Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/College of Staten Island/History of Design and Digital Media (Fall 2019)

An exploration of the work of major designers and the movements they started, from its origins in the printing press as well as the interrelationship of design and fine art. We will focus on mainstream uses of graphic design as well as countercultural/activist appropriation of design techniques.

For more course details, please see this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Theredproject/COM232

Week 1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Theredproject/COM232


 * Egyptian Hieroglyphics
 * Chinese characters &amp; paper
 * Roman characters
 * Illuminated Manuscripts

Meggs, Chapters 1-5. Chapters 1-4 will be review from lecture. Chapter 5 will be new material.

Week 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetFashion

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.)

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Anatomy of Type from Thinking With Type

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 4
Choose your topic / Find your sources

What's a content gap?

Art History

Biographies

Exercise
Add a citation

Week 6
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7
Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 10
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Guiding framework

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.

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 12
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 13
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

  



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

     