Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Auburn University Montgomery/English Comp I - ENGL 1010A, CRN 3360 (Summer 2019)
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- Course name
- English Comp I - ENGL 1010A, CRN 3360
- Institution
- Auburn University Montgomery
- Instructor
- Michel Aaij
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- English Composition
- Course dates
- 2019-06-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-07-31 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 20
Students will do an introduction to editing Wikipedia, write an article on a volume of poetry and one or more on a "local" topic.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 5 June 2019
- Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
Do all this before class.
Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (If you don't do this before class, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account.)
- In class -
- In class - Introduction to the class 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:
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 10 June 2019 | Wednesday, 12 June 2019
- Assignment - Discussion
- Assignment - Choose your topic/find sources
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 17 June 2019 | Wednesday, 19 June 2019
- Assignment - Add to an article
Exercise
This is to be done before class time: do the training module, and add a citation to a reliable source to a Wikipedia article. We'll do another one in class.
- In class - Discussion
- Assignment - Start drafting your first article, on a book of poetry
What you are doing in this section is straightforward: write an article on one of the books of poetry awarded the TS Eliot prize; see this article, T._S._Eliot_Prize. Because these books have won a major literary prize they are notable by Wikipedia's standards, so there is no problem there. By now you will have been given a title: get to work by a. finding the reliable sources, b. look at what such an article needs to look like, and c. start writing it up in your sandbox.
For examples, look at The_Dream_Songs, Lord_Weary%27s_Castle, Turtle_Island_(book).
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 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 24 June 2019 | Wednesday, 26 June 2019
- In class - Peer review an article
Pick an interesting article from Wikipedia before class and give it a good read. You'll review it in class.
[[../../../training/students/peer-review|Guiding framework]]
- Assignment - First article due; move to mainspace and review
Today the first article is due: we'll move it into main space today. Each of you will evaluate one of those articles, on the talk page.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 1 July 2019
- Assignment - Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Today we are going over the assignment for the second article, which is on a topic of your choosing--but you must choose carefully. My suggestion is you write about something from your world, like Freedom Rides_Museum, Redoshi, and Evangelical Lutheran Church (Enkhuizen). We will talk about notability standards (type in "WP:N" in the Wikipedia search box, and then "WP:GNG"), and about sourcing (type in "WP:RS").
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
- 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. Respond to that review and improve your article: I will start grading on Wednesday.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 8 July 2019 | Wednesday, 10 July 2019
- Assignment - Wikipedia discussion
Bring an article to class (printed out on paper) on Wikipedia's reliability OR on some Wikipedia "scandal". This is in preparation for the big argumentative paper.
- Assignment - Optional
- Did You Know
- Assignment - Draft of "local" article due
Today, you must have a draft of your "local" article, in a sandbox. Make sure that your sources are listed/referenced in the draft; if you have paper/book sources, bring them to class plz.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 15 July 2019 | Wednesday, 17 July 2019
- Assignment - Continued article work; in-class discussion of "Finding the Good Argument"
Exercise
[[../../../training/students/continue-improving-exercise/link-articles|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.
Read Rebecca Jones, "Finding the Good Argument". Expect a reading quiz.
- Assignment - Rough draft of argumentative paper
Bring a rough draft of your argumentative paper. Bring another article to class (printed out on paper) on Wikipedia's reliability OR on some Wikipedia "scandal". By now you should have at least two; remember that you need at least three.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 22 July 2019 | Wednesday, 24 July 2019
- Assignment - Final version of "local" article due
It's the final week to develop your "local" 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!
- For in-class discussion, read Irvin, "What is Academic Writing?"
- Assignment - Peer review of argumentative paper
Bring a draft--as clean and complete as possible--of your argumentative paper. We will do peer review in class. In addition, we'll look over the portfolio guidelines. By now you should also have written the two "reflections" assignments, which are to be included in the portfolio.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 29 July 2019
- Assignment - In-class reflective essay; portfolio due
Read Dasbender, "Critical Thinking in College Writing" (you must make reference to this in your essay).
Bring your finished portfolio: the in-class essay is the last thing you'll stick in there.