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Course name
Introduction to Mass Communication
Institution
University of Southern Indiana
Instructor
Chad Tew
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Journalism
Course dates
2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-05-01 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
40


Presentation, lectures, and assignments designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of mass communication; to foster an understanding of the roles and functions of communication media in our society; to present concepts and principles of journalism; and to prepare students to be intelligent users of media.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Amspeicher User:Crtew/Paul DeMain
Amtenbarge3 User:Crtew/Abdul Shariff
Clpruett User:Crtew/November 2017 Kabul attack
Trentonyates User:Crtew/Cecilio Pineda Birto
Bewatson1 User:Crtew/Devi Prasad Dhital
Lkcameron User:Crtew/Azory Gwanda
Bnsterrett User:Crtew/Bobi Tsankov
Kjking1 User:Crtew/Walterine Swanston
Bagarcia User:Crtew/Naveen Gupta
Hbkopatich User:Crtew/Abdul Haq Baloch
Ambartley1 User:Crtew/Yameen Rasheed
Jepalmisan User:Crtew/Francesca Borri
Slchilton User:Crtew/Colleen Dishon
Ccmccann1197 User:Crtew/Kim Barker (journalist)
Kathreet User:Crtew/Albert Hinton
Klburgess User:Crtew/Salvador Adame Pardo
MasonWard User:Crtew/Yaqoub Sharafat
Cnkriegsha User:Crtew/Linda Deutsch
Mbbishop1 User:Crtew/Darío Fernández Jaén
Momarcrum User:Crtew/Carlos Salgado
Mgfrench9 User:Crtew/Vladimir Yatsina
Mmjarboe1 User:Crtew/Gumaro Pérez Aguilando
Etgarza User:Crtew/Mohammed Hourani
Mbhart1usi User:Crtew/Afgan Mukhtarli
Sgmoore1996 User:Crtew/Gerardo Bedoya Borrero
Zksparrow User:Crtew/Marlina Flores-Sumera
Arfichtner User:Crtew/Walgney Assis Carvalho
Rlythgoe User:Crtew/Vyacheslav Veremyi
Npalatza User:Crtew/Dmitry Tsilikin
Pmbegle User:Crtew/Christopher Allen (journalist)
Cshicks97 User:Crtew/Richard Wild (journalist)
Srharter User:Crtew/Kholoud Waleed
Mncarter123 User:Crtew/Gretchen Rachel Hammond
Dlhorton1 User:Crtew/Ahmed Abba
Pkahrens User:Crtew/Yusuf Ali Osman
Bjwolf11 User:Crtew/Edgar Daniel Esqueda Castro
Cjstutevil User:Crtew/Khaled al-Essa
Clbarr User:Crtew/Elena Milashina
Jhill97 User:Crtew/Orel Sambrano
Erwarwick User:Crtew/Nancy Woodhull
Ramossberg User:Crtew/Carlos Domínguez Rodríguez
Jcburns1 User:Crtew/Óscar Martínez (journalist)
Dgeyer1 User:Crtew/Dmitry Popkov
Gjcourvell User:Crtew/Edwin Rivera Paz
Maellis1 User:Crtew/Abdiaziz Mohamed Ali
Lmparker2 User:Crtew/Sagal Salad Osman
Atmcclain User:Crtew/Murder of Ibrahim Abdul-Qadir and Fares Hamadi
Jwashingto User:Crtew/Sidmel Estes-Sumpter
Sshepherd2012 User:Crtew/Waleed Khaled
Balexanderusi User:Crtew/Terrorist attack on Tolo Television
Drpayne1 User:Crtew/Ahmed Mohamed al-Mousa
Cpatricia User:Crtew/Jenni Monet
Inho447 User:Crtew/Seung-Ho Choi (journalist)
Alpolley User:Crtew/Edna Machirori

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 January 2018   |   Thursday, 11 January 2018
In class - Wikipedia essentials
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
  • Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.[http://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia

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Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 16 January 2018   |   Thursday, 18 January 2018
In class - Editing basics
  • Basics of editing
  • Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
  • Collaborating and engaging with the Wiki editing community
  • Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments





Handouts: Using Talk Pages, [http://wikiedu.org/evaluatingwikipedia Evaluating Wikipedia
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Assignment - Practicing the basics
  • Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
  • 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.
  • When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page. 
  • Finally, we introduce Intertwine, a video conferencing tool where you can will create your own User page and User Talk Page with peer editors enrolled in other courses. Sign up for a sessionhere or using the Intertwine training module below. 
Milestones

All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 January 2018   |   Thursday, 25 January 2018
In class - Exploring the topic area
  • Be prepared to discuss some of your observations about Wikipedia articles in your topic area that are missing or could use improvement.





Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 30 January 2018   |   Thursday, 1 February 2018
In class - Using sources
  • Be prepared to explain close paraphrasing, plagiarism, and copyright violations on Wikipedia.
  • Again, we introduce Intertwine,  a video conferencing tool where you will do an hour-long edit-a-thon to improve a fun Wikipedia article with peer editors enrolled in other courses. Sign up for a session here using the Intertwine training module below. 




Assignment - Choosing your article
  • Research and list 10+ articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. Look at the talk page for existing topics for a sense of who else is working on it and what they're doing. Describe your choices to your instructor for feedback.

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 February 2018   |   Thursday, 8 February 2018
In class - Discuss the article topics
  • Discuss the topics students will be working on, and determine strategies for researching and writing about them.


Assignment - Finalize your topic and start researching
  • Select an article to work on, removing the rest from your user page. Add your topic on the course page.
  • Compile a bibliography of relevant, reliable sources and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources. Make sure to check in on the talk page (or watchlist) to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography.


Assignment - Drafting starter articles
  • If you are starting a new article, write a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article—with citations—in your Wikipedia sandbox. If you are improving an existing article, create a detailed outline reflecting your proposed changes, and post this for community feedback, along with a brief description of your plans, on the article’s talk page. Make sure to check back on the talk page often and engage with any responses.
  • Begin working with classmates and other editors to polish your short starter article and fix any major issues.
  • Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 February 2018   |   Thursday, 15 February 2018
In class - Wikipedia culture and etiquette
  • Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, and (optionally) revisit the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
  • Q&A session with instructor about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing.
Milestones

All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 February 2018   |   Thursday, 22 February 2018
In class - Moving articles to mainspace
  • We'll discuss moving your article out of your sandboxes and into Wikipedia's main space.
  • A general reminder: Don't panic if your contribution disappears, and don't try to force it back in.
    • Check to see if there is an explanation of the edit on the article's talk page. If not, (politely) ask why it was removed.
    • Contact your instructor or Wikipedia Content Expert and let them know.



Handout: Moving out of your Sandbox


Assignment - Moving articles to mainspace
  • Move your sandbox articles into main space.



    • If you are expanding an existing article, copy your edit into the article. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article.
    • If you are creating a new article, do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow the instructions in the "Moving out of your sandbox" handout.
  • Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 February 2018   |   Thursday, 1 March 2018
In class - Building articles
  • Demo uploading images and adding images to articles.
  • Share experiences and discuss problems.





Resources: Illustrating Wikipedia and [http://wikiedu.org/evaluatingwikipedia Evaluating Wikipedia
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Assignment - Choose articles to peer review
  • Select a classmates’ article that you will peer review and copyedit. On the table at the bottom of this course page, add your username next to the article you will peer review. (You don’t need to start reviewing yet.)

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 March 2018   |   Thursday, 15 March 2018
Assignment - Complete first draft
  • Expand your article into a complete first draft.

Week 10

Course meetings
Thursday, 22 March 2018
In class - Group suggestions
  • As a group, offer suggestions for improving one or two other students' articles, based on your ideas of what makes a solid encyclopedia article.
  • Not only your classmates, but also a broader group of Wikipedia student editors can benefit from peer review! Here, we introduce Intertwine one more time. You will do an hour-long peer review session with peers from other courses. Sign up for a sessionhere using the Intertwine training module below. 


Assignment - Peer review and copyedit
  • Peer review two of your classmates’ articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
  • Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.
Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 March 2018   |   Thursday, 29 March 2018
In class - Media literacy discussion
  • Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, media literacy, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.


Assignment - Address peer review suggestions
  • Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback. If you disagree with a suggestion, use talk pages to politely discuss and come to a consensus on your edit.

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 April 2018   |   Thursday, 5 April 2018
In class - Discuss further article improvements
  • Continue discussing how the articles can be further improved. Come up with improvement goals for each article for next week.


Assignment - Continue improving articles
  • Return to your classmates' articles you previously reviewed, and provide more suggestions for further improvement. If there is a disagreement, suggest a compromise.
  • Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on your classmates' suggestions and any additional areas for improvement you can identify.

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 April 2018   |   Thursday, 12 April 2018
Assignment - Final article
  • Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.



Handout: Polishing your article


Assignment - Reflective essay
  • Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 April 2018   |   Thursday, 19 April 2018
Milestones

Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.