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Timeline

Wikipedia Documents for Assignment (in chronological order for the project)

• Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
• Five pillars, explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles
• Video on creating an account
• Talk pages tutorial video
• Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure
• Account and user page creation handout
• Wikimarkup cheatsheet
• Advice for choosing articles
• Referencing handout
• Referencing: Wikicode handout
• Plagiarism handout
• Citing sources tutorial video
• RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video
• Sandbox tutorial
• Moving into main space
• Submitting articles to Did You Know
• Uploading images handout
• Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons video
• Article assessments video
• Evolution of an article video

Getting started on Wikipedia (Week of January 14)

• Create a Wikipedia account, create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
• To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to one of the class's Online Ambassadors (via talk page), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.

Choosing articles

• Check out the Wikipedia Stubs Page
• Sign up for article chosen.
• February 7 Research Proposal due. See Course Outline for details.

Drafting starter articles (Start on this process before Reading Week)

• Video resource: Sandbox tutorial
• Write a summary version reflecting the content the article will have after it has been improved, and post this along with a brief description of your plans on the article's talk page.
• Begin working with classmates and Online Ambassadors to polish your short starter article and fix any major transgressions of Wikipedia norms.
• Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.

Handouts:

• Moving into main space
• Submitting articles to Did You Know

Building articles

• Handouts and videos:
• Uploading images handout
• Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons video
• Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure
• Article assessments video
• Evolution of an article video

Class presentations

• April 4: Students give in-class presentations about their experiences editing Wikipedia. See Course Outline for details.

Presentation of Revised Article

• April 9: Revised Article due.
• Add final touches to you Wikipedia article.
• Write a reflective essay (2-5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.

(Click to return to your main course page and continue.)