Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Oklahoma/HIST3443 Early Frontier (Spring 2020)

This is a survey of early America and Indian Country from the beginning to the 1840s. The course is fairly focused on three issues: conquest, colonization, and frontier life. The class will survey Wikipedia for missing people, places, and events from that era and those places in a group assignment. From lists we generate together students will propose and develop a Wikipedia article. They can either update one or propose a new one, if the group agrees it is important.

Week 1
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

Week 2
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.)

Read the booklet Evaluating Wikipedia (FROM WEEK 1)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3
Find 8 topics (people, places, events, ideas, objects) that should be on Wikipedia, that are in the era covered in our class (1200-1848) and that are notable. Find 8 topics (also in  the era covered in our class (1200-1848) that ARE on Wikipedia, but need sources or added content. So, each group of 4 will come up with 16 topics.

Week 4
By now all the groups should have lists of topics appropriate to the course

Week 5
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Art History

Biographies

Cultural Anthropology

History

LGBT+ Studies

Political Science

Women's Studies

Week 7
FInding Good Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism

Week 8
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 11
You should have full draft of your article in your sandbox on the class Wikipedia site. That enables me to see it, assess it, and to assign it to someone else to peer review.

Week 12
Guiding framework

You probably have some feedback from other students, from me, 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.

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

Week 13
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.

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!

Week 14
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

It's the final week to develop your article. DUE APRIL 24- MAY 1

Put your article on the Wikipedia mainspace!!! See training above. ..


 * 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. Send an email to Professor Hyde ( anne.hyde@undefinedou.edu ) with the checklist. Then she will know you are ready. ..