Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Fort Lewis College/ENG 177 (Spring 2020)

This course will show students the basics of editing Wikipedia so that they may partake in the Art + Feminism movement in March.

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

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

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.)

Week 5
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Before our library session on Thursday, February 20th, complete the following assignment:


 * 1) Pick your article
 * 2) Complete the ENG 177 Wikipedia Pre-assignment. You will be asked to provide the following:
 * 3) Your name
 * 4) Your Wikipedia username
 * 5) Your Wikipedia article title &amp; url
 * 6) A short statement on why you chose your article, and what you want to edit or change and why

Week 6
By the beginning of our library session on Thursday, February 20th, everyone will have chosen an article to edit and completed the pre-assignment

In our second library session on Thursday, February 20th, we will explore sources related to biographical research. You may bring your personal laptop to class, and/or/also we will have access to desktop computers in RL 131


 * Get in a group with the classmates in your row.
 * Come up with a team name!
 * Write your answers to the Wikipedia editing review!

Week 8
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

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

Week 9
By the beginning of our library session on 3/28, you will have a draft of your sentence contributions and the citations you will be using in your article

Come to class on Thursday, March 12th prepared to complete the following assignment:


 * Add at least 3 sentences to your assigned article, and cite each statement to a reliable source
 * Add at least 2 additional citations to existing statements in your assigned article

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