Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Carroll College/Monsters, Criminals, and the Other (Spring 2021)

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on British and global Anglophone literatures spanning British imperialism and decolonization movements from the late eighteenth century through the twenty-first century. We will examine contemporary debates and scholarships on the contested legacies of the British Empire along with cultural discourses about monsters, criminals, and the &quot;other&quot; in gothic fiction, detective and ghost fiction, postcolonial rewriting, and performance texts. We will engage with scholarly conversations on key terms--such as colonialism, imperialism, orientalism, imperial gothic, decolonization and resistance literature--throughout the course. Selected texts from the course include Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, detective and ghost fiction by Arthur Conan Doyle, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, Foe by J. M. Coetzee, and performance texts by Shailja Patel, Warsan Shire, JJ Bola, and Deanna Rodger.

WIKI ASSIGNMENT: Students will work in small groups to contribute to an existing Wiki article on a text/topic/character within the English literary canon. Students will work within the framework of the course to identify and address the “content gaps”--specifically gaps pertaining to post/decolonial scholarships--in Wiki articles on the following texts/topic/character: 1. Frankenstein OR Frankenstein’s monster (category C); 2. Jane Eyre (category C) OR Bertha Mason; and 3. Sherlock Holmes OR The Adventure of the Speckled Band (category B) and The Brown Hand (category Stub)

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

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 2
Read Risam's article on Moodle.

Week 3
Every student should have acquired some first-hand experience of working with their small group on a Wiki article.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Each group will meet with Dr. Gupta in a couple of weeks to share the group's progress, challenges, and questions about the Wiki assignment. Please schedule your meeting by Monday, February 8 latest.

Week 4
Finish reading the primary (literary) text on which your group will be leading the class discussion. Each group member should research and add annotation on at least three scholarly sources that focus on relevant course themes.

Resource: Annotated Bibliography

Week 5
Each group will meet with Dr. Gupta this week to share the group's progress, challenges, and questions about the process so far.

Week 7
Every group member should have finished editing, proofreading, and polishing their contribution to the annotated bibliography.

Week 8
Revisit: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 12
Every group member should have finished editing, proofreading, and polishing the group's contribution for peer review.

Week 13
Note: You need to complete the peer review training (linked above) before you start reviewing your peers' drafts. The training will walk you through the mechanics of the peer review, including the guidelines. You may also access the peer review guidelines and samples of constructive peer reviews here.

Since each group is contributing a section to an existing Wiki article, you may ignore the prompts for the &quot;lead section&quot; in your peer reviews. However, make sure that your section begins with a clear and concise topic sentence, and you address the other criteria listed in the peer review training/template. Please reach out to your instructor and/or Wiki staff if you have questions about this process.

Week 14
Every student should have finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

You have feedback from other groups 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 15


It's the final week to prepare your article for submission from the sandbox to the &quot;mainspace&quot;!

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the mainspace. Once your work is moved to the &quot;mainspace,&quot; proofread it again and make sure that it is formatted to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Resource: Read Editing Wikipedia, pages 13 and 15.

Everyone should have completed all of the steps--including trainings--toward the final submission for the Wikipedia assignment, and be ready for grading!

Week 16
Each group will prepare a brief (5-6 mins.) presentation that reflects on their experience with the Wiki assignment (rewards and challenges), identifies gaps within the existing digital content on their chosen literary texts/characters on Wikipedia, and showcases each group's contribution. Make sure that the presentation addresses the guidelines linked above.

Please reach out to your instructor after you've reviewed the presentation guidelines (linked above) and/or if you have questions!