Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Indiana University Northwest/B391 Themes in World History (summer 2018)
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- Course name
- B391 Themes in World History
- Institution
- Indiana University Northwest
- Instructor
- Diana Chen Lin
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- History
- Course dates
- 2018-05-14 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-07-01 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 35
This course explores some of the important themes in twentieth and twenty-first century world history, including the connections between politics, nationalism/imperialism and energy resources, (geo)politics and religion, the polarization of the North and the South, East and West, and the impact of global economy on all the above issues. Students are expected to develop a deeper understanding and a historical perspective of the main themes of the 20th century world through the course.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 14 May 2018 | Tuesday, 15 May 2018 | Wednesday, 16 May 2018 | Thursday, 17 May 2018 | Friday, 18 May 2018
- Assignment - Wikipedia training modules
We start training on how to edit wikipedia articles this week. Please complete all four training modules. And report what you have done in week 1 Assignment to get full credit for your work.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 20 May 2018 | Monday, 21 May 2018 | Tuesday, 22 May 2018 | Wednesday, 23 May 2018 | Thursday, 24 May 2018
- Assignment - More Wikipedia training modules
Please complete all four training modules. And report what you have done in week 1 Assignment to get full credit for your work.
This week, you need to start putting down possible Wikipedia articles to edit in your sandbox.
Report what you have done in week 2 Canvas Assignment to get full credit for your work.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 27 May 2018 | Monday, 28 May 2018 | Tuesday, 29 May 2018 | Wednesday, 30 May 2018 | Thursday, 31 May 2018
- Assignment - Locating possible articles to edit
This week you will continue to search wikipedia articles to edit. Please find three articles and link them to your sandbox.
And report what you have done in week 3 Assignment to get full credit for your work.
Be sure to consult these resources:
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 3 June 2018 | Monday, 4 June 2018 | Tuesday, 5 June 2018 | Wednesday, 6 June 2018 | Thursday, 7 June 2018
- Assignment - Locating Wikipedia articles/editing Wikipedia article
This week you should continue to search for possible Wikipedia article to edit or start editing your wikipedia article.
Report what you have done in Canvas assignment to get full credit for your work. if you have completed editing a Wikipedia article, please submit the url of the article in Canvas assignment, and your addition to Wikipedia in a word document also submitted to the same Canvas assignment.
If you finish editing the Wikipedia article this week, you will automatically get full credit for Wikipedia editing grades for weeks 5 and 6.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 10 June 2018 | Monday, 11 June 2018 | Tuesday, 12 June 2018 | Wednesday, 13 June 2018 | Thursday, 14 June 2018
- Assignment - Locating Wikipedia articles/editing wikipedia article
This week you should continue to search for possible Wikipedia article to edit or start editing your wikipedia article.
Report what you have done in Canvas assignment to get full credit for your work. if you have completed editing a Wikipedia article, please submit the url of the article in Canvas assignment, and your addition to Wikipedia in a word document also submitted to the same Canvas assignment.
If you finish editing the Wikipedia article this week, you will automatically get full credit for Wikipedia editing grades for week 6.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 17 June 2018 | Monday, 18 June 2018 | Tuesday, 19 June 2018 | Wednesday, 20 June 2018 | Thursday, 21 June 2018
- Assignment - Editing wikipedia article
This week you should finish editing the Wikipedia article of your choice. Please submit the url of the article in Canvas assignment, and your addition to Wikipedia in a word document also submitted to the same Canvas assignment.