Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Boise State University/English 101 (Spring 2017)

Welcome to English 101. In this course, we will explore writing as a subject and as an activity and focus on the act and process of writing. This means we will look at writing, something you’ve done most of your academic lives, as a subject just like science or biology. We will look at the history of academic writing, the research happening in the field, and various research articles in the field. We will also engage with writing as an activity.

Week 1
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.

The assignment you will complete this unit is:


 * Research Wikipedia’s resources about the discourse community you explored in the last unit
 * Locate a start or stub article that you can add to / or begin a new about your discourse community
 * Please add at least 3 sources and 3-5 solid paragraphs of writing to a new or existing article or substantially revise a 3-5 paragraph section of an article.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content 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


 * Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
 * It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
 * When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

Week 2
1. Please locate a stub or started article that you want to work on 2. Please send me the link to your article 3. (If you are starting a new article please be sure to tell me how it connects to your discourse community. ) 4. Draft a short outline that explains what you hope to add, and what kind of additions you will be making. Will you be editing an existing draft? Or adding new information?

Week 3
1. Locate and introduce yourself to someone in the Talk space 2. Begin drafting your additions to the article 3. Submit at least one source and one paragraph to your article

Week 4
Add at least one source and one solid paragraph to your article

Week 5
Please finish, review, and edit your contribution to the article. Post your link to BB and add it to your portfolio--place it in &quot;new work&quot; section.