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- Course name
- GSS 101
- Institution
- Fort Lewis College
- Instructor
- Rosalinda Linares
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Gender & Sexuality Studies
- Course dates
- 2021-08-30 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-12-10 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 38
During this project, you will be participating in improving coverage of women and gender minorities related to gender and sexuality studies on Wikipedia.
You will meet with GSS Librarians Rosalinda and Leah for two library sessions. In the first library session, you will learn more about editing Wikipedia from a feminist perspective and develop sound research strategies for finding, evaluating, and using biographical sources. In the second library session, you will edit the Wikipedia articles you have chosen based on individual research you've done.
Your final assignment for this project will be the following:
Add at least 2 sentences to your assigned article, and cite each statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training. Add an additional 1-3 citations to existing statements in your assigned article.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 7 September 2021 | Thursday, 9 September 2021
- 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.
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 14 September 2021 | Thursday, 16 September 2021
- 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.)
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 21 September 2021 | Thursday, 23 September 2021
- In class - Library Session 1 (9/23)
- Get started on Wikipedia
In our first library session on Thursday, September 23rd, we will cover the following:
- Review the three training modules
- Practice evaluating a Wikipedia article through a feminist lens
- Learn how to find resources on your topic
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 28 September 2021 | Thursday, 30 September 2021
- Assignment - Choose your Wikipedia article
- Pick a Wikipedia Article
- Go to the Choose Your Article tab under Library Resources in Canvas and complete the Wikipedia pre-assignment. You will be asked to provide the following:
- Your name
- Your Wikipedia username
- Your Wikipedia article title & url
- A short statement on why you chose your article, and what you want to edit or change and why
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 October 2021 | Thursday, 7 October 2021
- Milestones
Everyone has started working on their article contributions. Look at the Library Resources tab in Canvas for links to resources for your people and citation help.
- 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
- Assignment - Draft of sentences and citations ready by 10/14
Continue to expand and improve your work, and by the beginning of our library session on 10/14, you will have a draft of your sentence contributions and the citations you will be using in your article. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 October 2021 | Thursday, 14 October 2021
- In class - Library Session 2 (10/14)
- Add to an article!
Come to class on Thursday, October 14th prepared to complete the following assignment:
- Add at least 2 sentences to your assigned article, and cite each statement to a reliable source
- Add an additional 1-3 citations to existing statements in your assigned article
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.