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Course name: Music and Literature

Institution: University of Wisconsin

Instructor: Dr. Christy Talbott

Subject: Music Appreciation

Course dates: 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-06-30 23:59:59 UTC

Approximate number of student editors: 75

You will become familiar with composers, compositional styles, and artistic trends through the ages. You will learn about a variety of instruments and will listen to many combinations of instrumental groupings.

This competency set will assess your knowledge of Western art music (i.e. “classical” music) from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Pop, rock, and country are not styles that are included in 20th century Western art music. Insert the part about students with band or choir.

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings

Friday, 1 January 2021 | Saturday, 2 January 2021

Work in D2L / Brightspace

For the first week, we recommend you focus on the work in D2L / Brightspace. However, if you prefer to get started with your Wikipedia assignments right away, that's okay too -just skip to "Week 2" and get started!

Week 2

Course meetings

Sunday, 3 January 2021 | Monday, 4 January 2021 | Tuesday, 5 January 2021 | Wednesday, 6 January 2021 | Thursday, 7 January 2021

Assignment - Read "Editing Wikipedia"

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 Helpbutton at the top of this page.

To get started, please read pages 1-5 of the following handout:

Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5

Assignment - Create a Wikipedia account and join the MUS173 Dashboard

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.

Week 3

Course meetings

Sunday, 10 January 2021 | Monday, 11 January 2021 | Tuesday, 12 January 2021 | Wednesday, 13 January 2021 | Thursday, 14 January 2021

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Here, you'll find the first set of trainings you'll need to take.

Week 4

Course meetings

Sunday, 17 January 2021 | Monday, 18 January 2021 | Tuesday, 19 January 2021 | Wednesday, 20 January 2021 | Thursday, 21 January 2021

Assignment - Training: Evaluating Wikipedia

This week, you'll begin to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.

To help you get started, complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training.

Optional: Review the resource: Evaluating Wikipedia

Assignment - Exercise: Evaluate an article

Complete this Exercise: Evaluate an article

Submit your Wikipedia article evaluation as a Microsoft Word document to the D2L/Brightspace dropbox "Evaluating a Wikipedia Article."
Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Helaine (Wiki Ed) (talk) 00:22, 2 December 2020 (UTC). [reply]

Week 5

Course meetings

Sunday, 24 January 2021 | Monday, 25 January 2021 | Tuesday, 26 January 2021 | Wednesday, 27 January 2021 | Thursday, 28 January 2021

Assignment - Training & exercise: Choose possible topics

Complete this Exercise: Choose a topic
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 6

Course meetings

Sunday, 31 January 2021 | Monday, 1 February 2021 | Tuesday, 2 February 2021 | Wednesday, 3 February 2021 | Thursday, 4 February 2021

Assignment - Exercise: finalize your topic

Complete this exercise: Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Assignment - Training: 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.

Resources: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

You have begun writing your article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings

Sunday, 7 February 2021 | Monday, 8 February 2021 | Tuesday, 9 February 2021 | Wednesday, 10 February 2021 | Thursday, 11 February 2021

Assignment - Training & exercise: 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.

Complete the Exercise: Add links to your article

Week 8

Course meetings

Sunday, 14 February 2021 | Monday, 15 February 2021 | Tuesday, 16 February 2021 | Wednesday, 17 February 2021 | Thursday, 18 February 2021

Assignment - Expand your draft

Now is the time to have a Wikipedia Expert review your draft! Click the "Get Help" button in your sandbox to request notes.

Assignment - Revise and 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 9

Course meetings

Sunday, 21 February 2021 | Monday, 22 February 2021 | Tuesday, 23 February 2021 | Wednesday, 24 February 2021 | Thursday, 25 February 2021

Assignment - Training: 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."

Resources: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

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!
When you're ready for the instructor to review your Wikipedia article, submit a Microsoft Word document to the D2L dropbox simply stating your name and that your content is ready for review.

Week 10

Course meetings

Sunday, 28 February 2021 | Monday, 1 March 2021 | Tuesday, 2 March 2021 | Wednesday, 3 March 2021 | Thursday, 4 March 2021

Assignment - Revise if needed

If needed, revise your article based on your instructor's feedback.

Week 11

Course meetings

Sunday, 7 March 2021 | Monday, 8 March 2021 | Tuesday, 9 March 2021 | Wednesday, 10 March 2021 | Thursday, 11 March 2021

Assignment - Revise if needed

If needed, revise your article based on your instructor's feedback.

Week 12

Course meetings

Sunday, 14 March 2021 | Monday, 15 March 2021 | Tuesday, 16 March 2021 | Wednesday, 17 March 2021 | Thursday, 18 March 2021

Milestones

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