Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Indiana University of Pennsylvania/English 101-036 (Fall 2019)

For this project, you will update a section or sections of a Wikipedia article on an assigned subject (I will provide with you a list of subjects for you to select). Through this Wikipedia Project, you will get to know how to edit a Wikipedia article and learn about the informative genre. When you engage in this Wikipedia Project, you will consider the Wiki community and its genre, thus being more aware of your readers and your rhetorical moves. This Wikipedia Project will require you to take the following steps:

• Enroll in the online Wikipedia Course – English 101-036.

• Use the Wikipedia Dashboard to read and to take required training and exercises according to the set timeline.

• Choose a Wikipedia article.

• Find, evaluate, and document one reliable source for editing a section or sections of your selected Wikipedia article.

• Edit a section or sections of your Wikipedia article. Each student will contribute at least 150-250 words to the Wikipedia article.

• Peer review each other’s Wikipedia editing.

• Write a journal to reflect on this Wikipedia Project (I will provide you with the prompts).

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 2
Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise (2)
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

What's a content gap?

Week 3
Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Biographies

LGBT+ Studies

Linguistics

Psychology

Science Communication

Sociology

Women's Studies

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

Add citations to an article

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 4
Guiding framework

Thinking about Wikipedia

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.

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

Week 5
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!

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!

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.

Nominating your article for Did You Know

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