Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of Oregon/Feminist Science Fiction (Fall 2013)/Timeline

Week 1, 1-3 Oct: Wikipedia essentials

 * Complete [|Online Training]
 * Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.

Week 2, 8-10 Oct: Signing up

 * Create your Wikipedia account
 * On course Fem Sci Fi Wordpress Site,sign up for an author
 * Basics of editing
 * 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
 * Handouts: Using talk pages, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet
 * Assignments (due week 3)
 * 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 the classmate(s) you are collaborating with on their user talk page.
 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.

Week 3, 15-17 October: Exploring the topic area

 * In class
 * Handouts: Advice for choosing articles and How to get help
 * 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 4, 22-24 Oct: Using sources

 * In class
 * Handouts: “Referencing on Wikipedia” and “Understanding Wikipedia’s copyright policy”
 * Assignment (due week 5)
 * Select the article you are going to work on, removing the rest from your user page. Add your article to the class’s course page.

Week 5, 29-31 Oct: Choosing articles

 * In class
 * Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.
 * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to the Wikipedia article you have selected.

Week 6, 5-7 Nov: Drafting starter articles

 * In class
 * Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, and (optionally) revisit the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
 * Q&A session with instructor and/or Wikipedia Ambassadors about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing.


 * Assignments (due week 7)
 * 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.
 * Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.


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

Week 7, 12-14 Nov: Moving articles to the main space

 * In class
 * Handout: Moving out of your sandbox
 * Discussion of progress of writing/revising articles (each team to speak briefly about their topics)


 * Assignments (due week 8)
 * 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.

Week 8, 19-12 Nov: Building articles

 * Workshop in class of class
 * Demo uploading images and adding images to articles.
 * Share experiences and discuss problems.
 * Handouts: “Uploading images” and “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality” (handed out originally in week 2)


 * Assignments (due week 9)
 * Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
 * Select a classmates’ article that you will peer review and copy-edit. (You don’t need to start reviewing yet.)

Week 9, 26 Nov: 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.


 * Assignments (due week 10)
 * Peer review one of your classmates' articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages by 2 Dec.
 * Copy-edit reviewed article by 2 Dec.


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

Week 10, 3-5 Dec: Responding to feedback
and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.
 * In class
 * Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, media literacy,
 * Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback.
 * Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.

Week 11: Due date 12 Dec
You made it!


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

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