Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/U-M Library/Digital Pedagogy with U-M Library (Winter)

In this hands-on session, learn why and how you might include a Wikipedia editing assignment in your courses. We will discuss pedagogical questions, logistics, (scaffolding assignments, training students, tracking progress, etc.) and ways to frame the assignment, including evaluating digital publications, the politics of citation, and forms of public scholarship. We’ll also provide examples and discuss ways you can collaborate with subject specialists and digital pedagogy librarians to develop assignments for your courses.

This workshop will provide a basic introduction to editing Wikipedia, and is designed for those who want to learn how to help students, how to make edits “stick,” add citations, fix orphan pages, engage in Talk Pages, and otherwise improve and support the work of new editors.

No prior editing experience is required, but please bring a laptop to the event. Participation in this workshop can count toward the Requirement ‘G’ of the CRLT Graduate Teacher Plus Certificate in Digital Media (GTC+).

Articles to Work On
Hint: check for Start Class or Stubs that need expanding


 * WikiProject African Diaspora
 * WikiProject Hispanic and Latino Americans task force
 * WikiProject Asian Americans
 * WikiProject Women in Red - Latina
 * WikiProject Indigenous Peoples of North America
 * WikiProject Women in Red
 * WikiProject Women in Red - Technology
 * WikiProject Women in Red - Mathematicians
 * WikiProject Women in Red - Scientists
 * WikiProject Women in Red - Engineers

Partners
This event is made possible through collaborations between Pratt Institute Libraries, and Humanities &amp; Media Studies.

Resources
References


 * Anne's Slides
 * Wiki Markup Cheatsheet (PDF)

LibGuide
Training Modules


 * Wikipedia Essentials
 * Editing Basics
 * Evaluating Articles and Sources
 * Sources and Citations
 * Slides to training 7/18

Week 1
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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

What's a content gap?

Exercise
Add a citation

Copyedit an article

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Week 5
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Biographies

History

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6
Guiding framework

Thinking about Wikipedia

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

Week 7
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 8
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

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 10
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 11
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 12
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.