Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Arizona State University/HST 100 2017 Fall B - Global History Before 1500 (2017 Fall B): Difference between revisions

Surveys human origins; early civilizations in Africa and Eurasia; the ancient Mediterranean; the pre-Columbian Americas; the rise of Islam and Muslim empires; medieval Europe; the Indian sub-continent and imperial China, to 1500.

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
RavenSummers
Rachel Fuller
Alexandra678
Klharrell
ODP123
Paigemhansen
Bvjones1
Mtknappasu
ZacharyDickson
Krjt17
Ekane2
Houstonagm
Shannonkaminski
KMastin
Wwarren2019

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings

Wednesday, 11 October 2017 | Thursday, 12 October 2017 | Friday, 13 October 2017

In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia project

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 Content 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 - Get started on Wikipedia

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.
When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

Week 2

Course meetings

Sunday, 15 October 2017 | Monday, 16 October 2017 | Tuesday, 17 October 2017 | Wednesday, 18 October 2017 | Thursday, 19 October 2017

Assignment - Evaluate a Wikipedia article

It's time 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.

Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
Create a section in your sandbox titled "Article evaluation" where you'll leave notes about your observations and learnings.
Choose an article on Wikipedia related to your course to read and evaluate. As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these):
- Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
- Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
- Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
- Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
- Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
- Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
- Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
- How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
- How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
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 — Wwarren2019 (talk) 18:12, 15 October 2017 (UTC). [reply]

There is no defined minimum word count for your evaluations, but expect to write at least half a dozen sentences -- a decent-seized paragraph. The comments that you leave on the talk page can be one or two sentences if you like.

Week 3

Course meetings

Sunday, 22 October 2017 | Monday, 23 October 2017 | Tuesday, 24 October 2017 | Wednesday, 25 October 2017 | Thursday, 26 October 2017

Assignment - Add to an article

Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:

Add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.
For this assignment, you will definitely want to make use of the ASU Library's resources. Click the "ASU Libraries" link in Blackboard which will take you to the Library's main page. Here you can search for materials online, speak to a librarian, or, if you're in the Phoenix area, find materials on the shelf at Hayden Library.

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-*  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 — [[User:KMastin|KMastin]] ([[User talk:KMastin|talk]]) 02:46, 15 October 2017 (UTC).
+*  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 — [[User:Wwarren2019|Wwarren2019]] ([[User talk:Wwarren2019|talk]]) 18:12, 15 October 2017 (UTC).
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