Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of New Haven/Seminar in Academic Inquiry and Writing (Fall 2018)

The Seminar in Academic Inquiry introduces students to the conventions of academic writing and the habits of critical inquiry they will need in university courses and beyond. Students read and annotate texts on a topic (or topics) selected by the instructor, develop original avenues of inquiry through classroom discussion, and transform their questions into well-supported academic arguments. Assignment sequences incorporate opportunities for research, drafting, revision, editing, and reflection to help students find writing processes that can be replicated in future courses and workplace projects that require only polished work. Because different disciplines and career paths present different scenarios for critical thinking and writing, this course also teaches students how to adapt the conventions of academic inquiry to a variety of contexts.

Week 2
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account and have joined our course dashboard.

Welcome to your Wikipedia 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.


 * Evaluating Wikipedia

Week 3
Once you're able to log in and see our course page, complete the two trainings above AND save annotations with your questions to our private Hypothesis group.

Complete the two trainings above AND save annotations with your questions to our private Hypothesis group.

In-class Exercise: Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 6
If you haven't yet, complete the two trainings above AND save annotations with your questions to our private Hypothesis group. You can receive half credit for doing this now.

In-class Exercise (this time, each student contributes) :  Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 7
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 9
Thinking about sources and plagiarism

What's a content gap?

Books

Chemistry

Cultural Anthropology

Environmental Sciences

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Medicine

Psychology

Sociology

Women's Studies

Thinking about Wikipedia

Exercise
Add a citation

Copyedit an article

Week 13
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Keep working on preparing your contribution to an existing article. Get ready to peer review three of your classmates' articles.

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and 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.

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

Nominating your article for Did You Know

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.

Week 15
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!

It's the final week to develop 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!

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.