Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Northern Kentucky University/World Cultures (Spring 2020)
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- Course name
- World Cultures
- Institution
- Northern Kentucky University
- Instructor
- Jessica Lott
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Anthropology
- Course dates
- 2020-01-13 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-16 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 50
Course description: Survey of world cultures, primarily non-literate, using various anthropological approaches; development from simple to more complex cultural systems.
Assignment: Students will work in pairs to identify a content gap in a Wikipedia page about a non-western society or culture. Each pair with conduct research and write a contribution on missing information. This is their culminating research project.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 24 January 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
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 27 January 2020 | Wednesday, 29 January 2020 | Friday, 31 January 2020
- In class - Discussion
- 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.
Instructions for creating a Wikipedia account and joining this page are on Canvas.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 3 February 2020 | Wednesday, 5 February 2020 | Friday, 7 February 2020
- Assignment - Library Research
- In class - How to Use the NKU Library
Meet in Steely Library to learn how to access authoritative sources
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 10 February 2020 | Wednesday, 12 February 2020 | Friday, 14 February 2020
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 17 February 2020 | Wednesday, 19 February 2020 | Friday, 21 February 2020
- In class - How to Edit (2/19)
Meet in LA 103
- In class - How to Research an Information Gap (2/21)
Meet in Steely library to discuss research strategies
- In class - Discussion
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 24 February 2020 | Wednesday, 26 February 2020 | Friday, 28 February 2020
- Assignment - Evaluate an Article
Complete this assignment using the page you want to add to as your assignment.
Remember, you should have completed preliminary research on your topic at this point. You should already have an idea of what authoritative sources exist for your topic.
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 2 March 2020 | Wednesday, 4 March 2020 | Friday, 6 March 2020
- Milestones
Everyone has begun researching and writing their article drafts.
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
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 16 March 2020 | Wednesday, 18 March 2020 | Friday, 20 March 2020
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 23 March 2020 | Wednesday, 25 March 2020 | Friday, 27 March 2020
- Assignment - Draft due in your Sandbox
Your draft and a list of questions and challenges to be discussed in your conference should be posted to your Sandbox by this date.
- Assignment - Respond to your feedback
Consider suggestions from professor and from your editing partner, 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 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 March 2020 | Wednesday, 1 April 2020 | Friday, 3 April 2020
- In class -
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 6 April 2020 | Wednesday, 8 April 2020 | Friday, 10 April 2020
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 13 April 2020 | Wednesday, 15 April 2020 | Friday, 17 April 2020
- Assignment - Second Wikipedia Draft Due to Prof for Review
Draft to be complete in Sandbox for Prof evaluation. You will either be approved to make your work live to Wikipedia or given written feedback to improve your draft.
- In class - 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 - 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!
- In class - Continue improving your article
Exercise
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 14
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 20 April 2020 | Wednesday, 22 April 2020 | Friday, 24 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!
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 27 April 2020 | Wednesday, 29 April 2020 | Friday, 1 May 2020
- Assignment - Reflective essay
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.