Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Georgia Southern University/Tudor and Stuart Britain (Spring 2021)

This course covers England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland between 1485 and 1707. In place of a research paper, I will be asking students to work on Wikipedia articles focused on areas not deeply covered by the current Tudor and Stuart pages, including (but not limited to) Africans in the British Isles; Wales in the Early Modern Period; Ireland in the Renaissance; the Reformation in Ireland; and Muslims in Early Modern Britain.

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
This exercise is for anyone who will be working with health-related issues of any kind in their article: disease, doctors, midwives, pharmacy, diet, etc.

You must submit the choice of article, along with the names of everyone in your group, via the Folio dropbox, by 5:00 PM on Friday, January 29. Late submissions (anything after 5:01 PM on Friday, January 29) will be penalized 10%.

Art History

Books

Cultural Anthropology

History

LGBT+ Studies

Women's Studies

Week 5
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Feb. 11 is your first exam.

Week 6
Guiding framework

Week 7
Each group will be responsible for reviewing the articles completed by two other groups. I will provide the rubric and schedule.

Week 8
Each group will be responsible for reviewing the articles completed by two other groups. I will provide the rubric and schedule.

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 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

Week 10
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!

March 11 is your second exam.

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!

Week 15
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.