Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/California State University, Fullerton/Gender and Technoculture (Fall 2014)/Timeline
Timeline edit
December 2: Wikipedia essentials edit
- In class
- Overview and discussion of Wiki assignment
- Create a User page
- Enroll on our Course Wiki Page by selecting the "enroll" button on the top left of the page. Our Course Wiki Page is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education_Program:California_State_University,_Fullerton/Gender_and_Technoculture_%28Fall_2014%29&action=purge
December 4: Editing basics edit
- In class
- Basics of editing. Go through the "Training For Students" tutorial here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training/For_students During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
- 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 handout
- Milestone
- All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
December 8: Choosing articles edit
- In class
- Select an article or articles that demonstrate gender, racial, heterosexual or Western bias to work on. You may choose an article from Wikipedia: WikiProject Countering systemic bias/open tasks or, you may choose an article on your own.
- Get approval from Prof Dalton Hird for your Wiki editing project (NOTE: this is important!!!)
- Compile a bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article(s) you are working on. Begin reading the sources.
- Handouts:
and Avoiding plagiarism on Wikipedia
December 11: Contributing edit
- In class
- Wiki editing together!
- Share experiences and discuss problems.
- Discuss reflective essay (2-5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.