Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Simmons University/Digital Stewardship 01 (Fall 2021)

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Course name
Digital Stewardship 01
Institution
Simmons University
Instructor
Adam Kriesberg
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History
Course dates
2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-12-20 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


This course teaches the core concepts and skills needed to create and manage digital collections and repositories. It covers the digital convergence of cultural heritage information in libraries, archives and museums. It introduces strategies for managing digital objects over the long term through active, ongoing oversight of the total environment (content, technologies, and user expectations) during all phases of the information life cycle. The course also includes extensive discussion of policy issues affecting digital collections, including sustainability issues for digital repositories, and open access to digital resources.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Shshepherd0
Lynn.steven
LindseyMick42
LibrarianUruk
E.Mongeau
TweedPumpkin Boxford, Massachusetts
SHendry11
Potato-ssiumChloride Boston Public Library, Boston Public Library, McKim Building
Bnbadger Cefalù
Ecmca
Artnerd13 Cape Ann Museum
Marball135
Tembo95
RHKindred
Grmenna Old Burying Ground (Brookline, Massachusetts)
Epeterm
Aaustin97
Johnoldham Competitive eating
MenRiv448
Kmkidd
Abi2021 Wellesley College

Timeline

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 4 October 2021
Assignment - Wikipedia essentials

Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 11 October 2021
Assignment - Learn the basics
  • Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (To avoid hitting Wikipedia's account creation limits, this is best done outside of class. Only 6 new accounts may be created per day from the same IP address.)
  • It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 18 October 2021
In class - Understanding Images and Media on Wikipedia

Complete this training to learn more about how images and media work on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 25 October 2021
Assignment - Illustrate an article

You'll want to find or create an appropriate photo, illustration, or piece of video/audio to add to an article.

  • Before you start, review the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook, or see Editing Wikipedia pages 10–11.
  • When you've reviewed those pages, take the training linked below.
  • When you're ready to start finding images, remember: Never grab images you find through an image search, or those found on Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit, Imgur, or even so-called "Free image" or "free stock photo" websites. Instead, you'll want to find images with clear proof that the creator has given permission to use their work. Many of these images can be found on search.creativecommons.org.
  • Don't just upload an image to Wikipedia. Instead, upload it to Wikipedia's sister site for images, Wikimedia Commons. For instructions, read through the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook.

Week 10

Assignment - Additional training modules

If you plan on adding text to Wikipedia, take the above training modules.

Assignment - Reflection