Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Florida/AML 2410 (Spring 2020)

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Course name
AML 2410
Institution
University of Florida
Instructor
Jill Coste
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Books
Course dates
2020-01-08 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-02 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
5


This course is an undergraduate English literature course focused on marginalized children's literature. We are reading lesser-known children's books, and students' final project is to create Wikipedia articles for these lesser-known books.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Ladybug25861 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This
AGraceP Unidentified Suburban Object Bird (book)
Omega789 I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This Dreamers (children's book)
Uf.wiki.user12 Dreamers (children's book) Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Dumagoes Bird (book)

Timeline

Week 5

Course meetings
Thursday, 6 February 2020
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 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 February 2020   |   Thursday, 13 February 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 February 2020   |   Thursday, 20 February 2020
Assignment - Add to an article

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 February 2020   |   Thursday, 27 February 2020
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Books

History

In class - Discussion
In class - Assignment

Discuss possible texts to use for final project

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 March 2020   |   Thursday, 12 March 2020
Assignment - Assignment

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 March 2020   |   Thursday, 19 March 2020
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 6–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 March 2020   |   Thursday, 26 March 2020
Assignment - Read Peer Review Info

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 March 2020   |   Thursday, 2 April 2020
Assignment - Respond to your instructor review

You now have some feedback from your instructor and possibly the Wikipedia Expert associated with our class. 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 - 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 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 April 2020   |   Thursday, 9 April 2020
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 - Peer review an article
Milestones

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

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 April 2020   |   Thursday, 16 April 2020
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!

Week 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 April 2020   |   Thursday, 23 April 2020
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!
Assignment - Original analytical paper

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.

Milestones

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