Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Fisk University/CORE 160 (Spring 2017)

This course, the second in a sequence of writing courses required for all Fisk students, adds research and source evaluation to the previous course's focus on argument.

Week 1
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course, but contains only a rough outline: consult the course syllabus for details.

Our course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the &quot;Get Help&quot; button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:


 * Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia


 * Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
 * It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.

Week 2
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and write a short paper explaining your evaluation.

Follow these steps:


 * Complete the &quot;Evaluating Articles and Sources&quot; training (linked below).
 * Choose an article, and consider some questions (but don't feel limited to these):
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * The paper is due on Canvas. See syllabus and handout from class for details.
 * Smarae (talk) 07:04, 31 March 2017 (UTC).

Week 3
This week you will continue working in groups, understanding the Wikipedia policies and choosing articles to edit. See our course syllabus for details about assignments: a paragraph about reliability and verifiability, and an annotated bibliography.

Week 4
Working with your groups and using the guidelines from class, you will select one or more articles to edit. (Most of you will probably focus on stub pages, but WikiProjects and other tools can guide you to additional pages that need work).

See the syllabus for details and deadlines. The graded portion of the assignment will be a self-evaluation.