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In this course, we will survey examples of theatrical practice, drama, and treatises (theory) in oral and written cultures before 1650, including ritual and shamanic performance; religious and civic festivals in ancient Greece, Rome, and medieval Europe; theatrical traditions in Egypt, Japan, and India; and European Renaissance drama.
Log into your account on Wikipedia and complete the following three tasks:
Make at least one improvement to the
Brooklyn College article, the article about your hometown, or an article about any other school you have attended.
Introduce yourself to me, our Online Ambassadors, and at least one of your classmates by leaving messages on their Talk pages. (See the
Talk pages tutorial video for guidance.)
Familiarize yourself with
WikiProject Theatre, a community effort to improve all articles relating to theater, with the goal of making Wikipedia one of the best online resources on the subject.
Log into your account on Wikipedia and “claim” at least three (3) articles you want to assess and potentially edit this semester: go to our course page and add your user name in the box next to your chosen topics. You are only required to work on one article, but I want you to explore at least three possibilities before committing.
Week 4
Course meetings
Monday, 26 September 2016
Assignment - Preliminary Bibliography; Setting Up Your Sandbox
Log into your account and visit your “Sandbox”—the experimental space you will use to draft content for the Wikipedia page you’re developing. You can access it by clicking the “Sandbox” link at the top of the page, between “Talk” and “Preferences.” For help, visit
About_the_Sandbox.
Go to your User page and add this text at the bottom: {{My sandbox|yourusername}} This will add a “button” to your User page that will give me access your sandbox.
In your sandbox, post a bibliography, formatted in MLA style, of at least ten (10) potentially useful secondary sources (books and journal articles) that you will consult during this project. NOTE: For your actual Wikipedia article, you can use Wikipedia's referencing tool to automatically format your citations. Different articles use different citation systems, not necessarily MLA. However, you will write your MA/MFA thesis using MLA style, which is why I want you to use MLA in for this Sandbox assignment.
After you have posted your bibliography, go to
my Talk page and post a message for me indicating you have finished this task.
Week 5
Course meetings
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Assignment - (Conversion Day) 1st Draft of Needs Assessment (NA) and Writing Plan (WP)
Prepare a Needs Assessment (NA) for the article you have chosen. It should include:
A completed “Article Evaluation Form” (you can download this form by going to the Syllabus/Handouts area on Blackboard)
A 250-500 word description of the article’s quality
A checklist of what you think needs to be improved
Prepare a Writing Plan (WP). It should include:
A 250-500 word description of your planned improvements (this should correspond to your NA’s checklist of improvement needs)
Your working bibliography (at least 10 sources, formatted in MLA style)
A timeline of your planned improvements
Print a copy of your NA, WP, and Wikipedia page and bring to class for peer review.
Week 6
Course meetings
Monday, 10 October 2016
Assignment - (NO CLASS) Final Draft NA & WP
Incorporate the feedback you received during the peer review of your NP and WP. Submit the final draft to me on Blackboard (in the Assignments area).
Week 7
Course meetings
Monday, 17 October 2016
Assignment - Work on Article(s); First Substantial Addition (Moving Out of Your Sandbox)
Use your sandbox to develop text and experiment. By this date, you should transport at least one substantial addition to the “live” article.
Week 8
Course meetings
Monday, 24 October 2016
Assignment - Work on Article(s); Adding Visual Content
Find at least one image (that is NOT under copyright protection) related to your topic and upload it, either to your Sandbox or to the Wikipedia article. You may also design your own graph, timeline, or other visual aid that you believe will enhance the article.
Week 9
Course meetings
Monday, 31 October 2016
In class - Work on Article(s) (nothing due)
By now, you should have an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of your topic.
Week 10
Course meetings
Monday, 7 November 2016
Assignment - Midterm Progress Report; Choosing Articles to Peer Review
Complete the Wikipedia student tutorial on
Peer Review (7 min).
Officially “nominate” your article for peer review on Wikipedia, so that your classmates (and possibly others) can give you feedback on your work. Instructions are
here.
Select two classmates’ articles to peer review. “Claim” the articles by going to our Wikipedia course page and adding your username to the appropriate box in the list of articles. (You don’t have to review them yet.)
Prepare a progress report that includes:
A copy of the checklist in your WP, annotated to indicate what you have done so far
An honest self-assessment (200-500 words) of your progress on your original WP
A new (200-500 word) evaluation of the article’s quality
An updated WP for the remainder of the semester
A PDF of the revision history of your article. Click on your assigned article’s “View history” tab, select the last revision before you started working on the article and the current revision, and then click “Compare selected revisions.” Then make a PDF.
Submit your progress report in the Assignments area on Blackboard.
Print one copy of your progress report and bring it to class for peer review
Week 11
Course meetings
Monday, 14 November 2016
Assignment - Peer Review of Two Articles
Reread the “Article Evaluation Form” (in Syllabus/Handouts area on Blackboard).
Keeping the criteria in mind, evaluate the two articles you have chosen to peer review using
Wikipedia’s peer review system.
Week 12
Course meetings
Monday, 21 November 2016
In class - Responding to Feedback (nothing due)
Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback and midterm progress report.
Week 13
Course meetings
Monday, 28 November 2016
In class - Responding to Feedback (nothing due)
Continue making edits based on peers’ feedback and midterm progress report.
Week 14
Course meetings
Monday, 5 December 2016
Assignment - Reflective Essay and Class Presentation; Finishing Up
Write a short reflective essay (2 pages, double spaced) summarizing your Wikipedia contributions, both as a writer/contributor and a reviewer/editor. Submit your essay in the Assignments area on Blackboard.
You will give a brief presentation (3-4 minutes) in class today about your Wikipedia editing experience, summarizing your reflection paper.
Week 15
Course meetings
Monday, 12 December 2016
Assignment - Submit Electronic Portfolio
This is your last week to make improvements to your article.
Create an electronic portfolio documenting your work on this project. I will use this portfolio to evaluate your work and assign you a grade for the assignment.It should be in the form of a single PDF or Word (.doc or .docx) document. To include visual material, make scans or create screenshots, then insert them into the document. Your e-portfolio should include:
Your reflective essay
A copy of the article as it originally appeared in September
A copy of the article as it now appears
Your midterm progress report
Your final progress report. This should include 1) the original checklist from your WP, annotated to indicate what you ultimately accomplished; 2) a 200-500 word assessment of the article’s current quality; and 3) a short description of what, in your opinion, could be done to further improve the article.
Submit your electronic portfolio in the Assignments area on Blackboard.
This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated.
In this course, we will survey examples of theatrical practice, drama, and treatises (theory) in oral and written cultures before 1650, including ritual and shamanic performance; religious and civic festivals in ancient Greece, Rome, and medieval Europe; theatrical traditions in Egypt, Japan, and India; and European Renaissance drama.
Log into your account on Wikipedia and complete the following three tasks:
Make at least one improvement to the
Brooklyn College article, the article about your hometown, or an article about any other school you have attended.
Introduce yourself to me, our Online Ambassadors, and at least one of your classmates by leaving messages on their Talk pages. (See the
Talk pages tutorial video for guidance.)
Familiarize yourself with
WikiProject Theatre, a community effort to improve all articles relating to theater, with the goal of making Wikipedia one of the best online resources on the subject.
Log into your account on Wikipedia and “claim” at least three (3) articles you want to assess and potentially edit this semester: go to our course page and add your user name in the box next to your chosen topics. You are only required to work on one article, but I want you to explore at least three possibilities before committing.
Week 4
Course meetings
Monday, 26 September 2016
Assignment - Preliminary Bibliography; Setting Up Your Sandbox
Log into your account and visit your “Sandbox”—the experimental space you will use to draft content for the Wikipedia page you’re developing. You can access it by clicking the “Sandbox” link at the top of the page, between “Talk” and “Preferences.” For help, visit
About_the_Sandbox.
Go to your User page and add this text at the bottom: {{My sandbox|yourusername}} This will add a “button” to your User page that will give me access your sandbox.
In your sandbox, post a bibliography, formatted in MLA style, of at least ten (10) potentially useful secondary sources (books and journal articles) that you will consult during this project. NOTE: For your actual Wikipedia article, you can use Wikipedia's referencing tool to automatically format your citations. Different articles use different citation systems, not necessarily MLA. However, you will write your MA/MFA thesis using MLA style, which is why I want you to use MLA in for this Sandbox assignment.
After you have posted your bibliography, go to
my Talk page and post a message for me indicating you have finished this task.
Week 5
Course meetings
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Assignment - (Conversion Day) 1st Draft of Needs Assessment (NA) and Writing Plan (WP)
Prepare a Needs Assessment (NA) for the article you have chosen. It should include:
A completed “Article Evaluation Form” (you can download this form by going to the Syllabus/Handouts area on Blackboard)
A 250-500 word description of the article’s quality
A checklist of what you think needs to be improved
Prepare a Writing Plan (WP). It should include:
A 250-500 word description of your planned improvements (this should correspond to your NA’s checklist of improvement needs)
Your working bibliography (at least 10 sources, formatted in MLA style)
A timeline of your planned improvements
Print a copy of your NA, WP, and Wikipedia page and bring to class for peer review.
Week 6
Course meetings
Monday, 10 October 2016
Assignment - (NO CLASS) Final Draft NA & WP
Incorporate the feedback you received during the peer review of your NP and WP. Submit the final draft to me on Blackboard (in the Assignments area).
Week 7
Course meetings
Monday, 17 October 2016
Assignment - Work on Article(s); First Substantial Addition (Moving Out of Your Sandbox)
Use your sandbox to develop text and experiment. By this date, you should transport at least one substantial addition to the “live” article.
Week 8
Course meetings
Monday, 24 October 2016
Assignment - Work on Article(s); Adding Visual Content
Find at least one image (that is NOT under copyright protection) related to your topic and upload it, either to your Sandbox or to the Wikipedia article. You may also design your own graph, timeline, or other visual aid that you believe will enhance the article.
Week 9
Course meetings
Monday, 31 October 2016
In class - Work on Article(s) (nothing due)
By now, you should have an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of your topic.
Week 10
Course meetings
Monday, 7 November 2016
Assignment - Midterm Progress Report; Choosing Articles to Peer Review
Complete the Wikipedia student tutorial on
Peer Review (7 min).
Officially “nominate” your article for peer review on Wikipedia, so that your classmates (and possibly others) can give you feedback on your work. Instructions are
here.
Select two classmates’ articles to peer review. “Claim” the articles by going to our Wikipedia course page and adding your username to the appropriate box in the list of articles. (You don’t have to review them yet.)
Prepare a progress report that includes:
A copy of the checklist in your WP, annotated to indicate what you have done so far
An honest self-assessment (200-500 words) of your progress on your original WP
A new (200-500 word) evaluation of the article’s quality
An updated WP for the remainder of the semester
A PDF of the revision history of your article. Click on your assigned article’s “View history” tab, select the last revision before you started working on the article and the current revision, and then click “Compare selected revisions.” Then make a PDF.
Submit your progress report in the Assignments area on Blackboard.
Print one copy of your progress report and bring it to class for peer review
Week 11
Course meetings
Monday, 14 November 2016
Assignment - Peer Review of Two Articles
Reread the “Article Evaluation Form” (in Syllabus/Handouts area on Blackboard).
Keeping the criteria in mind, evaluate the two articles you have chosen to peer review using
Wikipedia’s peer review system.
Week 12
Course meetings
Monday, 21 November 2016
In class - Responding to Feedback (nothing due)
Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback and midterm progress report.
Week 13
Course meetings
Monday, 28 November 2016
In class - Responding to Feedback (nothing due)
Continue making edits based on peers’ feedback and midterm progress report.
Week 14
Course meetings
Monday, 5 December 2016
Assignment - Reflective Essay and Class Presentation; Finishing Up
Write a short reflective essay (2 pages, double spaced) summarizing your Wikipedia contributions, both as a writer/contributor and a reviewer/editor. Submit your essay in the Assignments area on Blackboard.
You will give a brief presentation (3-4 minutes) in class today about your Wikipedia editing experience, summarizing your reflection paper.
Week 15
Course meetings
Monday, 12 December 2016
Assignment - Submit Electronic Portfolio
This is your last week to make improvements to your article.
Create an electronic portfolio documenting your work on this project. I will use this portfolio to evaluate your work and assign you a grade for the assignment.It should be in the form of a single PDF or Word (.doc or .docx) document. To include visual material, make scans or create screenshots, then insert them into the document. Your e-portfolio should include:
Your reflective essay
A copy of the article as it originally appeared in September
A copy of the article as it now appears
Your midterm progress report
Your final progress report. This should include 1) the original checklist from your WP, annotated to indicate what you ultimately accomplished; 2) a 200-500 word assessment of the article’s current quality; and 3) a short description of what, in your opinion, could be done to further improve the article.
Submit your electronic portfolio in the Assignments area on Blackboard.