Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of Portsmouth/Applied Human Geography (Spring 2017)/Timeline
Timeline
editWeek 1: Assignments issued
edit- Lecture: Introduction to assignment; how we know about places we haven't been to.
- Class: Using the checklists to find articles that "work"; making the simplest possible change.
Week 2: Researching parishes
edit- Lecture: What is a parish? Sources of information.
- Class: Adding a quotation from a historical source, a picture and a population figure.
Week 3: Qualitative sources
edit- Lecture: Guidance on sources, what to use and what not to use.
- Class: Adding an Infobox, a population time series, occupational data and a map excerpt
Week 5: Working with Wikipedia and Wikipedians
edit- Lecture: History of Wikipedia and how it works; the Wikipedia community.
During February and March
editArticles should be extended by adding interpretative text based on the statistical sources, and also by using initiative to locate additional online sources, and possibly through careful use of e-mail. A first draft of the article should be complete, and open to comment and revision by other Wikipedians, by the end of March.
Week 10: Copying and referencing
edit- Lecture: Finishing off your article; when to quote and when to cite; avoiding plagiarism
During April
editStudents should monitor article for comments and editing by others, and respond by further improving their article prior to submission of a printed version at the start of the summer term.