Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Las Positas College/LIBR 1 Puente Working with Sources (Fall 2019)

Introduction to using sources as supporting documentation in a college-level research project. Teaches the skills needed to successfully find, evaluate, use, cite, and document information using the library and open web sources. Focus on identifying appropriate sources and proper use of sources.

Goal of Wikipedia project:

On a topic of the student's choice, students will learn how to work with sources in ways that will support completing research projects in other courses. Additionally, students will use our access to and knowledge of valuable scholarly information to improve Wikipedia and make a real-world difference for the millions of people worldwide that use and rely on Wikipedia as a reference work.

Week 12
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.)

Assignment
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Assignment
Evaluate an article

What's a content gap?

Week 14
Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Sources located through Annotated Bibliography Assignment (M14).

Exercise
Add a citation

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

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.

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 16
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!

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