Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Columbia-Greene Community College/Summer 2023 Internship (Summer 2023)

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Riidthecinnamon	Bangladesh, Women in Islam, List of Mughal empresses, Persians in the Mughal Empire, Islamic clothing, Bangladeshi diaspora, Islamic art, Islamic architecture, Islamic studies

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings

Tuesday, 23 May 2023

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.)

Assignment - Wikipedia assignment blog

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings

Tuesday, 30 May 2023

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

In class - Discussion

Week 3

Course meetings

Tuesday, 6 June 2023

Assignment - Exercise

In class - Discussion

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

History

Political Science

Women's Studies

Week 4

Course meetings

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Assignment - Add to an article

Week 5

Course meetings

Tuesday, 20 June 2023

Assignment - 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

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings

Tuesday, 27 June 2023

Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Milestones

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

Week 7

Course meetings

Tuesday, 4 July 2023

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

Tuesday, 11 July 2023

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

Tuesday, 18 July 2023

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

Tuesday, 25 July 2023

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

Tuesday, 1 August 2023

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

Tuesday, 8 August 2023

Milestones

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