Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)/American Working Class Movements (Fall 2014)/Timeline

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Week 1: We Have to Write What?

 * In class
 * Overview of the course
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)

Week 2: Introduction to Wikipedia

 * Recommended Training
 * 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.

Week 3: Editing basics

 * In class
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles, basics of Wikipedia editing, standards of evidence.
 * Handouts: Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet
 * Assignments (due week October 20)
 * Submit list of 3 possible topics with annotations on state of current page (if it exists) and your editing plan. Post these to your Wikipedia user page and submit via Turnitin.com


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

Week 4: Exploring the topic area

 * In class
 * Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.
 * Research and list 3 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project, choose one.
 * Add your article to the class’s course page.

Week 5: Choosing articles

 * Assignments
 * Compile a bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.

Week 6: Drafting starter articles

 * In class
 * Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, standards for sourcing, notability, etc..


 * Things You Should Be Doing
 * If you are starting a new article, write a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article—with citations—in your Wikipedia sandbox. 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.
 * Begin working with classmates and other editors to polish your short starter article and fix any major issues.
 * Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.


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

Week 7: Draft your article
Submit your draft via Turnitin.com
 * Submit draft

Week 8: Revising and Moving to Wikipedia Main Space

 * Workshop in Rolf Lab TBD
 * Handout: Moving out of your sandbox
 * Assignments (due week 8)
 * Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
 * 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.
 * Handouts: “Uploading images” and “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality” (handed out originally in week 2)


 * Suggested Peer Support
 * Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copy-edit. (You don’t need to start reviewing yet.)

Week 9: Getting and giving feedback

 * In class
 * As a group, have the students offer suggestions for improving one or two of the students' articles, setting the example for what is expected from a solid encyclopedia article.

Week 10: Finishing Up
and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.
 * In class
 * Continue discussion of the concepts of neutrality, media literacy,


 * Assignments (due week 11)
 * Make edits to your article based on feedback. Prepare to submit your final article to the Wikipedia community.

Week 11
You made it!


 * Milestone
 * Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.

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