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Course name
Votes for Women
Institution
Johns Hopkins University
Instructor
Martha S. Jones
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History
Course dates
2020-08-31 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-12-07 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
18


Our general subject is the contributions of African American women to the U.S. moment for women's suffrage and voting rights. You will read relevant scholarly materials. You will visit relevant historical sites. You will identify relevant primary and secondary sources related to key historical figures. You will work over the course of the term to edit a Wikipedia page related to a key figure, relying upon 3-5 sources.

Student Assigned Reviewing
KaiAbiola Vivian Malone Jones Phoebe Couzins, Frances Harper
Historiananonymous
HollyLovesHistory Frances Harper Hester Lane, Phoebe Couzins
Anonymouse3042 Hester Lane Frances Harper, Vivian Malone Jones
Aarukrish Phoebe Couzins Hester Lane, Vivian Malone Jones
Delia Thomas

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 14 September 2020
Assignment - 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 4

Course meetings
Monday, 21 September 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Assignment - Discussion

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 28 September 2020
Assignment - Exercise
In class - Discussion
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

History

Women's Studies

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 5 October 2020
Assignment - Add to an article

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 12 October 2020
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 8

Course meetings
Monday, 19 October 2020
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
Milestones

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

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 26 October 2020
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 10

Course meetings
Monday, 2 November 2020
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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 9 November 2020
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 12

Course meetings
Monday, 16 November 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!

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 30 November 2020
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
Assignment - Reflective essay

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 7 December 2020
Milestones

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