Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Michigan/Social Inequality SOC 221 (Winter 2019)

In this course, you will explore social inequalities in the United States and beyond.

Week 1

 * Form groups of 4-5 (during section) &amp; agree on a meeting schedule for the 8-week period
 * Create Wikipedia account (your username should be your UMuniquename)
 * Complete Wikipedia trainings: &quot;Wikipedia policies&quot;, &quot;Sandboxes, Talk Pages &amp; Watchlists&quot;

 Review document: Editing Wikipedia pages 1-5  Begin research on feasible Wikipedia topics/pages to edit   *highly recommended* Exercise Evaluate an article Before you can make your own contributions, it's important to understand how to evaluate an article's quality. Go through the above exercise to learn how to critically read a Wikipedia article. 

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.

Each week you will have REQUIRED and RECOMMENDED blocks to complete to ensure you complete your Wikipedia project successfully. Below you can find this week's tasks.

Week 2

 * Complete Wikipedia training: &quot;How to Edit: Wikicode vs Visual Editor&quot;, &quot;Evaluating articles and sources&quot;
 * Review document: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
 * Settle on two topics and/or Wiki Pages within group to submit for approval on GradeCraft (see Wikipedia Proposal Assignment under Learning through Collaboration)


 * Complete Wikipedia training &quot;Finding your article&quot;, this will help you and your team search Wikipedia for an article relevant to your interests

This week you and your group members should focus on narrowing down the topic you want to work on for this project. By the end of the week you should submit your collaborative ideas for approval by your GSI.

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 3

 * Divide work amongst group members to begin research
 * Every member in your group should assign your article to themselves on the <span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 600; font-size: 15.008px; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; color: #2c2c2c;">Students <span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.008px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;"> tab above
 * <span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.008px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;">Complete Wikipedia training &quot;Plagiarism&quot;


 * Review document <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.008px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: inherit; color: #2c2c2c;">&quot; Avoiding Plagiarism&quot;
 * If you group decides to cover a topic related to health and/or psychology you must complete the following training &quot;Editing health and psychology topics&quot;

''Want to get ahead? Complete training &quot;Drafting in the sandbox&quot;''

After your topic is approved by your GSI your group should begin researching your topic more in-depth. If your group is having difficulty finding relevant information you may <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.008px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: inherit;">want to consult with the sociology librarian, Hailey Mooney (haileym@undefinedumich.edu). You can find her office hours here.

Week 4

 * Continue to research your topic
 * Review document: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7-9
 * Complete trainings &quot;Drafting in the sandbox&quot; and &quot;Drafting as a group&quot;
 * Discuss whose sandbox you will be working out of. Use this document to find their sandbox.

This week your group should begin drafting your article in WIkipedia. This is NOT something that should be left until the last week of your project. Please note: while your group members can all draft in one sandbox, group members will not be able to edit at the same time. You may want to create a schedule with your group for who will be drafting when.


 * Review &quot;Editing Wikipedia&quot; pages 7-9
 * The following guides may be useful for writing articles in a certain topic areas
 * Sociology
 * Cultural Anthropology
 * Psychology

Week 5

 * Complete training &quot;Adding citations&quot;


 * To spruce up your article, review document Editing Wikipedia, pages 10- 12
 * While drafting your article, you may want to add relevant content beyond writing. Please consult the following trainings to do so: &quot;Contributing images and media file&quot;

Your group should continue to work on drafting your article and adding citations to your work.

<span style="color: #6a6a6a; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.008px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;">If you have questions about your editing, please refer to our Wikipedia Expert. If you have questions about the assignment itself, please email soc221assistant@undefinedumich.edu

Week 6
<div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15.008px; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; color: #2c2c2c;">

<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.008px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: inherit;">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!


 * Read Editing Wikipedia<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15.008px; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif;"> pages 8-9 to ensure your writing style fits with WIkipedia's standards

Week 7

 * Complete training &quot;Moving group work live&quot;
 * Review Editing Wikipedia,page 13-15


 * Knowing you will soon have to submit your work to GradeCraft, you may want to complete the training &quot;Moving work out of sandbox&quot;

<div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 15.008px; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; color: #2c2c2c;">

After carefully revising your article, it's time to move your work live- to the &quot;mainspace&quot;. You're almost done!

Week 8
Congrats! You've completed your Wikepedia assignment. For full credit, one group member needs to submit your final project to GradeCraft by April 7th11:59PM

Guiding documents will be available closer to submission date