Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University at Buffalo/Emerging Scholars (Spring)

Students will be trained to enhance stubs and start articles related to a topic that interests them. They'll be trained along the way on how to do advanced information literacy searching using open access resources. This two pronged approach will allow them to grapple with their responsibility to conducting an informed and unbiased, scholarly conversation on a global scale.

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.

Email your response to [mailto:cat2@undefinedbuffalo.edu cat2@undefinedbuffalo.edu]

Week 2
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


 * Go to the Wikipedia Community Page
 * Scroll down to the &quot;Help Out&quot; section
 * Browse the lists of articles that need help, click &quot;more&quot; to expand the listings
 * Once you find an article you want contribute to you'll need copy it into your sandbox
 * Remember you'll need to add a paragraph around 10 sentences long or 2 paragraphs around 5 sentences each.

[mailto:cat2@undefinedbuffalo.edu Email your response and a link to the article you will edit to cat2@undefinedbuffalo.edu]

Week 3
You will be using &quot;open access&quot; sources for your entry. These are websites, journal articles, news articles, and ebooks that are free for anyone to use. This video will help you find those sources.

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

Art History

Biographies

Books

Cultural Anthropology

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Linguistics

Political Science

Science Communication

Sociology

Species

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 4
Guiding framework

[mailto:cat2@undefinedbuffalo.edu Email your response to cat2@undefinedbuffalo.edu]

Week 5
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

Email me before you upload your work. [mailto:cat2@undefinedbuffalo.edu cat2@undefinedbuffalo.edu]

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.

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 6
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!

Email your professor when your entry is live and you have waited a week to get feedback from the Wikipedia Community. [mailto:cat2@undefinedbuffalo.edu cat2@undefinedbuffalo.edu]