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Course name
ENG 102 - Composition II
Institution
Truckee Meadows Community College
Instructor
Megan Cannella
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Composition
Course dates
2019-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-12 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
24


ENG 102 explores essay forms with particular attention to interpretation and argument; emphasis on analytical reading and writing, critical thinking, and
research methodologies.

ENG 102 typically focuses on a course long research project, and WikiEdu will be used for the literature review process.

Key questions that will be addressed in this project are: What information is reliable? How does bias influence knowledge? Who creates knowledge and how?

Student Assigned Reviewing
Madchris2990 Green Infrastructure
Esdrasgrimaldo Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Lizette1102 Health coaching
Kphelps1991 United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Arctic Refuge drilling controversy, National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska, Oil reserves in the United States, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Mdchavez02 Waco siege
FrankySM4 LGBT adoption in the United States
Katieparada Types of abortion restrictions in the United States
Callie Bigrigg Semi-automatic rifle
Maxwellkane73 Male bonding
Hayley.mahoney Nutrition and cognition
Cristianngomez Abuse of power
DaisyM44 Human nutrition, Food and Nutrition Service, Malnutrition, Food security
JminnisTMCC Food and Nutrition Service
Mkinnison
Lexykayy Scientology and abortion, Scientology, Church of Scientology
Cuauhtemocli Happiness at work, Work–life balance, Philosophy of happiness
Claytmcc Youth marketing, Social media optimization, Autonomy, Internet bot, Social bot
Wiki2123915
Clayattmcc Dynamic keyword insertion, Surveillance capitalism, Big data ethics

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Thursday, 12 September 2019
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 - 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
Tuesday, 17 September 2019   |   Thursday, 19 September 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

[[../../../training/students/evaluate-wikipedia-exercise|Evaluate an article]]


Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 September 2019   |   Thursday, 26 September 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

[[../../../training/students/choose-topic-exercise|Choose a topic]]

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 October 2019   |   Thursday, 3 October 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


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
Tuesday, 8 October 2019   |   Thursday, 10 October 2019
In class - SEE CANVAS

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 October 2019   |   Thursday, 17 October 2019
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


Assignment - Optional Exercise

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 October 2019   |   Thursday, 24 October 2019
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.


In class - 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 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 October 2019   |   Thursday, 31 October 2019
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 - You've finished your Wikipedia assignment!

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

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