Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/New Mexico State University Doña Ana Community College/L SC 255 Special Topics: Wikipedia: let's use it, edit it and write in it (Spring 2014)/Timeline

January 16

 * Syllabus
 * The syllabus is available on Canvas,
 * Read the syllabus. It replaces one hour twenty minutes in a class meeting.
 * Follow the links provided in syllabus.
 * Click the link on the last page of the syllabus to complete the form to receive assignment score.


 * Create A Wikipedia account and enroll
 * Read and execute Create a Wikipedia account and enroll. The assignment is in Canvas. You will create an account and enroll in the course.
 * Click the link in the Required: Let me know your username section to complete the form to receive assignment score.
 * Join the course.

January 17

 * Wikipedia Training for Student
 * Complete the online student orientation. You will see that you have already created an account. You will learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
 * Read and execute the assignment in Canvas: Wikipedia Training for Students. You will edit in my sandbox, use the watch tab, write in your sandbox, use the watch tab, and add your classmate pages to your watch list.

January 21
The assignment is in Canvas: Wikipedia - plagiarism and more. You will read the following Wikipedia project pages (Canvas provides a permanent link for each): You will use the tabs to learn about each. You will write in your sandbox.
 * Wikipedia - plagiarism and more.
 * Let's get serious about plagiarism
 * Close paraphrasing
 * Copyright violations

January 24
The assignment is in Canvas. You will
 * Explore topics to edit or create.
 * learn about tools you can use while reading Wikipedia articles.
 * read some required articles.
 * have the opportunity to read optional articles.
 * use your sandbox to complete the assignment using some Wikipedia markup.

January 28
The assignment is in Canvas.
 * Using Sources
 * Why use sources?
 * Harvard's teaching
 * Academic use
 * Using sources
 * Identifying and using primary and secondary sources
 * Examples
 * Hemp oil
 * Las Cruces -- Our community college:
 * Oklahoma City
 * Portal:Peru
 * Peru
 * List of shootings in Colorado
 * Learn how to add a citation
 * Use your sandbox to
 * Write about what you read
 * Add a citation

January 31
The assignment is in Canvas.
 * Writing ideas and outlines about articles to edit or create.
 * What to edit?
 * We have read
 * Anthony, New Mexico (and hopefully, you compared that article to other cities)
 * Las Cruces, New Mexico
 * Doña Ana County, New Mexico
 * Pima Community College (Could DACC have a similar article?)
 * New Mexico State University
 * Thomas Branigan Memorial Library
 * Opportunities that you have had to read
 * Anthony, Texas
 * El Paso, Texas
 * Albuquerque, New Mexico
 * Santa Fe, New Mexico
 * Community portal
 * Consider Daily experiences
 * Arizona's Lady Rancher example
 * Other ideas
 * Translations
 * Libraries and librarians
 * Consider ideas from Portal:Library and information science


 * Edit tools
 * Example How do I indent?
 * Assignment
 * 1)  Course notice
 * 2)  New section
 * 3)  Six ideas
 * 4)  Most favored today
 * 5)  Next most favored today

February 4
The assignment is in Canvas.
 * Approve/Assign articles to edit or create.
 * Review the training
 * Writing suggestions
 * Choices
 * You have chosen an article
 * You want me to assign an article

February 7
The assignment is in Canvas.
 * Draft edit or article.
 * Review
 * Content guidelines
 * Other student sandboxes
 * Instructions
 * Create a sandbox sub-page
 * Notice about course
 * Create a section
 * If a new article
 * If editing an article
 * A. Copy from edit page
 * B. Notice to readers
 * C. Navigate to article you will use
 * D. Paste in your new sandbox sub page
 * E. Use edit summary
 * F. Preview
 * G. Save
 * Complete your planned article or edits

February 11
The assignment is in Canvas.
 * Move from sandbox to main spaces
 * Get my OK first
 * Depends on what you did
 * If you created a new article
 * Review
 * Follow Wikipedia instructions
 * If you edited an existing article
 * New section
 * New sentences
 * Added citations
 * Spelling/grammar
 * Spanish Language Wikipedia
 * What is a user talk page?

February 14
The assignment is in Canvas.
 * More edits and building articles.


 * Review your classmates' edits to their live articles.
 * After your review, edit the live article in the area that your classmate did the edit.
 * Consider spelling, grammar, citations, sources and additional information that would make the article better.
 * If you are unable to make substantial contributions to your classmates' articles, then please improve the article and New Mexico counties affected by Colonia (United States)
 * Details are in the Canvas assignment.

February 18
The assignment is in Canvas.
 * Giving feedback to other students.

User talk pages
 * Read and study the entire article about Help:Using talk pages.
 * Note the need to make a section.
 * Note the need to sign.
 * Note how to make and use indents.
 * Note how to know that you have new messages.


 * Review your classmates' edits to live articles.
 * Stay focused on the area that each student edited.
 * Include the original article selected by the student as well as edits done during the February 14 assignment.
 * For three students:
 * Properly use the student's user talk page, not an article talk page, to provide useful feedback.
 * Include at least three specific and substantial comments about what you liked about the edits.
 * Include one specific and substantial comment about an improvement.
 * If you can not read Spanish for articles in the Spanish language Wikipedia, use Google Chrome and click the Translate button (Click here for an example. Otherwise copy and paste into Google translate.

Details and examples are in the Canvas assignment.

February 21
The assignment is in Canvas.
 * Responding to feedback received.

February 25
The assignment is in Canvas.
 * Feedback to other Wikipedia editors.

February 28
The assignment is in Canvas.
 * Finishing touches to edits and articles.

March 4
The assignment is in Canvas.
 * Writing reflections about the course.

March 7
The assignment is in Canvas.
 * Writing recommendations to improve the course.

March 10

 * Course Ends

--Joe (talk) 20:07, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

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