Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Drake University/Global Youth Studies (Fall 2014)/Timeline

August 28: Wikipedia essentials

 * We will do in class:
 * Open discussion of the concepts of systemic bias, neutrality, media literacy, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.
 * Meet peer editor Abbey
 * To discuss in training
 * Description of Global Youth Studies WP project
 * First pass at discussing basics of editing
 * Please read the following handouts that you will reference throughout the semester: Using talk pages, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet


 * Successfully create your account and enroll on our course page


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

September 4: Interaction and Editing basics, continued

 * Articles for class exercise. Remember these as references.
 * Writing_better_articles
 * Good_article_criteria
 * Example of good article: Education in Malta
 * Article_development
 * Young offender is a stub. Adolescent sexuality is both somewhat unwieldy and lacks a WP:NPOV.
 * Child poverty is the page Prof. V will edit using the Shannahan article.


 * Assignments to have completed by class on September 4
 * Read article possibilities: Class Article Page. Students may also propose their own new article.
 * Complete the online student orientation: (takes about one hour). During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox, and review the basic rules of Wikipedia.
 * In addition, please read “Wikipedia taps college ‘Ambassadors’ to broaden editor base.”
 * Bring to class prepared (on your computer in a word document is fine): One fact from this week's readings to incorporate into a WP article.  Identify an article to which you wish to add the fact.  Be prepared to tell us how your edit combats systemic bias.  Bring the article or book (one of our assigned readings) with you so you have a complete reference.  You will do this edit in class.
 * Bring to class, typed (on your computer): A sentence of your area of research interest and three the names of three related Wikipedia articles to explore in class.
 * Please be aware of community standards for citation and plagiarism, “Referencing on Wikipedia” and “Wikipedia:Close Paraphrasing”
 * We will do in class:
 * Post interests for potential articles on user page and check out classmates' user pages.
 * Discuss 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


 * Assignments due by Friday, September 5
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to two of the three following course collaborators: Prof. Vandegrift, Lixxx235, Abbey, peer editor on Wikipedia. Be sure to sign your post correctly
 * Leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page. Sign your post correctly
 * Description on your user page of topic you would like to pursue. See a sample from a previous semester.  [|sample 1].  [|sample 2].  On your user page, describe your interests.  Post several candidates for WP articles to edit OR several potential titles for articles to draft.  This is a place to brainstorm for feedback.

September 11: Exploring the topic area

 * Assignments to have completed by class on Thursday, September 11
 * Repeat what you did last week: Locate a fact from this week's readings and incorporate. Please do before class. Don't bring a printed copy - just enter your fact in directly and cite it.  This is a repeat/repractice of last week's assignment.  I will leave five minutes at the end of class to help anyone who needs it.  Use proper inline citations. Watchlist the article where you make the changes so you can see what happens.
 * Let's discuss the structure of journal articles!   Find a peer-reviewed research article using a database or Google scholar.  I recommend you find one that fits your research interests. Bring a digital or paper copy to analyze in class. See optional handout on Blackboard in our week 3 course materials. I encourage you to consult with a reference librarian if you are having a hard time finding one.
 * Handouts: Advice for choosing articles and How to get help


 * In class
 * Quiz on key Wikipedia terms
 * Discussion of journal articles. Read about dois.


 * Assignment due by Friday, September 12
 * Look at your watchlist to see if the article you edited has changed.
 * Provide feedback on two classmates' talk pages about the topic ideas they posted on their user page. Use proper formatting: signing properly, hyperlinks where needed, etc.

September 18: Using sources, Choosing topics

 * Before class
 * Meet with a reference librarian and do your own research about the potential themes for your articles. You are working to identify what scholarship exists on your chosen topic and where gaps exist in the existing content on Wikipedia.  Begin to keep a list of potential scholarship (peer-reviewed articles, reports, credible news sources, etc.) that you could use as sources.


 * In class
 * Reexamine the feedback you have received on your user page.
 * Discuss the range of topics you will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.
 * Q&A session with instructor and Wikipedia editors about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing.
 * Discuss assignment due Thursday, September 25.


 * Assignment due by Friday, September 19
 * Nothing!

September 25: Discussion on drafting starter articles
Are you starting a new article? Here are some great tips on starting an article.


 * Assignments to have completed by class on Thursday, September 25
 * Detailed (3 paragraph) proposal of planned research to revise or write a new article posted on your User Page. If you are editing an existing article, please note the new content, but also how you plan to incorporate your changes into a new article.  This might mean removing information or creating a better framing of a topic that is currently suffering from systemic bias.  After getting Prof. V’s feedback, this will form the basis of finalizing academic materials due on the October 3rd.


 * In class
 * Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, and (optionally) revisit the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.


