Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of San Francisco/Environmental Law (Spring 2013)/Timeline

March 2, 2013

 * In class
 * Overview of the course
 * Introduction to the Wikipedia part of the course
 * Campus Ambassador introduces Wikipedia and Wikipedia culture/etiquette
 * Create user accounts, make first edit to an article
 * Create user pages (with link to sandbox page), and experiment with markup and referencing on user sandbox page.
 * Click Enroll button on course page, leave message on talk page of another student with signature ( ~ ).
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles.
 * Tips and recommendations for best articles to work on for the class assignments

Wikipedia Assignment #1

 * Due Session 1, March 16th
 * Choose a partner and topic. Submit these by editing the table below. I recommend signing up prior to the first day of class so to reserve your topic and to allow any classmates that are interested in that topic to contact you about partnering.
 * You can create a new article or expand an existing short article. Some ways to find existing short articles:
 * Go through related articles and make a list of topic ideas make a list of related articles that already exist.
 * Look through these categories and their subcategories: Category:Environment stubs, Category:Start-Class Environment articles
 * Go to Category:Environmental law, and look for any links that are colored dark red. You can adjust the threshold size at which links to articles appear dark red in your preferences (under "Appearance", "Threshold for stub link formatting (bytes)").

Wikipedia Assignment #2

 * Due Session 1, March 16th
 * Read Training/For students/Resources and watch the included video tutorials.
 * Review Five pillars
 * Read the introductory sections of the following articles on key Wikipedia policies:
 * Neutral point of view
 * No original research
 * Verifiability
 * Make five edits to Wikipedia articles (this can be adding a reference, fixing a typo, cleaning up a convoluted sentence, adding a sentence, etc.)

Session 1

 * In class
 * Be prepared to discuss your topic ideas in class. You will have an opportunity to discuss your topics with other classmates and pair up with a project partner. Bring some potential sources to class.
 * Begin working on your article in your user sandbox or user sub page.

Wikipedia Assignment #3

 * Due by April 6th
 * Submit outline/starter article
 * Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
 * Work with Online Ambassador mentor (TBD) to polish your short starter article.
 * Submit by email the names of at least two experts/professionals on the topic of your article.

Session 2

 * In class
 * Campus Ambassador leads Wikipedia lab/workshop.
 * Q&A session.
 * Sign up as a reviewer for another team's article.

Wikipedia Assignment #4

 * Due by April 22
 * Expand your article into an a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
 * Move your sandbox article into Wikipedia's main space (live articles).
 * On your article's talk page, suggest two experts in the field (not necessarily Wikipedia users) who you believe would be well-equipped to review your article, with a link to their homepage and/or their e-mail address. The professor will contact them requesting feedback.
 * Peer-review and copy-edit another team's articles Due by April 29:
 * Leave suggestions and comments on those classmates' article discussion pages using the rubric below.

Session 3

 * In class
 * Campus Ambassador leads open lab/workshop. Be prepared to take advantage of your last in person opportunity to ask questions from and work with our ambassador.
 * Demo: Moving article from sandbox into main space.
 * Uploading images onto Wikipedia articles and introduction to free licenses (see handouts below).
 * Q&A session.

Wikipedia Assignment #5

 * Due by Session 4
 * Respond to any feedback on talk page. Indicate whether it was helpful, discuss any unclear points, and collaborate with your reviewer(s) to revise the article.
 * Prepare for in-class presentation about your Wikipedia-editing experiences and the content of your article.

Session 4

 * In class
 * Students give 12 minute in-class presentations about their article topic and their experiences editing Wikipedia.
 * Final Assignments for students
 * Final peer review edits due May 6
 * Final version of article due midnight May 9

Articles
This table will list each article that a student is working on, and which other students will be peer reviewers for the article. I have included a table with some of the projects from the 2011 and 2012 courses as examples.

Some Article Topics and Student Teams From Previous Classes
This is the table from a previous course as an example.