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Course name
Love and Death in Greece and Rome
Institution
Carleton
Instructor
George W.M. Harrison
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Books
Course dates
2020-11-18 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-04-06 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
19


Without Facebook and Twitter, the ancients used their art to express their rage and impotence against the relentless forces of nature and unforgivable actions of man. This course explores how art and literature were used as safe criticism and as commentaries on their own times: Divorce through death (Philo), what makes a child legitimate (Ion), who would die for you (Alcestis), sex and dreams (Artemidorus), sex and yoga (Kama Sutra) groveling for forgiveness (consolations), what men say when women aren’t around (dinner parties in literature). There is, in addition, responses to the world around (natural history and natural disasters, advice on loving well, eating well, living long, open letters to rulers, and unsought and unwanted (and almost certainly unfollowed) advice to the coming generation.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Y.toadflax Atalanta
Tobi.galefields.carleton
Amc4702
Ashleymoorby
Jack Fenn

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 18 November 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 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Assignment - Exercise
In class - Discussion
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Books

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Assignment - Add to an article

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
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.

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
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 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 3 February 2021
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.

Week 10

Course meetings
Wednesday, 10 February 2021
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 11

Course meetings
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
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!


In class - In-class presentation

Week 12

Course meetings
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Milestones

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