User:Benjamin Mako Hill/Test Course
- Course name
- Test Course
- Institution
- University of Washington
- Instructor
- Benjamin Mako Hill
- Subject
- Communication
- Course dates
- 2015-03-16 – 2015-06-30
- Approximate number of student editors
- 35
Timeline
[edit]Week 1 (2015-03-16): Wikipedia essentials
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- Monday, 16 March 2015 | Tuesday, 17 March 2015
- In class
- 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)
Week 2 (2015-03-23): Editing basics
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- Monday, 23 March 2015 | Tuesday, 24 March 2015
- In class
- 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
- Assignment (due Week 3)
- 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 then 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.
- Milestones
- All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
Week 3 (2015-03-30): Exploring the topic area
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- Monday, 30 March 2015 | Tuesday, 31 March 2015
- In class
- 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
- Assignment (due Week 4)
- Critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
Week 4 (2015-04-06): Using sources and choosing articles
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- Monday, 6 April 2015 | Tuesday, 7 April 2015
- Assignment (due Week 5)
- Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.
- 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.
- For next week
- Instructor evaluates student's article selections, by next week.
Week 5 (2015-04-13): Finalizing topics and starting research
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- Monday, 13 April 2015 | Tuesday, 14 April 2015
- In class
- Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.
- Assignment (due Week 6)
- Select an article to work on, removing the rest from your user page. Add your article to the class’s course page.
- Mark your article's talk page with a banner to let other editors know you're working on it. Add this code in the top section of the talk page:
{{course assignment | course = User:Benjamin Mako Hill/Test Course }}
- Compile a bibliography of relevant reliable sources and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.
Week 6 (2015-04-20): Drafting starter articles
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- Monday, 20 April 2015 | Tuesday, 21 April 2015
- In class
- 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.
- Assignment (due Week 7)
- Milestones
- All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.
Week 7 (2015-04-27): Moving articles to the main space
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- Monday, 27 April 2015 | Tuesday, 28 April 2015
- Assignment (due Week 8)
- 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,” (see detailed instructions) and monitor the nomination for any issues identified by other editors. Wiki Education Foundation staff and/or Wikipedia Ambassadors can provide support for this process.
- Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
Week 8 (2015-05-04): Building articles
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- Monday, 4 May 2015 | Tuesday, 5 May 2015
- In class
- Demo uploading images and adding images to articles.
- Share experiences and discuss problems.
- Handouts: "Uploading images" and "Evaluating Wikipedia article quality" (handed out originally earlier in the course)
- Assignment (due Week 9)
- Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copyedit. (You don’t need to start reviewing yet.)
Week 9 (2015-05-11): Creating first draft
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- Monday, 11 May 2015 | Tuesday, 12 May 2015
- Assignment (due Week 10)
- Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
Week 10 (2015-05-18): Getting and giving feedback
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- Monday, 18 May 2015 | Tuesday, 19 May 2015
- In class
- As a group, have the students offer suggestions for improving one or two of the students' articles, setting the example for what is expected from a solid encyclopedia article.
- Assignment (due Week 11)
- Peer review two of your classmates’ articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
- Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.
- Milestones
- All articles have been reviewed by others. All students have reviewed articles by their classmates.
Week 11 (2015-05-25): Responding to feedback
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- Monday, 25 May 2015 | Tuesday, 26 May 2015
- In class
- Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, media literacy, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.
- Assignment (due Week 12)
- Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback.
- Milestones
- All articles have been reviewed by others. All students have reviewed articles by their classmates.
Week 12 (2015-06-01): Continuing to improve articles
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- Monday, 1 June 2015 | Tuesday, 2 June 2015
- In class
- Continue discussing how the articles can be further improved. Come up with improvement goals for each article for next week.
- Assignment (due Week 13)
- Return to your classmates' articles you previously reviewed, and provide more suggestions for further improvement.
- Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on your classmates' suggestions and any additional areas for improvement you can identify.
Week 13 (2015-06-08): Continuing to improve articles
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- Monday, 8 June 2015 | Tuesday, 9 June 2015
- In class
- Continue discussing how the articles can be further improved. Come up with improvement goals for each article for next week.
- Assignment (due Week 14)
- Return to your classmates' articles you previously reviewed, and provide more suggestions for further improvement.
- Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on your classmates' suggestions and any additional areas for improvement you can identify.
Week 14 (2015-06-15): Continuing to improve articles
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- Monday, 15 June 2015 | Tuesday, 16 June 2015
- In class
- Continue discussing how the articles can be further improved. Come up with improvement goals for each article for next week.
- Assignment (due Week 15)
- Return to your classmates' articles you previously reviewed, and provide more suggestions for further improvement.
- Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on your classmates' suggestions and any additional areas for improvement you can identify.
- Prepare for an in-class presentation about your Wikipedia editing experience.
Week 15 (2015-06-22): Finishing touches
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- Monday, 22 June 2015 | Tuesday, 23 June 2015
- In class
- Students give in-class presentations about their experiences editing Wikipedia.
- Assignment (due Week 16)
- Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.
- Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.
- Put together a Wikipedia portfolio.
- Milestones
- All articles have been reviewed by others. All students have reviewed articles by their classmates.
Week 16 (2015-06-29): Due date
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- Monday, 29 June 2015 | Tuesday, 30 June 2015
- Milestones
- Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.
Grading
[edit] 5%
Completion of Wikipedia training
15%
Early Wikipedia exercises
10%
Quality of bibliography and outline
10%
Peer reviews and collaboration with classmates
50%
Quality of your main Wikipedia contributions
10%
Supplementary assignments