Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Drew University/ENGH 240 - Intro to WCS (Spring 2019)
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- Course name
- ENGH 240 - Intro to WCS
- Institution
- Drew University
- Instructor
- Sandra Jamieson
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Writing
- Course dates
- 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-04-29 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 27
The course is "Introduction to Writing & Communication Studies," the first course in our writing concentration. Students will think about how knowledge is generated and communicated, how we assign authority, information literacy, audience, editing, and collaboration. Students can write about any non-specialist topics from the available list, working in groups of 3 or 4.
Timeline
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 11 March 2019 | Wednesday, 13 March 2019
- In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment (March 11)
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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia (complete by Wednesday 13)
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.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 18 March 2019 | Wednesday, 20 March 2019
- THINKPIECE #5 (due March 18)
THINKPIECE #5: Review the information about the Wiki project listed on the syllabus for March 13, and complete the training (takes about an hour) write a response to this assignment. Do you think you will like working with wikipedia? What do you expect to learn? What challenges do you predict? (due by 11am Mon Mar 18th)
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia (due before class on March 18)
Exercise
- Assignment - Discussion
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 25 March 2019 | Wednesday, 27 March 2019
- Assignment - Choose possible topics (in class on March 27)
Exercise
Choose a topic (teams of three - in class)
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
- In class - Discussion
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 1 April 2019 | Wednesday, 3 April 2019
- Assignment - Exercise (before class on Monday April 8)
- Assignment - Complete Modules before class on 4/8; Start drafting contributions in class
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 8 April 2019 | Wednesday, 10 April 2019
- In class - Peer review two articles (in class on April 15)
- In class - Discussion
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review (in class on April 17, or before)
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 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 15 April 2019 | Wednesday, 17 April 2019
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia (be sure it is there by 4/22)
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 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 22 April 2019 | Wednesday, 24 April 2019
- Assignment - Continue improving your article (in class on April 22)
Exercise
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.
- 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 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 29 April 2019
- Assignment - Final article (to be perfected in class on 4/29)
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!
- Assignment - Reflective essay - Paper #4 (see syllabus)
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.