Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Maryland, College Park/Readings in Renaissance Literature, Sites of Theatricality (Fall 2017)

This course explores the spaces, occasions, semiotics and commercial systems that reshaped English drama from the 1560s to the parliamentary ordinance closing the theaters in 1642. This was the period of Lyly, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Cary, Middleton, Marston, Dekker, Beaumont, Fletcher, Webster, Massinger, Ford and others, in collaboration with each other and together with actors, musicians, prompters and shareholders. In recent years, literary scholars have placed renewed emphasis on the social, economic and architectural structures that defined the commercial playing companies of this period. We will look afresh at the sites in which Renaissance drama was performed, from Sebastian Westcott’s indoor theater in which former choir boys scandalized audiences, to the outdoor Hope amphitheater, which doubled as a gruesome arena for torturing bears. We will also ask what types of theatricality occurred away from the commercial stage, including plays by female dramatists and pageants through the streets of London.

Week 1
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the &quot;Get Help&quot; button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:


 * Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia


 * Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (To avoid hitting Wikipedia's account creation limits, this is best done outside of class. Only 6 new accounts may be created per day from the same IP address.)
 * It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
 * When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

Intertwine is a platform where you you will be chatting with student editors enrolled in other Wiki Education courses. This week, the featured activities include:


 * Creating your own User page
 * Learning about user talk page, and writing on others' Talk pages
 * Getting to know more Wikipedia editors and learning from each other's experiences

Sign up for a session here. If you haven’t logged in using your Wikipedia account, you will first be redirected to Wikipedia logging page. After logging in using your Wikipedia credentials, you will be able to sign up for our activity.

Week 2
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:


 * Add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
 * The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.