Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Texas at Arlington/Human Geography (Fall 2018)

Human geography involves the study of the spatial distribution and spatial relationships of human activities on the earth’s surface. The course is designed to introduce you to various ways of studying the geography of human activities and to relate the many ideas and concepts of human geography to your life and the world around you. Specifically, the course will introduce you to the following key areas of human geography: 1) Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives, 2) Population and Migration, 3) Cultural Patterns and Processes, 4) Political Organization of Space, 5) Agriculture, Food Production, and Rural Land Use, 6) Industrialization and Economic Development, and 7) Cities and Urban Land Use. Students will use Wikipedia to complete a &quot;Terra Incognita&quot; assignment in which they will explore a country that is &quot;unknown land&quot; to them and contribute their research to Wikipedia.

Week 1
Welcome to the Wikipedia Terra Incognita project's course timeline for Human Geography. See the complete instructions for the course assignment on Blackboard. 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.

Our 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.)

By August 31, 2018, you must have a Wikipedia account and complete the training on &quot;Wikipedia policies&quot; and &quot;Sandboxes, talk pages, and watchlists.&quot;

Week 3
Exercise: Evaluate an article

Tips


 * Select a topic of your choice.  Something that you know something about already.
 * Due Sept 7th. 

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 4
What's a content gap?

Exercise
Add a citation

Week 5
Choose your topic / Find your sources

Week 6
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7
Continue working on your draft.

Week 10
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

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 14
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.