Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/BYU-HAWAII/English 315 Topics for Advanced Writing and Analysis (Fall 2020)

The course is supposed to be the final composition course that students take in a sequence during their junior year. Students have had 1st-year composition and introductory courses in their majors. I am focusing on an area in my scholarly expertise (American literature before 1900) to expose them to scholarly inquiry and rigor. We will read three novel-length books (a captivity narrative, an early American frontier novel, and The Last of the Mohicans); students will learn about different representations of the American frontier; students will access critical secondary articles about the frontier and learn about authoritative sources and research.

The class is made up of approximately 50% native English speakers, and approximately 50% non-native speakers from North- and South-Pacific Polynesia, the Philippines, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan. The students should be conversant in academic English, but some second-language acquisition difficulties may exist.

Week 2
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

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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 4
Art History

Books

Cultural Anthropology

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Films

History

Political Science

Women's Studies

Week 5
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6
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 7
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 8
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.

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 9
It's the final week to develop your article.


 * 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!

Week 10
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.