Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Oakland University/History of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile (Spring 2022)
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- Course name
- History of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
- Institution
- Oakland University
- Instructor
- Liz Shesko
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- History
- Course dates
- 2022-01-06 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-04-26 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 19
History of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile from independence until the end of the Cold War. Lectures and readings cover slavery, independence, caudillos, wars against indigenous groups, War of the Triple Alliance, War of the Pacific, immigration, Marxist-influenced movements, labor, unions, populism, Peronism, Vargas era, Allende, and Cold War dictatorships. But any topic about events or people from these countries in this period would be acceptable for students to research and edit.
Timeline
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 8 February 2022 | Thursday, 10 February 2022
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 15 February 2022 | Thursday, 17 February 2022
- Assignment - 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- 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.)
- Assignment - Evaluating & Editing
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 22 February 2022 | Thursday, 24 February 2022
- In class - Sources and Plagiarism
- Assignment - Avoding Plagiarism
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 - List of possible articles
Turn in a list of 2-5 articles that you might work on
- In class - Discussion
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 24 March 2022
- Assignment - Choose your article
- Assignment - Add to an article
- Assignment - Avoiding Plagiarism
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 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 29 March 2022 | Thursday, 31 March 2022
- In class -
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 April 2022 | Thursday, 7 April 2022
- Milestones
- Assignment - Peer review two articles
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 April 2022 | Thursday, 14 April 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
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 19 April 2022 | Thursday, 21 April 2022
- Assignment - Continue improving 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.
- 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 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Week 14
- Assignment - Reflective Essay Due