Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Montclair State University/Humanities 2 (Fall)

The course covers literature, the arts, and humanities from 1400 CE to the present; the main emphasis is on the Renaissance and Enlightenment period. This is an optional assignment, and students who complete it successfully will receive extra credit for the class. Students who participate will each adopt one under-annotated artist (often a woman or a non-Italian artist or both) from approximately 1400-1700 CE, and work on improving their article. To make the work a bit easier, students will work with a small group on their article. In the process, students will learn the basics of editing and contributing to Wikipedia, learn more about the nature of sources and historical information, and hone their reasoning and editing skills.

Week 6
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 8
Art History

Biographies

Books

History

Women's Studies

Week 9
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts; this may involve your adding just a few sentences to an existing article, making other changes, or even (if you are very ambitious!) creating a new article on your chosen person.

Week 10
Guiding framework

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

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 11
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 12
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 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!

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