Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Anderson University/Contemporary Art History - ART 333 (Spring 2019)

A study, within the context of social, cultural, and political developments, of important themes and topics in the visual arts from the 1960s to the present. Topics to be covered will include, but not be limited to, the role of commercialization and globalization in shaping the contemporary art market; contemporary media such as performance art, installation art, and earthworks; the contemporary exploration of identity in art through important themes such as race, gender and spirituality.

Week 3
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 4
Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Exercise
Evaluate an article

What's a content gap?

Week 5
Prepare a list of at least three artists you and your partner/group are interested in working on

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 6
Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Post to your sandbox a list of 3-5 reliable sources on your artist

Week 7
Bring to class the name of an existing article similar to the one you are working on (ideally, one that has been marked as &quot;Good&quot; or &quot;Featured&quot;).

Exercise
Add a citation

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Art History

Biographies

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9
The more complete your draft, the more helpful your peer reviews will be!

Guiding framework

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
 * Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 10
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot; (NOTE: We will be completing this together, in class that day; please do not move your work live prior to class)

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Nominating your article for Did You Know (Note: We will also work on this in class together, although you may need to finish the process after class. If so, make sure you have done so by Friday evening)

Exercise
Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 12
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 13
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 14
Complete a final check before finishing:


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Thinking about Wikipedia

Guiding questions

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.