Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo/Gender, Race, Culture, Science, Technology (Fall 2018)

This course (ES/WGS 350-70/71; TR 4:10-6pm) examines the complex relationships between gender, race, science, and technology in historical and contemporary contexts. This examination highlights the role of ethical, social, cultural, political, and economic factors in determining historical and contemporary meanings of scientific and technical practice, as well as knowledge and beliefs about gender, race, class, and sexuality. The course also asks students to engage with reform efforts that seek to create more socially responsible scientific and technical knowledge production and decision-making practices.

Week 1
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

Week 2
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.)

Please also review the guidelines for &quot;Did you know?&quot; nominations (1500 words or five-fold increase); at https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Classroom_handout_-_Submitting_an_article_to_the_Did_You_Know_process.pdf

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 3
Assignment details on PolyLearn.

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Assignment details on PolyLearn and at https://www.dropbox.com/s/2zzfj3oujp7h2uh/10-11-18_AssignmentDirections_Topic.pdf?dl=0

What's a content gap?

Thinking about Wikipedia

Do you want to form a 2- or 3-person group or do you prefer to work individually?

Exercise
Add a citation

Copyedit an article

Week 6
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Wiki_Education_Classroom_Program_example_grading_rubric.pdf

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Make sure your article selected meets course topic and scope requirements.

Remember, to be eligible for a &quot;Did you know?&quot; nomination:


 * new articles must have at least 1500 words of prose


 * modified articles must have a five-fold increase in the prose section; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rjanag/Calculating_fivefold_expansion_by_hand

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Assignment details on PolyLearn.

Biographies

History

LGBT+ Studies

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

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.

NOTE from Dr. Lehr: Working in a group &amp; not using your Sandbox anymore this quarter? In your Sandbox, please add a link to the Sandbox your group is utilizing to draft (e.g., the Sandbox of your group member).

In addition to continued work on your article draft and your completion of the training module &amp; exercise:


 * In the Talk Section of your article draft's Sandbox, please list what you want to accomplish by 12/6/18 and your status towards these goals. Please use the Wikipedia Assignment Rubric to provide the framework for your status update. Please also describe the strategies you will utilize to make sure that you meet your goals and your timeline.  

Looking for a guide with all the information you have covered in the tutorials &amp; exercises in one spot? Check out the Editing Wikipedia Guide for Student Editors.

Week 8
Guiding framework

''Each student should invidually assign themselves 2 draft articles created by their peers &amp; then review. Follow the directions in the Training Module. Utilize the format suggested:''


 * 1) First, what does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that described the subject in a clear way?
 * 2) What changes would you suggest the author(s) apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement?
 * 3) What's the most important thing the author(s) could do to improve the article?
 * 4) Did you notice anything about the article you reviewed that could be applicable to your own article? Let them know!

Every student has finished reviewing at least 2 articles written by peers (making sure that every article created by a peer has been reviewed).

Week 9
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Please consider their suggestions and respond to your peer reviews on the Talk page of your draft article in your Sandbox. Then,  decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

'''Remember! Report what you decide on your Talk Page.'''

Resources:


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

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

Assignment details on PolyLearn.

Week 10
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Respond to any new comments or feedback you have received from the instructor, your peers, and/or the broader Wikipedia community.

By Th 11/29: In your Sandbox Talk page, please describe what you did this week on this project to &quot;polish your work.&quot; This may include responding to other Wikipedians on the &quot;live article's Talk page&quot; if there was some engagement with your changes since you began to move some of your work to Wikipedia (between 11/16 to 11/29).

Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 12
It's the final week to develop your article. Due date extended to 11:59pm on T 12/11.


 * 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!

Assignment details on PolyLearn.

Guiding questions''Assignment details on PolyLearn. ''Due date extended to 11:59pm on T 12/11.

Nominating your article for Did You Know

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