 * Assignment due Friday, September 26
 * Clean up your user page. Remove old information.

October 2: Library Orientation, intensive library search, receive feedback from Prof. V and Abbey

 * Assignments to have completed by class on Thursday, October 2
 * Declare your article on our course page and on our Class Article Page
 * Begin or continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
 * Handouts: “Uploading images”, and “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality”


 * In class:
 * Discussion on Close paraphrasing and how to avoid WP:COPYVIO.
 * Exercise on paraphrasing.


 * Assignments due by Friday, October 3:
 * A list of 5-7 sources on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. These must be correctly formatted. Send request on Prof. V’s and Abbey's talk page for comment. Use their comments to consider how to continue obtaining quality sources for next week’s assignment.

October 9: Finalizing sources and posting them

 * Please work on midterm essay which is due. Class does not meet.


 * Assignments due Friday, October 10


 * Compile a finalized bibliography of relevant reliable sources and post it to your user page and the talk page of the article you are working on. These must be properly formatted.  If you change them over the course of the semester, please update your user page.
 * Begin work on your article draft, if you haven't already. What you will do will differ depending on whether you're doing an original article or editing an older article.

October 16: Sandbox draft due

 * Due before class on Thursday, October 16:
 * Continue reading the sources for additional information to include in your draft. Post three new or three replacement sources (improving on the sources you originally chose, if necessary).


 * Workshop in class
 * Demo finding images. See WP:Finding images tutorial.
 * Demo uploading images and adding images to articles. Also, this tutorial on adding pictures is a resource.
 * Share experiences and discuss problems.

Assignment due by October 17 (Friday)
 * Complete at least 1000 words of content-with citations-in your Wikipedia sandbox. If you are editing an article, try to copy edit and fix at least one major problem. You're encouraged to go further - the more you have drafted, the better. Abbey and Prof. Darcie will give feedback.
 * If you are improving an existing article, edit a version in your sandbox and link to the article's talk page. Your work should reflect the content the article will have after it’s been improved, and post this along with a brief description of your plans on the article’s talk page.


 * Milestone
 * All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.
 * Begin working with classmates and other editors to polish your article revisions or short starter article and fix any major issues.

October 23: Continue building articles & clean up

 * Handout: Moving out of your sandbox

October 30: Work towards peer edit, incorporating feedback

 * In class
 * Presentation on Peer Editing
 * Details on peer editing assignment


 * Be working on incorporating the edits you received from Prof. Vandegrift before your peers look at your article. Clean up your user page, removing things that no longer are relevant. Archive talk pages, if needed.
 * Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic. You are aiming for 1500 or more of quality material (no filler_. Incorporate feedback. Create a quality Lead section. Get your sandbox article ready for peer review before they look at it next Friday.

November 6: Getting and giving feedback

 * In class
 * Nothing - be working on peer review


 * Due Friday, November 7:
 * Peer review two of your classmates' articles. Leave suggestions on the sandbox article draft talk page.
 * Copy-edit the two reviewed articles while respecting each author's intent.


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

November 13: Responding to feedback

 * In class
 * Discuss how to create a summary of the feedback you received (you should have received feedback from Abbey, Prof. V and two peer reviewers).


 * Assignments due by November 14
 * Summarize on your user page the feedback you got. This will be your guidelines on what you plan to do to edit and complete the draft.
 * Make edits to your article based on feedback.
 * Create links both within your article and to your article so it is not an orphan article.

November 14, your article will be assigned a grade as a draft. Your drafts will be read and graded over the weekend - work towards having a draft of your article in place by the 4th. You should plan to incorporate edits into place based on feedback.
 * Important hard deadline on November 14

November 20: Go Live!

 * In-class check-in and "lab time." Bring your computer to class so we can edit and work.
 * Before you move your article live, please ensure that you have met the standards for avoiding plagiarism. There is a new video from Wikipedia to help you.
 * Move article live during class - out of the sandbox. Students collaborate to create final edits in live article. Students move their article live.  They can use tips from this pdf.
 * Move article out of sandbox and integrated into edited article or posted as original (new) article.
 * Edit final Wikipedia article using all feedback received.
 * Create links from other articles to your article.
 * Make sure all citation links in your article are correct functional.


 * If you wrote a new article, nominate your article for Did_you_know/Nomination (optional)Six presentations on WP projects - details handed out in class on November 13.

Between December 4 and December 11: Final edits

 * Assignments:
 * What was the feedback you got? Are there copyediting, hyperlinking, or image issues?  Not quite correct references?  Fix them this week!  Did your page have a problem with weasel or peacock words?
 * Presentations on WP projects. Details handed out in class on November 6 and discussed on the 13.

You made it!


 * Milestone
 * Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading, and have presented on project in class.

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