Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/The University of Texas at Austin/Arabs and Vikings (Fall 2021)

This is a course on the art of the Global Middle Ages that looks at both the art of this era and its representation in popular media. Students will be working on Wikipedia stubs to improve content and sourcing.

Week 4
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

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

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.)

What's a content gap?

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Choose your topic / Find your sources

Thinking about Wikipedia

Exercise
Add a citation

Week 7
Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 8
Guiding framework

Week 9
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 10
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 11
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Exercise
Add links to your article

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 14
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!

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!

Week 15
Guiding questions

Week 16
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

Nominating your article for Did You Know

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