Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Pennsylvania/Historic Building Technology (Fall 2018)

This course examines the materials, means, and methods of building design, construction, maintenance, and alteration, with particular attention to how they have evolved in North America from the period of colonial settlement to the present. Students will add to or improve one relevant Wikipedia article as a final project.

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

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.)

Week 2
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Week 3
What's a content gap?

Choose your topic and find sources

History

Week 4
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

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

By the end of the assignment, your contributions should meet the following goals:


 * Improvements to existing articles: add 3,000 to 5,000 bytes, including at least two new citations
 * New articles: 5,000 to 8,000 bytes, including at least three citations

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 5
Guiding framework

Week 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.

After you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 12-14
 * Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Exercise
Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text, refine your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. 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. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 8
Perform a final review of your article before the project due date.


 * See Editing Wikipedia page 15 for a final check-list before completing your project.
 * 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.