne Chao)/Timeline

January 19-25: Create Account and User Page

 * 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: Overall Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria, Video on creating an account, Talk pages tutorial video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, Create Account & User Page, Wikimarkup cheatsheet, Sandbox tutorial, Create Sandbox
 * Assignments (January 25)
 * Create a Wikipedia account and create a user page.
 * Create a personal sandbox on user page


 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts, user pages, and sandboxes.

January 25-February 10: Exploring the Topic Area
explain your interest and possible revisions, 8-10 references (5 minimum), and then rank the topics in order from most to least desirable. One of these topics will become your final topic and the rankings may be used to form groups of two based on common interest (if you indicate you would like to work in a pair). If you know you want to work with a particular class member, you could submit the topic proposals jointly, indicating how you might split up the work.
 * In class
 * Handout: Wikipedia Proposed Topics Handout, Advice for choosing articles, Previous SWGS 322 and SOCI 280 WIkipedia Topics
 * Assignment (due Friday February 10):
 * Prepare a list of 2-3 potential topics. For each topic, supply a few sentences to

February 10-22: Topic Proposal

 * In class
 * Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.
 * Handouts and videos: Referencing handout, Referencing: Wikicode handout, Plagiarism handout, Citing sources tutorial video, RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video, Developing your proposal
 * Submit proposal of final topic.

February 22-March 7: WikiProject and Article Discussion Contributions

 * In class
 * Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.
 * Instructor and/or Campus Ambassadors talk about Wikipedia culture & etiquette.
 * Q&A session with instructor and/or Campus Ambassadors about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing
 * Handouts: WikiProject Contribution, Article Discussion Contribution
 * Assignments (due March 7)
 * Add Username and Article to Course Page
 * Assignments (due March 9)
 * Contribute to a WikiProject.
 * Contribute to an article discussion.

March 7-16: Initial Sandbox Contribution

 * In class
 * Discuss working with sandboxes and continue contributing to discussion pages.
 * Assignments (due March 16)
 * 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.


 * Milestone
 * All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia/sandboxes.

March 20: Mandatory Sandbox Revision Class

 * In class
 * Peer review and editing of sandbox articles.
 * Handout: Initial Contribution to Sandbox for Workshop


 * Milestone
 * All articles have been reviewed by others. All students have reviewed articles by their classmates.

March 20-April 2: Revised Article Contribution to Wikipedia

 * In class
 * Handouts: Moving into main space, Revised Contribution


 * Wiki assignments (due April 2)
 * Move sandbox articles into main space and submit PDF on Owlspace.

April 2-9: Ongoing and Updating Contributions

 * In class or outside of class
 * Uploading images, and adding images to articles
 * Handouts and videos: Uploading images handout, Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure (handed out originally in week 2), Additional Contributions

April 9-16: Final Article Contribution to Wikipedia

 * In class
 * Handout: Final Contribution


 * Assignment (due Friday April 16)
 * Submit final article to Wikipedia including peer edits and ongoing revisions.


 * Milestone
 * Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading, and have submitted reflective essays.

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