Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Texas at Austin/Race and Policing in the USA (Fall)

This class will focus on race and policing in the United States. We will consider case studies in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and other cities. To a lesser extent, we will also look at the role of law enforcement in rural areas, on the border, and in colonial spaces like Puerto Rico, Hawai’i, and Indian Country. Of particular interest will be the relationships between policing and communities of color. This course has a seminar format, relying on student-centered discussion with minimal use of lectures by the professor. Assessment will include a broad range of formats from in-class presentation to online publication.

Week 3
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.)

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

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account. Everyone has joined the course page. Everyone has created a blog entry. Everyone has completed the first two training modules.

Week 4
Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Week 5
Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Week 6
Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Week 7
History

LGBT+ Studies

Political Science

Sociology

Women's Studies

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

Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Week 8
Draft of your contribution written in your sandbox (at least 500 words, including references).

Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Week 9
Guiding framework

Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Week 10
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.

Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Week 11
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

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.

Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Week 12
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!

A short essay reflecting on the experience of working on your contribution to Wikipedia. (This is not an essay on the subject of your contribution, but a personal essay about your experience.) (Approximately 5 pages.)

Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.