Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/The College of Idaho/Criticism as Praxis (SP22)

As a broad survey of critical methods in Communication Studies, this course investigates various methods of rhetorical criticism, in conjunction with other critical methodological practices. The Wikipedia assignment serves to explore writing for a generalized audience, as well as contributing to knowledge through collecting and presenting information about student selected topics.

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.

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.)

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

Before the second day of class, everyone should have a Wikipedia account. NOTE: You CANNOT create a Wikipedia account from the College of Idaho's network. You will have to leave campus and use the internet somewhere else, or use a self-provided hotspot. After you have an account, you will be able to edit when logged into your account from the College.

Week 5
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

Biographies

Books

History

LGBT+ Studies

Linguistics

Political Science

Psychology

Sociology

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7
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.

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

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.

I will probably move this around, as the calendar is more specifically set.

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 8
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.

A more specific prompt will be added as we approach Finals Week