Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Howard University/Sociology of Food and Agriculture (Fall 2018)

Students will be adding content on Wikipedia related to sociological coverage of food and agriculture.

You will be guided through trainings on how to complete the assignments on a week-by-week basis. For reference, you can also find a list of all the training modules here: https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students

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

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.)

Then do the two trainings above.

Exercise
Use the instructions below to evaluate TWO wikipedia articles. One should be the  Sociology of Food article. The second should be an article of your choice related to food and agriculture. Use it as an opportunity to evaluate a page you might like to work on for your course assignment.

Evaluate an article

Week 4
This semester, you have the option to select from a pre-determined list of topics OR to find your own topic and submit a proposal to your instructor for approval.

To select from the predetermined list:
No need to take the &quot;Finding your article&quot; training - simply follow the exercise below to select your topic.

Exercise
Choose your topic / Find your sources

To find your own topic:
Take the &quot;Finding your article&quot; training then complete the exercise here.

Exercise
Choose a topic

Email your instructor with your final choice and one paragraph describing what you plan to contribute. Once you have your topic approved:

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Sociology

Exercise
Add a citation

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

Week 8
Guiding framework

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.

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

Exercise
Add links to your article

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 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
Guiding questions

It's the final week to develop your article.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
 * Review the assessment rubric and improve your article as needed.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Guiding questions