Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UC Berkeley/Documenting Marginal Lives (Fall 2019)

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Course name
Documenting Marginal Lives
Institution
UC Berkeley
Instructor
Juana Maria Rodriguez
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Ethnic Studies
Course dates
2019-08-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-05 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


In this Freshman Seminar, we will learn to use the bibliographic resources of UC Berkeley to document the lives, issues, achievements, and scholarship of under-represented racialized populations on Wikipedia with a special emphasis on women, queers, and transgender people of color. Students will learn about various library databases, strategies for researching marginalized and under represented populations, how to create their own research bibliographies, and how to edit Wikipedia.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Lexi redford
WillGCooke Ryan Russell (American football), James Derham
Liammayer
Rjaramirez Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
Oonafitz
Bhopsacto33
23mendezna
Cindyatberk Jenni Rivera
Eymardbp
Htorresm 1996 California Proposition 209, Ronald Ferguson (economist)
Hannah.mihyun.lee LGBT culture
Lorrainegtz
Jocelynortiz88 Negro Actors Guild of America
Amaxafifi
Shantiknu
Daltonfarmer Jeffrey Wammes
Isabelll415
Deniz.gh

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 4 September 2019
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia!

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.

For class: Read these Wiki.edu Resources for an overview of what we will be doing:


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Milestones

By this week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account. Come to class with a list of 5 Wikipedia pages that you have reviewed that you think could be updated, improved, or expanded. 


Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

This week we will focus on working with bibliographic sources and creating citations. Everyone should have a Zotero account.


Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Assignment - Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography is a list of sources that includes a complete citation and information about the source. For this assignment, include a list of 5 sources and 2-3 sentences about how you will use this source to improve your page(s).


Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
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


Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review a fellow student's article

Guiding framework

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.


In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Week 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 10

Course meetings
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
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 11

Course meetings
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Assignment - Annotated Bibliography

Add another 5 citations to your annotated bibliography for a total of 10 sources that you have added to Wikipedia.

Week 12

Course meetings
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 13

Course meetings
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 14

Course meetings
Wednesday, 4 December 2019   |   Tuesday, 3 December 2019
Assignment - Final article

There is no class today, but your Wikipedia page should be complete by 11/27/2019

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.

Week 15

Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions