Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of New Haven/English 1104 (Spring 2016)

The main objective of this basic writing class is to prepare students for ENGL 1106, the first in the required sequence of courses at UNH. You might think of this course as 1106, but taught at a much slower pace. Students should leave the course knowing what is expected of academic writing and prepared to continue developing their writing skills in the next course.

Week 1

 * Overview of the course
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.

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Handout: Editing Wikipedia


 * Begin the training modules assigned for your course. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 3

 * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.