Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Brigham Young University/Japanese 345 Japanese Culture (Fall)
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- Course name
- Japanese 345 Japanese Culture
- Institution
- Brigham Young University
- Instructor
- Rachel Helps
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Japanese
- Course dates
- 2018-09-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-01-09 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 30
BYU's Bruning Collection has one of the most important bakemono scrolls in the world: Bakemonozukushie 化物尽絵. Students will identify bakemono and research their meaning, and update relevant Wikipedia pages with their research.
Timeline
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 30 November 2018
- 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- 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.
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 3 December 2018 | Wednesday, 5 December 2018 | Friday, 7 December 2018
- In class - 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 7–9
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 10 December 2018 | Wednesday, 12 December 2018 | Friday, 14 December 2018
- 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
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
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.
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.