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Course name
ENGH 240 - Intro to WCS
Institution
Drew University
Instructor
Sandra Jamieson
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Writing & communication
Course dates
2020-01-13 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-04-27 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
24


The course is "Introduction to Writing & Communication Studies," the first course in our writing concentration. Students think about how knowledge is generated and communicated; how we assign authority and engage with data; and the role of information literacy, audience, editing, and collaboration. For the Wikipedia project, students can write about any non-specialist topics from the available list, working in groups of 3 or 4.

Student Assigned Reviewing
MorganAlley
Mlavoie15
Aborba
Lauren R Downs
Nix Marusiak
Anamaria.roafs The Seeing Eye
Brooke.timinski
Jinahcapp
Alexa.g99
ValerieBoffa
Sophia.mcgee
MaKayla Sosa
Katie.Coyne
Amaliya A The Seeing Eye
Kayla B. (Wiki Ed)
Jeffc-Drew
Stefm2
Rosiepop10
BeccaS13 The Seeing Eye
Grantp13
Malqarni1998
Ken.Youtz
Charlesleft99
Laurendowns Homenaje a Violeta Parr

Timeline

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 16 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 18 March 2020   |   Friday, 20 March 2020

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 23 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 25 March 2020

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 30 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 1 April 2020   |   Friday, 3 April 2020
Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Assignment - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment (March 16)

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 (complete by Monday 23)

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 -- or wait until class on the 16th.)


Assignment - Evaluating Wikipedia Articles (due before class on March 25)

Exercise

Evaluate an article (in class 3/25)


Assignment - Wednesday, March 25th - Considering possible topics (in class)

Exercise

Choose a topic (teams of three - in class)

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


THINKPIECE # 10 (due March 27)

THINKPIECE #10: Review the information about the Wiki project listed on the syllabus for March 16 -23, and complete the training (takes about an hour for each class), then write a response to this assignment. Do you think you will like working with wikipedia? What do you expect to learn? What challenges do you predict? (due by 10 am on Fri., Mar., 27th)


Assignment - Exercise (before class on Friday April 3rd)

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

In class - Friday, April 3rd -Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 6 April 2020   |   Wednesday, 8 April 2020   |   Friday, 10 April 2020
Assignment - Complete Modules before class on April 8th

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Assignment - Wednesday, April 8th - Groups add to an article (in class)

Exercise

Add a citation (in class on 4/8)


In class - Wednesday, April 8th - groups start drafting contributions in class
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Books

Films

Linguistics


In class - Friday, April 10 - Peer review two articles (in class)

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 13 April 2020   |   Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Assignment - Wednesday, April 15 (in class or before) - 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.
Milestones

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

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 20 April 2020   |   Wednesday, 22 April 2020   |   Friday, 24 April 2020
Assignment - Move your work to Wikipedia (be sure it is there by April 20)

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 - Monday, April 20 - Continue improving your article (in class)

Exercise

Add links to 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.


Assignment - Final article (to be perfected in class on Friday, April 24th)

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!


Assignment - Friday, April 24th (in class) - Reflective essay (revised into Paper #4)

Guiding questions

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 27 April 2020
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!

Milestones

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