Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey/Psychology of Consciousness (Fall 2013)/Timeline

Week 1: Wikipedia and APSWI account

 * Assignment (due Fri 9/6 1159 PM)
 * Create Wikipedia and APSWI account (follow instructions on Sakai)

Week 2: Wikipedia essentials

 * Assignments (preferable done by Fri 9/13 1159 PM)


 * Read handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
 * Begin the online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account (if you haven't yet), make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
 * Start browsing for topics you might be interested in and start communicating with potential work partners for the project (final decision to be made in 2 weeks).

Week 3: Editing basics

 * Assignments (due Fri 9/20 1159PM)
 * Read Handouts: Using talk pages, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet and How to get help
 * Complete the online training for students.
 * Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page (if you haven't yet).
 * 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.

Week 4: Exploring the topic area

 * Assignments (due 9/27 1159PM):
 * Critically evaluate one of Wikipedia articles listed on the APS portal, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article’s talk page.
 * Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. Submit on Sakai for your instructor to comment.

Week 5: Using sources

 * Assignment (preferably done by 10/4 1159PM)
 * Read handouts: “Referencing on Wikipedia” and “Understanding Wikipedia’s copyright policy”
 * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.
 * Refine your article selections. Note: you have time until next week to submit your final selection.

Week 6: Choosing articles

 * Assignments (due 10/11 1159PM)
 * Select an article to work on. Add your article to the class’s course page and finalize your choice on APSWI.
 * join a group (if you haven't yet)
 * Compile a bibliography of relevant research and post it to Sakai.
 * Begin reading the sources.

Week 7: Drafting starter articles

 * Assignments (due 10/18 1159PM)
 * If you are starting a new article, write a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article—with citations—in your Wikipedia sandbox then post it on Skai. If you are improving an existing article, write a summary version reflecting 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 and then, post it on Sakai.
 * Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.


 * Milestone
 * All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.

Week 8: Moving articles to the main space

 * In class or at home
 * Handout: Moving out of your sandbox


 * Assignments (due 10/25 1159PM)
 * Move sandbox articles into main space.
 * Optional: For new articles or qualifying expansions of stubs, compose a one-sentence “hook,” nominate it for “Did you know,” and monitor the nomination for any issues identified by other editors.
 * Optional: Add banner by copying and pasting the code at the bottom of this page.
 * Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
 * Submit the link of your article on Sakai

Week 9: Building articles

 * Assignments (preferably done by 11/1 1159PM)
 * Read Handouts: “Uploading images” and “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality”
 * Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.

Week 10: Getting and giving feedback

 * Assignments (Due 11/8 1159PM)
 * Peer review two of your classmates' articles.
 * Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
 * Submit your reviews on Sakai (including suggested grade, which will remain anonymous).


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

Week 11: Responding to feedback

 * Assignments (preferably done by 11/15 1159PM)
 * Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback.

Week 12: Due date

 * Assignment (due 11/22 1159PM)
 * Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.
 * Submit your article and article link on Sakai.

You made it!


 * Milestone
 * Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading, and have submitted reflective essays.

Week 13: Class presentations

 * In class
 * Students give in-class presentations about their Wikipedia article and their experiences editing Wikipedia.

Submit presentation on Sakai
 * Assignments (due the day before your presentation)

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