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Course name
English 101
Institution
Glendale College
Instructor
Julie Gamberg
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Composition
Course dates
2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-06-12 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
30


Students will be exploring dominant and alternative narratives of the city of Los Angeles, while learning essential skills research and writing skills.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Ridolosok
Wildflower801
Whoskenny23
Jayward23
Litzelsaenz
Rachmejia Mission San Fernando Rey de España
Julianough
Pyrrik
AlexLalik Duarte, California
DiemCarpe123
Litselsaenz
Lenny.menjivar
Emelypov
AD23807
Lmenjiv180

Timeline

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 20 March 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:

Week 6

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

You will now begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. You will create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment. Please go to Canvas to see more details about this assignment and to submit it.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 1 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 3 April 2019
Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 8 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 10 April 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Art History

Cultural Anthropology

History

LGBT+ Studies

Women's Studies

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 15 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Assignment - Exercise

Copyedit an article

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 22 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 29 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Assignment - Peer review three articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 6 May 2019   |   Wednesday, 8 May 2019
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 13

Course meetings
Monday, 13 May 2019   |   Wednesday, 15 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


Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 20 May 2019   |   Wednesday, 22 May 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.

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 27 May 2019   |   Wednesday, 29 May 2019
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 16

Course meetings
Monday, 3 June 2019   |   Wednesday, 5 June 2019
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

Guiding questions

Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Assignment - Original analytical paper

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic, as assinged on Canvas course page.

Week 17

Course meetings
Monday, 10 June 2019   |   Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Milestones

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