Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Paradise Valley Community College/IFS201-16608 (Fall)

Development of critical thinking skills in using information. Exploration of how information can be used as a tool or weapon. Explanation of the role of information as a consumer and creator. Recognition of the impact of culture and worldview on how information is understood, created, and disseminated.

Week 1
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the &quot;Get Help&quot; button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:


 * 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.)

Exercise
Evaluate an article

First...
Choose a topic

Once you have an idea of a single topic you'd like to improve,

Then...
Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

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

It's the final week to develop your article. It's  time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot; To help, please review the &quot;Moving your work out of the Sandbox&quot; training.

After your work is live, revisit your text and continue to refine. 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.

Exercise
Add links to your article

Once you're done, r ead  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!