Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of Alberta Augustana Faculty/Cognitive Development (2014 Fall)/Timeline

due Sept 11: Decision to participate in Wiki assignment

 * Let me know that you have chosen the wiki assignment as your project for the term.

due Sept 25: Wikipedia essentials

 * Complete the online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
 * Enrol on the course page.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page. Introduce yourself to your ambassador (if we get one).
 * Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. Ask me for comment (using my talk page).
 * Read this: How to edit medical pages because Psychology counts as medical in Wikipedia and Wikipedia monitors this content carefully.
 * Handouts: Advice for choosing articles and How to get help

due Oct 14: Finding sources, planning your revisions

 * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.
 * Select an article to work on, removing the rest from your user page. 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 (along with the course banner).
 * Begin reading the sources.
 * Critically evaluate your chosen Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article’s talk page.
 * Check out the talk page of at least one article a classmate is working on, review their suggestions and make a comment (on the talk page if it is substantive, on their user page if you are showing moral support).
 * Handouts: "Referencing on Wikipedia" and “Understanding Wikipedia’s copyright policy”

due Oct 30: Drafting starter articles

 * Complete your draft of changes to the article (this can be done in your sandbox).
 * Begin working with classmates and other editors to polish your work and fix any major issues.
 * Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
 * 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.
 * Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic now that it is on the main space.
 * Handout: Moving out of your sandbox

Oct 30-Nov 20: Finishing articles

 * Handouts: “Uploading images” and “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality”
 * Expand your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
 * Select a classmates’ article. Copy-edit and review, leaving suggestions on the talk page.
 * Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback.
 * Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.
 * Write a reflective essay (~3 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.


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

Optional: Nov 13: Good Article

 * Consider submitting your article for Good Article review.

Nov 20: Due date
You made it!


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

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