Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Las Positas College/Native Americans of North America (Spring)

This is an introductory course about Native Peoples of North America both past and present. The course will critically look at how Native American perspectives presented in digital media with an emphasis on equity. Assignments would focus on editing Wikipedia references important for Native American groups in the vicinity of our college, yet expanding outward. Work would focus on integrating archival, historical/archaeological databases, and cartographic sources into Wikipedia. A two week section will be dedicated to creating area specific linguistic and tribal boundary maps.

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
Cultural Anthropology

History

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

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Sandos, James A., and Patricia B. Sandos. “Early California Reconsidered: Mexicans, Anglos, and Indians at Mission San José.” Pacific Historical Review, vol. 83, no. 4, University of California Press, 2014, pp. 592–625, https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/phr.2014.83.4.592

California Indian History. https://nahc.ca.gov/resources/california-indian-history/

Week 8
Guiding framework

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

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

Week 11
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
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!

Week 14
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.