Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/SCI/Gender and Technology (Spring2019)
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- Course name
- Gender and Technology
- Institution
- SCI
- Instructor
- Veronica Armour
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Information Technology & Informatics
- Course dates
- 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-02 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 40
The course examines the cultural, technological, and institutional interactions to examine the effects of gender on the development and use of information technologies and on gender-based electronic information preferences. This is an extra credit opportunity to create images and/or multimedia content to improve an article related to one of the themes in the course. It is also an opportunity to contribute to highlighting the contributions and achievements of women in science and technology.
Timeline
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 February 2019 | Thursday, 7 February 2019
- Milestones
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
- Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Learn the basics
- Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (To avoid hitting Wikipedia's account creation limits, this is best done outside of class. Only 6 new accounts may be created per day from the same IP address.)
- It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 February 2019 | Thursday, 14 February 2019
- Assignment - Illustrate an article
You'll want to find or create an appropriate photo, illustration, or piece of video/audio to add to an article.
- Before you start, review the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook, or see Editing Wikipedia pages 10–11.
- When you've reviewed those pages, take the training linked below.
- When you're ready to start finding images, remember: Never grab images you find through an image search, or those found on Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit, Imgur, or even so-called "Free image" or "free stock photo" websites. Instead, you'll want to find images with clear proof that the creator has given permission to use their work. Many of these images can be found on search.creativecommons.org.
- Don't just upload an image to Wikipedia. Instead, upload it to Wikipedia's sister site for images, Wikimedia Commons. For instructions, read through the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook.