Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Connecticut/Purpose of Education (Fall)

The University of Connecticut’s First-Year Writing (FYW) seminars are characterized by

collaborative, student-driven inquiry. As a general education course, FYW prepares students for

future academic work by asking them to use writing to enter into and contribute to active

academic conversations. The Wikipedia Project specifically is meant to teach them how to identity and compile reputable sources, and how to use those sources to contribute to an ongoing conversation.

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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

Next Steps
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.)

1) please complete both trainings provided here;
2) complete the &quot;Choose a topic&quot; exercise to find a list of topic ideas related to the course;

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

3) complete the  &quot;Evaluate your article&quot; exercise using at least two of the topics you might want to pursue;

Exercise
Evaluate your article

4) narrow down your seach to just ONE topic and begin your project proposal.

Week 3
Project proposal due on HuskyCT.

This week, you should also start drafting your contributions in your Sandbox. Before you begin, please complete this exercise.

Exercise
Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Resource:  Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Then, review the trainings to help as you begin drafting your work.

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

Before class today, please review the peer review guiding questions and have a complete first draft of your Wikipedia project in your Sandbox.

Guiding framework

Then in class, use that framework to peer review an article.

Once your peer review is complete, consider the suggestions you received on your own draft, and decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete. Then, 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.

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Before completing your assignment, 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.

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Exercise
Add links to your article

As the final step before finishing 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!