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Course name
Modern and Contemporary Art
Institution
Golden West College
Instructor
Monica Jovanovich
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Art History
Course dates
2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-09 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


This course covers visual art from Impressionism to the present.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Beverlyphung
Gstebbins1
Ealvarez28
Erios18
Centeotl777
RedAVC
Onthatnote421 Female graffiti artists
Artpotion08
Ajones185
Izzycruz0801
Tatiana Tran-Viet
Sowen5school

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Get started on Wikipedia & getting an account

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.)


Intro 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 - Create Wikipedia Account & Complete Training

Please complete all the training noted above.

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 February 2019   |   Thursday, 28 February 2019

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 March 2019   |   Thursday, 7 March 2019
In class - Guide for writing articles in art history

Art History Guide

Week 6

Course meetings
Thursday, 14 March 2019

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 March 2019   |   Thursday, 21 March 2019
In class - Select artist whose article your group will be editing

Once we install the exhibtion, I'll put you into groups and you'll select the artist that you'll be working on.

Please see this activity to help you select your article: Choose your article

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 April 2019   |   Thursday, 4 April 2019
Everyone has started working on their article

Students have begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 April 2019   |   Thursday, 11 April 2019
In class - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Student will review their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.


In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia


In class - Exercise

Adding a citation

Adding links

Week 10

Course meetings
Thursday, 18 April 2019
In class - 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.


In class - 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!


Assignment - Upload draft of Wikipedia edits to Canvas

Please enter this information and your wikipedia user name on Canvas under assignment

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 April 2019   |   Thursday, 25 April 2019
Assignment - Meet in LRC 251 to edit your article

Come ready to meet as a group and make your edits to article in person.

Feel free to review the editing basics here:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Editing_Wikipedia_brochure_%28Wiki_Education_Foundation%29_%282017%29.pdf