Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Hanover College/GER 222 German Cinema and GER 322 German Film Studies (Fall 2022)

This is a multi-tiered German film course. Special focus and attention will be given to films, directors, actors and/or topics that are not or not well represented on the English Wikipedia pages. The GER 222 students are taking the course for writing credit and/or for their German major or minor and will work entirely in English. The GER 322 students are taking the course for writing credit and toward their German major or minor and are expected to work in German as much as possible. They will have the additional responsibility of helping us navigate German terminology and resources and have the opportunity to complete translations of German articles into English.

Week 3
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.

Week 5
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 6
Choose two articles (a first choice, and a backup) to translate into English. Post the article links on your talk page, and submit them to the instructor for review.

Once your instructor has approved one or both of your choices, finalize your choice of which article to translate.

Copy your article from the target-language Wikipedia into your sandbox.

Begin to translate your work.


 * Be ready to discuss your progress translating your article.
 * Carefully note the original citations for facts in your source article.
 * If an original source doesn't seem reliable, feel free to omit it from your translation.

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Handouts:  and

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Supplementary trainings:


 * Sources and Citations
 * Sandboxes and Mainspace
 * When you're ready, move your translation into the appropriate article using the instructions for moving work live outlined above.

Week 7
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

Films

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9
Guiding framework

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

Week 10
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.

Week 11
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 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!

Please see the assignment posted on Moodle: Reflection 2 + Letter of Learning

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