Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/California Maritime Academy/Information Fluency in the Digital World (Spring 2014)/Timeline

Week 9: Wikipedia essentials, Exploring the topic area

 * In class
 * Behind the scenes at Wikipedia
 * Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
 * Tips on finding the best article to work on
 * WikiProjects, Categories, Article Ratings


 * Assignment
 * Complete the online student orientation, Core Principles. During this training, you will create an account and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.


 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
 * Research and list 3 articles on your Wikipedia sandbox that you will consider working on as your main project. Ask your instructor for comment.

Week 10: Selecting your article

 * In class
 * Discuss the range of topics students will be working on
 * Handouts: Using talk pages, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, and How to get help


 * Assignments
 * Select an article to work on. Add your article to the class’s course page.


 * Milestone
 * All students have started researching and drafting their article.

Week 11: Building articles

 * Share experiences and discuss problems.
 * Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
 * Assignments
 * Expand your article into an initial draft based on your research so far.

Week 12: Wikicoding
Wikimarkup cheatsheet

Week 13: Give and receive feedback

 * In class
 * As a group, students offer suggestions for improving one or two of the students' articles, setting the example for what is expected from a solid encyclopedia article.


 * Assignments
 * Peer review two of your classmates' articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
 * Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.


 * Milestone
 * All articles have been reviewed by others. All students have reviewed articles by their classmates.

Week 14: Revision and citations

 * Assignments
 * Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback.

Week 15: Reflection

 * Assignments


 * Create graphical research narrative on your Wikipedia contributions.

Week 16: Due date
You made it!


 * Milestone
 * Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading, and have submitted a graphical research narrative.

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