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Course name
Taking the Archives Public
Institution
Smith College
Instructor
Kelly Anderson
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Public History
Course dates
2020-01-30 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-16 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
10


This is a course for advanced students who want to create a public history project out of archival materials. Before working with archival collections, you will want to be well-versed in the existing secondary literature on your topic. You will create or substantially edit a Wikipedia post that makes good use of this newly acquired knowledge.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Ellenbran Lake Temagami
Arx340schwartz Northampton State Hospital
Skarp1019 Smith College
Mfp1013
Sewingsamples2020
Redsports715
Empressparasol 2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Thursday, 13 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:


Assignment - Getting 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
Thursday, 20 February 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings
Thursday, 27 February 2020

Week 6

Course meetings
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

History

LGBT+ Studies

Women's Studies

Week 7

Course meetings
Thursday, 12 March 2020
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.


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

Week 8

Course meetings
Thursday, 26 March 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 9

Course meetings
Thursday, 2 April 2020
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to 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 10

Course meetings
Thursday, 9 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 11

Course meetings
Thursday, 16 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!