Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Central Arkansas/Women and US Politics (Spring 2019)

This course offers an introduction and concentrated examination on issues surrounding women as political actors in American politics. The course studies women’s political participation as citizens, voters, activists, candidates, and office holders. Students will survey the diverse contributions women make to American public service and examine specific case studies of notable contributions made by women to American politics. Students will consider central questions and concepts involving women’s historical and contemporary political behavior, representation, public depictions of women as political figures, as well as rely on other analytical concepts such as the intersectionality of gender, race, and socio-economic status.

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.

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 3
Political Science

Women's Studies

Choose your topic / Find your sources

What's a content gap?

Exercise
Add a citation

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

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6
Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 8
Guiding framework

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.

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 10
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

Week 11
Every student is finishing drafting their self-assigned articles

Week 12
Assignment details were furnished in class the week of March 12th. Refer to those guidelines for this assignment.

Week 13
Choose your topic / Find your sources

Students will have the opportunity to discuss peer feedback with a fellow wikipedia editor in class

Week 14
It's the final week to polish your article and incorporate peer review recommendations.


 * 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!

DUE: 1-page typed response to the peer feedback received. Detail the recommendations incorporated into your article's edits. Follow the criteria detailed on the assignment's guidelines that were distributed in class.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
 * Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

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 15
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

Week 16
Assignment guidelines and details are provided in class

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading. Be sure you have entered your service learning hours into the UCA org-sync platform