Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Alabama/COM 563 Relational Communication (Spring 2019)

COM 563 Relational Communication offers a focused investigation of communication in close personal relationships, with primary emphasis on contemporary concepts and theories of romantic relationships and friendships. Students will create or significantly revise a Wikipedia article about a theory or concept pertaining to relational communication.

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

Week 2
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 and complete the first two trainings.

Assignment
Evaluate an article

Week 4
Choose your topic / Find your sources assignmentReach 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

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Exercise
Add a citation

Exercise
Add links to your articleAdd images and other media to your article.

Week 7
Complete your Wikipedia article draft

Week 8
Guiding framework

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

Week 9




Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You have received feedback from Dr. Becker, another student, 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. 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. Finally, format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards.

Resources


 * Read Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
 * 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.