Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Northern Kentucky University/Sex, Gender, and Culture (Fall 2021)

Course Description: Examines biological sex, gender, and sexuality from a comparative, cross-cultural perspective. Considers anthropological explanations for women’s low status, including the role of gender in subsistence, economic, political, family, religious, and other institutions.

Assignment: Student will create new page or add significantly to an existing page having to do with gender, sex, and/or sexuality. There will be an emphasis on pages addressing nonwestern cultures.

Week 2
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.)

Week 3
Biographies

Cultural Anthropology

LGBT+ Studies

Medicine

Psychology

Women's Studies

Week 4
In class, we will talk about Wikipedia as a platform and discuss how we will use Wikipedia to expand our studies of gender and sexuality this semester.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Get some pro tips on making your research easier!

We will meet with an NKU librarian to discuss why you should use NKU library resources as an important strategy to complete research for your Wikipedia page.

Week 6
See assignment in Canvas

You will receive feedback from the prof either approving your page choice OR with specific tips for finding a new page and/or rethinking your evaluation.

After your article is approved by the professor, assign it to yourself on our Wikiedu dashboard. This allows everyone to keep track of our work.

Week 7
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9
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 10
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 11
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
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to make your work live to main &quot;mainspace&quot; and to see what other Wikipedians think!

As your work is live on Wikipedia, your work may be edited. Keep an eye on this. If your work is removed, it is your responsibility to politely reach out to the editor to learn and to move forward. These interactions should be addressed in your reflective essay.

Week 15
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.