Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/New College of Florida/Music in the US (Spring 2020)
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- Course name
- Music in the US
- Institution
- New College of Florida
- Instructor
- Cal Murgu
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- History
- Course dates
- 2020-02-03 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-25 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 25
This course examines music as a means through which people interact within and across cultures in the United
States, both locally and globally. It focuses on genre in the context of history, beginning with musical encounters
between European settlers and indigenous peoples in the seventeenth century, and ending with case studies in the
blues in print, recording, and live performance during the twentieth century. Other topics include black face
minstrelsy and the white racial imagination, the polka’s shift from a popular ballroom dance to ethnic music,
transatlantic performers such as the dancer Fanny Elssler, the singer Jenny Lind, the violinist Ole Bull, the whistler
Mrs. Alice J. Shaw, and the early jazz band leader James Reese Europe, salon culture and the piano, and symphonic
instrumental music in the US, the spiritual’s movement from plantations into print and onto college campuses, the
rise of the recording industry, and the US’s use of music as part of soft diplomacy programs. More generally, the
course focuses on the work music does and the uses to which it is put through a number of case studies.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 17 February 2020 | Thursday, 20 February 2020
- 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- 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 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 24 February 2020 | Thursday, 27 February 2020
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 2 March 2020 | Thursday, 5 March 2020
- Assignment - Choose possible topics
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 9 March 2020 | Thursday, 12 March 2020
- Assignment - Add to an article
- Assignment - Exercise
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 16 March 2020 | Thursday, 19 March 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 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 23 March 2020 | Thursday, 26 March 2020
- Assignment - Peer review an article
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 March 2020 | Thursday, 2 April 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 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 6 April 2020 | Thursday, 9 April 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 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 13 April 2020 | Thursday, 16 April 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 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 20 April 2020 | Thursday, 23 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!
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 27 April 2020 | Thursday, 30 April 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!