Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/York University/Postcolonial Geography (winter 2060)

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Course name
Postcolonial Geography
Institution
York University
Instructor
Sara Koopman
Wikipedia Expert
Adam (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Geography
Course dates
2016-01-04 – 2016-04-01
Approximate number of student editors
20


Student Assigned Reviewing
Vanjakajic
Frrc0274
Yangjasmine
Chowtc
RyanRAM
Hkim25
Sladeira
Ochoar01
Psd2016
Rebeca.rampersaud
!WKatie
Jessieema
Sontsuli
Forilla19
Lauraviggiani
Joshua han94
Hkhabra

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
In class - Wikipedia essentials
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
  • Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.



Handout: Editing Wikipedia

Assignment - Learn the basics
  • Complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Assignment - Copyedit an article
  • Choose one article, identify ways in which you can improve and correct its language and grammar, and make the appropriate changes. (You do not need to alter the article's content.)

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Assignment - Add to an article
  • Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.