Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of San Francisco/RHET 103 (Spring 2017)

Public Speaking (RHET 103) prepares students for the kinds of oral communication typically required and experienced in college-level courses, professional contexts, and civic discourse. The primary goals of this course are to provide students the opportunity to develop an understanding of public speaking as a component of civic life and to strengthen skills for assessing public speaking situations and developing appropriate presentations in response to them. Given these goals, students practice a variety of rhetorical approaches while focusing on extemporaneous delivery of speeches--speaking from notes or brief keyword outlines--as well as impromptu speaking. The course emphasizes an audience-centered approach to oral communica_on as a key component in planning, organizing, and presenting thesis- driven speeches. While the nature of speech assignments may vary, students in Public Speaking can expect to learn strategies that correspond to a variety of basic rhetorical goals, such as informing, persuading, deba_ng, responding to opposing views, and justifying policy proposals in individual or group presentations. Students will also learn to make evidence-based reasonable arguments in an ethical manner fairly and accurately representing opposing arguments while balancing emotional appeals, preventing plagiarism, and avoiding stereotyping. In total, this class offers students the opportunity to cultivate critical thinking skills and gain confidence in public speaking.

Week 1
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the &quot;Get Help&quot; button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:


 * Evaluating Wikipedia


 * Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
 * It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
 * When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

Week 2
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.


 * Complete the &quot;Evaluating Articles and Sources&quot; training (linked below).
 * Choose an article, and consider some questions (but don't feel limited to these):
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Choose at least 2 questions relevant to the article you're evaluating. Leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Heyounkin (talk) 23:08, 4 April 2017 (UTC).

Week 3
You'll want to find or create an appropriate photo, illustration, or piece of video/audio to add to an article.


 * Before you start, review the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook, or see Editing Wikipedia pages 10–11.
 * When you've reviewed those pages, take the training linked below.
 * When you're ready to start finding images, remember: Never grab images you find through an image search, or those found on Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit, Imgur, or even so-called &quot;Free image&quot; or &quot;free stock photo&quot; websites. Instead, you'll want to find images with clear proof that the creator has given permission to use their work. Many of these images can be found on search.creativecommons.org.
 * Don't just upload an image to Wikipedia. Instead, upload it to Wikipedia's sister site for images, Wikimedia Commons. For instructions, read through the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook.