- In class
- Overview of the Wikipedia Assignment
- Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used
- Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
- Read
Five pillars, an explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles
- Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good & bad articles
- Handouts and videos: Video on creating an account, Talk pages tutorial video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, Account and user page creation handout, Wikimarkup cheatsheet
- Referencing handout
- Referencing: Wikicode handout
- Plagiarism handout
- Citing sources tutorial video
- RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video
- Assignments (due February 20th before midnight)
- Choose a topic, create a Wikipedia account, create a user page, sign up on the list of students on the course page, and sign up and add the course code to the APS Wikipedia Initiative Site (course code = “WesPsychology 313952-000-ken”)
- Find one journal article on your chosen topic and post its reference to your Wiki Sandbox using the cite menu journal template.
- This initial step is worth 2% of your final grade and will be marked as complete/incomplete.
- Assignments
- No assignments.
- Assignments
- Add 1-2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to your chosen Wikipedia article.
- Compose a 15 item bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Start reading the sources.
- Handouts and videos: Referencing handout, Referencing: Wikicode handout, Plagiarism handout, Citing sources tutorial video, RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video
- Video resource: Sandbox tutorial
- Assignments
- 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 Online Ambassadors to polish your short starter article and fix any major transgressions of Wikipedia norms.
- Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
- Milestone
- All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.
- In class
- Wiki assignments
- Move sandbox articles into main space.
- Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
- In class or outside of class
- Article ratings on Wikipedia & how to get there
- Uploading images, and adding images to articles
- Handouts and videos: Uploading images handout, Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure (handed out originally in week 2), Article assessments video, Evolution of an article video
- Wiki assignments
- 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.
- Peer review two of your classmates' articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
- Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.
- Milestone
- All articles have been reviewed by others. All students have reviewed articles by their classmates.
- In class
- Wiki assignments (due week 9)
- Make edits to your article based on peers' feedback.
- Nominate your article for Good Article status.
- In class
- Wiki assignments (due week 9)
- Add final touches to you Wikipedia article. Try to address issues from Good Article reviews and peer reviews.
You made it!
- Milestone
- Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.
- In class
- Overview of the Wikipedia Assignment
- Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used
- Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
- Read
Five pillars, an explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles
- Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good & bad articles
- Handouts and videos: Video on creating an account, Talk pages tutorial video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, Account and user page creation handout, Wikimarkup cheatsheet
- Referencing handout
- Referencing: Wikicode handout
- Plagiarism handout
- Citing sources tutorial video
- RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video
- Assignments (due February 20th before midnight)
- Choose a topic, create a Wikipedia account, create a user page, sign up on the list of students on the course page, and sign up and add the course code to the APS Wikipedia Initiative Site (course code = “WesPsychology 313952-000-ken”)
- Find one journal article on your chosen topic and post its reference to your Wiki Sandbox using the cite menu journal template.
- This initial step is worth 2% of your final grade and will be marked as complete/incomplete.
- Assignments
- No assignments.
- Assignments
- Add 1-2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to your chosen Wikipedia article.
- Compose a 15 item bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Start reading the sources.
- Handouts and videos: Referencing handout, Referencing: Wikicode handout, Plagiarism handout, Citing sources tutorial video, RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video
- Video resource: Sandbox tutorial
- Assignments
- 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 Online Ambassadors to polish your short starter article and fix any major transgressions of Wikipedia norms.
- Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
- Milestone
- All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.
- In class
- Wiki assignments
- Move sandbox articles into main space.
- Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
- In class or outside of class
- Article ratings on Wikipedia & how to get there
- Uploading images, and adding images to articles
- Handouts and videos: Uploading images handout, Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons video, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure (handed out originally in week 2), Article assessments video, Evolution of an article video
- Wiki assignments
- 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.
- Peer review two of your classmates' articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
- Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.
- Milestone
- All articles have been reviewed by others. All students have reviewed articles by their classmates.
- In class
- Wiki assignments (due week 9)
- Make edits to your article based on peers' feedback.
- Nominate your article for Good Article status.
- In class
- Wiki assignments (due week 9)
- Add final touches to you Wikipedia article. Try to address issues from Good Article reviews and peer reviews.
You made it!
- Milestone
- Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.