Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Algonquin College/LIB2002 Reference I (Fall 2013)/Timeline
Timeline
[edit]Week 1: No class
[edit]- Happy Labour Day
Week 2: Wikipedia Essentials
[edit]- In class
- Overview of the course
- Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
- Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
- Assignment (due week 2)
- Read: Five pillars, a explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles
- Read: Account and user page creation handout
- Watch:Video on creating an account,
- Set up a Wikipedia account and user name
Week 3: Editing basics
[edit]- In class
- Basics of editing
- Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good & bad articles
- Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments
- Assignments (due week 3)
- Watch: Talk pages tutorial video
- Read: Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, Wikimarkup cheatsheet
Week 4: Create user page
[edit]- In class
- Handout:Referencing handout, Referencing: Wikicode handout, Plagiarism handout, Citing sources tutorial video, RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video
- Assignments (due week 5)
- Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page
- Work on Assignment 1, posted in Blackboard
Week 5: Using sources
[edit]- Assignment 1 (due today)
- Hand in User name and marking template.
- Submit Assignment 1 on Wikipedia sandbox ONLY
- For next class
- Instructor evaluates student's article selections, by week 8 .
Week 6:
[edit]- No assignment due this week
Week 7: No class
[edit]- Happy Thanksgiving
Week 8:
[edit]- In class
- Assignment 1 feedback will be provided by this date.
- Begin working on Assignment 2, using the feedback from Assignment 1.
- You will be given suggestions for which articles to use for the main Wikipedia comparison project (Assignment 2).
- Assignment 2 is posted in Blackboard.
- Midterm exam
Week 9 : Continue working on project
[edit]- Continue working on Assignment 2
- Seek assistance or feedback
Week 10: Final project
[edit]- In class
- Finalize final project
Week 11: Peer review
[edit]- Final project due
- Post assignment 2 to sandbox
- Peer review two students projects in their sandboxes and post comments to their discussion pages. Choose students that do not have a lot of comments already (due week 12)
Week 12: Discussion page
[edit]- Post comments to discussion page of actual Wikipedia article, as directed.
Week 13: Wikipedia Community
[edit]- You have completed all the assignments!
- Check out if you have had any feedback on your discussion page from the Wikipedia community.
Week 14: Review
[edit]- Check out if you have had any feedback from your posting to the Discussion pages on Wikipedia
- Review for final exam
Week 15: Final exam
[edit]- Check out if you have had any feedback from your posting to the Discussion pages on Wikipedia
- Final exam