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Course name
Multi-Camera Production
Institution
Franklin Pierce University
Instructor
Heather Weibel Tullio
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
TV Production
Course dates
2019-01-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-08 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
33


Each pair will pick one female or minority TV Producer / Director / Showrunner / Creator. Students will find a short / stub page for that person, and expand it. All chosen TV people have to be approved. Each team expands a different person.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Brigwashburn Constance M. Burge
Baldridge99
Walkervjohn
Margellow
Sanzalone
Twitman
Bgil21
Mlevitt1732
Ryanmccombs
BrendanNeal
Clarkg16
Bmmebcsportstalk
Legotwin
Jamesj-FPU
SuppleC17
Chris.Gibbons22
Melewski123

Timeline

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
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 7

Course meetings
Monday, 4 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 March 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 11 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 25 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 27 March 2019

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 1 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 3 April 2019
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

LGBT+ Studies

Women's Studies


Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 8 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 10 April 2019

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 15 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

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.
Milestones

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

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 22 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Assignment - Continue improving your article

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 - 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 14

Course meetings
Monday, 29 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 1 May 2019
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 - 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!

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 6 May 2019
In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Milestones

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