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Timeline

Overview of the course
Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
Handout: Editing Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wiki Education Foundation)

Basics of editing
Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments
Handouts: Using Talk Pages handout and Evaluating Wikipedia brochure

Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
Create a User page, and click the "enroll" button on the top left of this course page.
To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to any Wikipedians helping your class (such as a Wikipedia Ambassador), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.

Critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. Ask your instructor for comment.

Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.

Select an article to work on, removing the rest from your user page. Add your article to the class’s course page.
Compile a bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.

Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, and (optionally) revisit the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
Q&A session with instructor and/or Wikipedia Ambassadors about

interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing.

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, write a summary version reflecting the content the article will have after it's been improved, and post this along with a brief description of your plans on the article’s talk page.
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.

Move sandbox articles into main space.
Optional: For new articles or qualifying expansions of stubs, compose a one-sentence “hook,” nominate it for “Did you know,” and monitor the nomination for any issues identified by other editors.
Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.

Demo uploading images and adding images to articles.
Share experiences and discuss problems.
Handouts: “Uploading images” and “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality” (handed out originally in week 2)

Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copy-edit. (You don’t need to start reviewing yet.)

You made it!

Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading, and have submitted reflective essays.