Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Indiana University of Pennsylvania/Composition I - Writing Wikipedia (Fall 2022)

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Course name
Composition I - Writing Wikipedia
Institution
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Instructor
Matthew Vetter
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Writing and rhetoric
Course dates
2022-08-22 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-12-14 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
22


Welcome to English 101: Composition I - Writing Wikipedia. This course takes an innovative approach for learning writing, rhetoric, and research in that the large majority of the work you do will revolve around reading, evaluating, and editing Wikipedia. As part of this work, you will each become familiar with goals, policies, and practices for understanding and contributing to the Wikipedia community. Through our discussions, readings, activities, and projects, you will also gain conceptual understanding about writing in three knowledge "domains": procedural knowledge, social knowledge, and rhetorical knowledge. To accomplish this learning, you will engage in course projects for analyzing Wikipedia articles, performing research, making edits to Wikipedia, and writing reflective and argumentative essays about the work that you're doing. By contributing to Wikipedia and improving specific articles, you'll also be working to improve this resource through meaningful and public writing.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Yjldc Child care in Canada College basketball, College Basketball
Connorp71 Chris Bumstead Parkland High School (Pennsylvania)
Balerion512 Box Office Mojo Shooting guard
Mbricker7 Medical ultrasound West Shamokin High School
Realestsky333 Shooting guard History of the Incas
Danibanani3 Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Johnstown Flood
Llniemeyer Diospyros nigra NBA YoungBoy Never Broke Again
Micah.W3 Riddick Bowe Chris Bumstead
Mallory Dixon History of the Incas Cosmo Kramer
Sziegler4404 Testing cosmetics on animals Fishing
Mikedenezza14 Xavier McDaniel Softball
Azharsumar Parkland High School (Pennsylvania) Softball
LexieYoungg West Shamokin High School NSYNC
Kennaalexus Softball History of the Incas
Marleekochman24 College Basketball Death of Vincent van Gogh
412DRS Cosmo Kramer Shooting guard
NSB5203 Death of Vincent van Gogh Cosmo Kramer
Annawiat32 Clairo Child care in Canada
Jordancook55 College basketball
ChasGree Nurse anesthetist Clairo
Domtrimbur Fishing Xavier McDaniel
Nickmurphy72903 Sea lion Manhwa
Liyah8118 NSYNC Death of Vincent van Gogh
TRoselle0998 NBA YoungBoy Never Broke Again Diospyros nigra
Munch6777 Manhwa Testing cosmetics on animals

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 August 2022   |   Thursday, 25 August 2022
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.

Resources:

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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 30 August 2022   |   Thursday, 1 September 2022

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 September 2022   |   Thursday, 8 September 2022
In class - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 September 2022   |   Thursday, 15 September 2022
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Assignment - Exercise

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 September 2022   |   Thursday, 22 September 2022
Assignment - Exercise
Assignment - Add to an article
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Psychology

Sociology

Women's Studies

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 September 2022   |   Thursday, 29 September 2022

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 October 2022   |   Thursday, 6 October 2022
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

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 October 2022   |   Thursday, 13 October 2022
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

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.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 October 2022   |   Thursday, 20 October 2022

Week 10

Course meetings
Thursday, 27 October 2022
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 November 2022   |   Thursday, 3 November 2022
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.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
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!

Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

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

Assignment - Final article

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!

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 8 November 2022   |   Thursday, 10 November 2022
Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.