Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Colgate University/CORE 151 I Legacies of the Ancient World (Fall 2014)/Timeline

Wikipedia essentials

 * Oct. 15 W: Class meets in Case-Geyer 501
 * Introduction to Wikipedia
 * Reading: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
 * Reading: Evaluating Wikipedia article quality,
 * Start the online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
 * Basics of editing
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
 * Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments
 * Handouts: Using talk pages, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet


 * Assignments
 * Complete the online training for students.
 * Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to any Wikipedians helping your class (such as a Wikipedia Ambassador), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.


 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.

Choosing articles

 * In class
 * Handouts: Advice for choosing articles and How to get help
 * Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.


 * Assignments (due Oct. 24)
 * Select an article for to work on. Add your article to the class’s course page.
 * Compile a bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.

Milestone
 * All students have started editing articles on Wikipedia.

Comparing Wikipedia to another reference source
Compare and contrast a Wikipedia article with an article on the same topic in another encyclopedia. Use the list below to help you think about how to frame your analysis. At the end of your essay, assess how you would use each source in a research project on that particular topic. All encyclopedias, except Wikipedia, are available from the Case-Geyer Library.
 * Assignment (due Nov. 7)


 * The structure of the article
 * The kinds of information it contains
 * The information and sources to which it links
 * The style and tone of the writing
 * Illustrations
 * References
 * List of suggested readings

Critique and Editing Plan

 * Assignment (due on Moodle Nov. 21)
 * In a single 5-7 page Word document, identify your team’s chosen article, describe its strengths and weaknesses, and describe of your team’s research and editing plan. What will you add or change and why? How will you divide the work among team members? How do you envision the final edits? Make sure all team members names are on the document.

Class presentations

 * In class Dec. 3, 5
 * Students give in-class presentations about their experiences editing Wikipedia.

Final Editing

 * In class, December 8, 10, 12
 * Teams will complete editing their articles
 * Milestone
 * Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.

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