Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/DePaul University/Modern Languages Capstone Seminar (Spring Quarter 2022)

This course addresses broad issues of human language that touch upon the concerns of all language majors. Topics include subjects such as: languages as endangered species; the physiological/psychological benefits of bilingualism; and oral language cultures. Topics are approached from a very broad perspective, namely linguistic, anthropological, literary and historical.

For the Wikipedia assignment, each student will choose a topic relevant to their major to work on, which will fulfill the capstone seminar learning outcome that students &quot;Apply one or more theories or concepts from courses within their major to an analysis of a particular issue relevant to the major.&quot;

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 3
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 5
Create a draft in your sandbox of the part of the article you intend to alter or of the start of the new content you intend to add. Continue adding to your bibliography.

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

Books

Films

History

Linguistics

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6
Continue drafting your contribution in your sandbox. Make sure that you are including appropriate sources and citing them correctly. Review the trainings we've already completed if needed.

Week 7
Everyone has a complete first draft of their article in their sandbox.

Week 8
Guiding framework

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

Week 9
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'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 10
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

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 11
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!

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