Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Beloit College/Arguing About Numbers, Rhetoric of Data (Spring 2018)

Data literacy is the ability to communicate quantitative information and requires transcription and translation between text, graphical display, and numerical data. This course takes a social science approach to combining these forms of evidence, making claims with them, and conveying them to diverse audiences. In the first part of the semester, we will analyze interdisciplinary cases that demonstrate the potential of writing about numbers. In the second part, we will critically address the pitfalls of quantitative writing and students will hone their skills by communicating a case study of their choosing to public audiences. Students will develop transliteracy in multiple media in order to evaluate and construct social research claims.

Students will augment Wikipedia articles with text and graphical elements based on research in their area of interest.

Week 5
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the &quot;Get Help&quot; button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:


 * Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia


 * Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (To avoid hitting Wikipedia's account creation limits, this is best done outside of class. Only 6 new accounts may be created per day from the same IP address.)
 * Complete the online trainings linked below.
 * You will be graded for completing these trainings.


 * Select the article to which you will add graphics and text.
 * Review the assignment requirements and evaluation criteria provided by Prof. Q.

Week 7
You'll want to find or create an appropriate photo, illustration, or piece of video/audio to add to an article.


 * Before you start, review the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook, or see Editing Wikipedia pages 10–11.
 * When you're ready to start finding images, remember: Never grab images you find through an image search, or those found on Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit, Imgur, or even so-called &quot;Free image&quot; or &quot;free stock photo&quot; websites. Instead, you'll want to find images with clear proof that the creator has given permission to use their work. Many of these images can be found on search.creativecommons.org.
 * Don't just upload an image to Wikipedia. Instead, upload it to Wikipedia's sister site for images, Wikimedia Commons. For instructions, read through the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook.


 * Add text to your sandbox that will eventually be migrated to the actual Wikipedia article.
 * The text should be written according to Wikipedia standards and should meet the criteria laid out in the course assignment.
 * By the final due date (Mon. 3/19), you must migrate all work to the actual Wikipedia article to receive credit.

Week 8
All work should be added to actual Wikipedia article at this point. Be sure to make a final review of assignment requirements and evaluation criteria.