Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Writing and Rhetoric II (Matt Vetter)/Timeline

Week 1: Introduction to Course and Project

 * Wednesday 1/4
 * Overview of the course, Academic Assumptions,Presentation Signup, Account Creations: Wikipedia and Blogger
 * Help Creating an Account: Video on creating an account, Account and user page creation handout
 * On Wikipedia, create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)


 * Assignments
 * Read Five pillars, an explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles
 * Read "Wikipedia Is Good For You?"

Week 2: Introduction to Archives and Topic Selection

 * Monday, 1/9
 * Meet in Library, Mahn Center
 * Brief Discussion of Readings
 * Introduction to Mahn Center; Students explore archives and consult topics list.


 * Assignments
 * Topic Selection
 * Read "Argument as Conversation"
 * Read "What Is It We Do When We Write Articles Like This One"
 * 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.


 * Wednesday, 1/11
 * 3 Topic Choices due by by e-mail 10am
 * Topics assigned during class
 * Study assigned Wikipedia Articles/models for non-existing articles/Article Wizard. Consult Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure
 * Discussion and Presentations: Niche and Conversation in "Argument as Conversation" and "What Is It We Do"


 * Assignments
 * Review/research assigned collection on student’s own time
 * Review Wikipedia Article for Gap or |Wikipedia: Your First Article
 * Write Wikipedia Proposal and post to discussion page/online ambassador.

Week 3: Proposals
No Class. (MLK Day)
 * Monday, 1/16


 * Assignment
 * Proposals to Curators


 * Wednesday. 1/18
 * Proposals to Curators due by 9am.
 * No Class: Interviews with Curators.
 * Students complete additional research in Archives.


 * Assignment
 * Read "Navigating Genres" on Writing Spaces. Write/Research.

Week 4: Drafting Edits/Articles

 * Monday 1/23
 * Discussion and Presentation "Navigating Genres"
 * Discuss Wikipedia genre conventions: neutrality, third-person; “objectivity”
 * Draft Article Outline / Additions and Edits in Sandbox or Word


 * Assignments
 * Complete Portfolios
 * Bring article/edit drafts to "go live."
 * Read "Intertextuality and the Discourse Community."


 * Wednesday, 1/25
 * Portfolios due
 * Discussion and Presentation "Intertextuality and the Discourse Community"
 * "Go live!" with Edits/Articles
 * Peer Edit on Wikipedia.


 * Assignments
 * Read "Backpacks vs. Briefcases"

Additional Resources

 * Sandbox
 * Video resource: Sandbox tutorial
 * Handout: Moving into main space,


 * Images
 * [:File:UploadingImagesHandout.pdf|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


 * Account Creation
 * Account and user page creation handout, Wikimarkup cheatsheet


 * Talk Pages
 * Talk pages tutorial video


 * Evaluation
 * Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure,

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