Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Westminster College/Introduction to Women's Studies (Fall 2018)

This is an introduction to women's studies course. Students will be learning about Wikipedia and gender. As a final project, they will be either creating a Wikipedia page for a woman or adding to an existing page.

Week 10
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.

Before you create your account and learn about Wikipedia's policies, I am going to ask you to do two things.

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First, read “Wikipedia’s Hostility to Women” on our Canvas page. This will be the subject of an in-class discussion. Next, look at the pages created by the students in my Fall 2018 Intro to Women's Studies Course. As you review them, also think about the reading questions on our Canvas page. ======

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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Exercise
Add a citation

Week 12
Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Today's class will be devoted to finding reliable sources for your article. After I run through some of the library resources available on campus, you can spend the rest of the time working on your proposal and bibliography.

Week 13
Biographies

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

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 14
Guiding framework

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.

Resources:


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

Week 15
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.

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 16
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!

Guiding questions

Guiding questions

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.