Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Centre College/Art of the Global Middle Ages (Spring)

This course will approach the visual culture of the medieval period from a global perspective. We will study the art of the Islamic world; South Asia; Africa; China and Japan; South America; continental Europe, as well as Britain and Ireland, from ca. 700-1000 CE. We will focus on topics such as the role of the visual arts in cultural exchange and gift-giving; the effects of pilgrimage, conquest, and global trade on the visual arts; and the investigation of a common visual language in religious art. We will also examine the tension between a “local” medieval art and a “global” medieval art, as we endeavor to understand the historiography of the concept of the middle ages itself.

The Wikipedia assignment will ask them to either create an article on an object or topic that does not yet exist, or to critically assess an article for the quality of its sources and content and then research, write, and improve it.

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.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

What's a content gap?

Exercise
Add a citation

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Week 6
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Art History

Biographies

Books

Cultural Anthropology

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7
Guiding framework

Thinking about Wikipedia

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

Week 8
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 9
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

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.

Week 11
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 12
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!

Guiding questions

Week 13
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.