Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Vanderbilt University/Biology and Culture of Race (spring 2020)
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- Course name
- Biology and Culture of Race
- Institution
- Vanderbilt University
- Instructor
- Carwil Bjork-James
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Anthropology
- Course dates
- 2021-01-25 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-05-07 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 35
Working in groups of three, students will each produce a "graphic explainer": an infographic, visualization, set of captioned images, or animation that illustrate a concept related to human biological variation or social categorization of racial identity.
Collectively, students will also critique several major articles on Wikipedia and graduate students will seek out information to improve articles after compiling those critiques.
Timeline
Week 1
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- Tuesday, 26 January 2021 | Thursday, 28 January 2021
Week 2
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- Tuesday, 2 February 2021 | Thursday, 4 February 2021
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 9 February 2021 | Thursday, 11 February 2021
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 February 2021 | Thursday, 18 February 2021
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 23 February 2021 | Thursday, 25 February 2021
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 March 2021 | Thursday, 4 March 2021
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 9 March 2021 | Thursday, 11 March 2021
- In class - Wikipedia essentials
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.
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
- In class - Editing training for Wikipedia
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 March 2021 | Thursday, 18 March 2021
- In class - Plan out improvements to "Race and Genetics"
- In class - In-Class Critique of "Race and Genetics" on Wikipedia
As a conclusion to Part I of the course, we will be collectively reading and critiquing the Wikipedia page on "Race and Genetics" in light of what we have learned from the class.
Please take the time to read (or at least skim) "Writing Better Articles," an essay on Wikipedia.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 23 March 2021 | Thursday, 25 March 2021
- In class - [Graduate students only] Draft improvements to "Race and genetics"
- Milestones
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 30 March 2021 | Thursday, 1 April 2021
- In class - [Race and Genetics] Bring changes into main article space
- In class - Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 11
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- Tuesday, 6 April 2021 | Thursday, 8 April 2021
- In class - Research and start drafting your contributions
Post a bibliography of ten sources to Wikipedia. (I highly recommend managing your citations using Zotero; see this videofor guidance on using Zotero and Wikipedia together.)
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 13 April 2021 | Thursday, 15 April 2021
- Milestones
First checkpoint for writing will be by Tuesday, April 13. By then you should…
- Post a bibliography of at least ten sources.
- Write an initial lead section and a complete outline of the article (using section headers of various levels)
You can post these in your userspace.
- Assignment - Draft your article
The second checkpoint for writing will be Wednesday, April 21. By then, you should write up as much of a full draft as possible.
- Ensure that your first-draft version of the full article has a lead that complies with WP:LEAD.
- Most or all of the sections of the article should be written rather than outlined, with appropriate citations.
- Your draft article should include specific facts directly referenced to at least five different sources.
Please treat this deadline very seriously so that each and every article can be peer-reviewed during Week 13.
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 20 April 2021 | Thursday, 22 April 2021
- Assignment - Peer review one article
- In class - Peer reviews are complete
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Week 14
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- Tuesday, 27 April 2021 | Thursday, 29 April 2021
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.
- In class - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 6 May 2021
- Assignment - Polish your work
- Assignment - Final article