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Course name
KHC Studio Sections B1 and M1
Institution
Boston University
Instructor
Nissa Cannon
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Research Writing
Course dates
2020-01-21 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-05 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


First year course in "Writing a Research Paper," in which students will be using their research to supplement Wikipedia's knowledge. Course's theme is "Research, Remembering, Reconciliation."

Student Assigned Reviewing
Omars428 Trauma Systems Therapy
Hjganley Science Education
Juliale6120 Vietnamese boat people
Karmynn Pintados-Kasadyaan
Kqwu Black Hills land claim
HazenEmerson Child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Alyssacgoins Goodbye to Berlin
Ashi3888 China's Cultural Heritage Day
Harshnad Ciskei
Annetteod Relationships for incarcerated individuals
VEmily1 Snow White
Annarafferty Anthesphoria
Ria Chawla Japanese Fashion as Social Resistance
Cfahey11 LGBT history in Spain
Aweirdanomaly HIV-positive people
Ektamodem Refugee children
JHelfer9 Partners in Health
Priyankar2 Waldorf Statement
Iconners Taekwondo
Npkozlov Paula Caplan
Naiimah45 Adoption and Safe Families Act

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Assignment - Evaluating a Wikipedia Entry

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 February 2020

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 March 2020
In class - Identifying "Content Gaps"
Assignment - Choose Possible Articles to Improve

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 March 2020

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Assignment - Finalizing Your Topic and Finding Sources
Assignment - Adding Citations

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 March 2020

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 April 2020

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 April 2020

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 April 2020

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 May 2020
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 15

Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.

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