Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Lane Community College/Native American Literature, Folklore and Mythology (Fall 2021)

Indigenous people in North America typically have been made invisible within dominant U.S. society. To help with the effort of making Natives more visible, students in this class will earn college credit, in part, by creating a new Wikipedia article on a topic relevant to Native American Literature, Folklore and Mythology. Topics will include books by Native authors as well as biographies of Native authors. To help students with this assignment, your instructor has set up a related Wiki-Edu class online that you will be asked to enroll in. Your successful completion of the Wikipedia project will be calculated by the instructor checking off all the following boxes: successful and timely enrollment in the Wiki-Edu class and completion of all required modules and activities contained therein and drafting a contribution to an article in your sandbox (if not then actually importing to Wikipedia main page).

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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 5
Biographies

Books

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Week 6
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

Optional: If you're working in a group, please take this training module on drafting work in the sandbox as a group.

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8
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

Optional: IF you're working in a group, please take this training module on moving work out of the sandbox as a group.

Week 9
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.

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 11
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!

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