Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/NYCCT/Learning Places (Spring 2016)

This special topics course offers an interdisciplinary approach to investigating our built environment using a case study focused on the Vinegar Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn

Week 5

 * Create a Wikipedia account
 * Join wikiedu Learning Places course site
 * Complete Wikipedia Essentials Training Module


 * After in class discuss about Modes of Documentation for research projects including Annotated Bibliographies, Data Visualization, and Academic Writing in class, you should complete the Sources and Citation training module to understand how citation in Wikipedia works.

Week 6

 * Identify an article that would benefit from illustration, create or find an appropriate photo, illustration, or audio/video, and add it to the article.


 * All media uploaded to Wikipedia must fall under a &quot;free license,&quot; which means they can be used or shared by anyone. Examples of media you can use are photos that you take yourself, images and text in the public domain, and works created by someone else who has given permission for their work to be used by others. For more information about which types of media can be uploaded to Wikipedia, see Commons:Help desk.
 * To add a media file to an article, you must first upload it to Wikimedia Commons. For instructions on how to upload files to Commons, refer to Illustrating Wikipedia. This brochure will also provide you with detailed information about which files are acceptable to upload to Wikipedia and the value of contributing media to Wikipedia articles.

Week 8

 * Develop an annotated bibliography following these assignment guidelines.

Handout:

Week 9

 * Editing basics
 * Wikipedia campus ambassador presentation at Laguardia Community College

Week 10

 * Complete the introductory training modules. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Resources: , Evaluating Wikipedia

Week 11

 * Editing basics
 * Wikipedia campus ambassador visit 4/20


 * Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, information privilege, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.

Week 12

 * If you decide to use Wikipedia as the platform for your Final Report, use your Sandbox to draft content instead of editing a live page.
 * Work with your group to edit your writing before adding content to a live Wikipedia page.

Week 14

 * Move your sandbox articles into main space.
 * If you are expanding an existing article, copy your edit into the article. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article.
 * If you are creating a new article, do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow the instructions in the &quot;Moving out of your sandbox&quot; handout.
 * Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.

Resources: ,

Week 15
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