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This course is intended for students wishing to improve their information research skills. Students will develop their abilities to locate, interpret, analyze, synthesize, evaluate and communicate information effectively. Students will learn how to identify and define the scope of a research topic and how to effectively research relevant online catalogs, electronic databases and the World Wide Web. Your semester long class project will be to edit a Wikipedia page.
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. The exercises and assignments that you find on the WikiEd timeline will be done in your Wikipedia page. For instance, in the timeline below you will see an assignment to evaluate an article. Your evaluation will go in your Wikipedia Sandbox. As the instructor I have access to your Wikipedia edits. I also have access to timestamps that tell when you complete the trainings. In addition, be sure to check Canvas as well because there are also assignments, etc. that are due through Canvas.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia 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:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
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 in your sandbox.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to your sandbox.
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself.
In Canvas, this week you will be learning how to find scholarly articles and learning what to do with the sources you find. This week you will continue building your list of sources by adding more scholarly sources. Keep taking notes on the sources you find, summarizing in your own words, and thinking about how you can add the information you are learning to your Wikipedia article. A rough draft of your edits will be due 4/30.
You should have started compiling a list of resources for your topic that you picked during Week 5. This week, in Canvas, you are learning how to find scholarly articles in the the more advanced databases. I want you to include a few (3-5) scholarly articles on your topic in your list of resources you started in your Sandbox.
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing. Here are some tips to get started:
Keep reading your sources, too. You should be taking notes, making annotations, and summarizing the sources you've found (in your own words). Your note taking strategies will prevent you from plagiarizing. Also, if you're feeling overwhelmed by all your sources, take a few minutes to find an organization technique that will help you.
In summary, this week you should be adding 3-5 scholarly sources to your Bibliography section in your Sandbox, and complete very rough edits for the information you want to add to your article. This may look like an outline, it may be a bullet list of notes and annotations, or it may be full written paragraphs. You will be adding to this draft through the rest of the semester. Next week, another student will be assigned your article and will review your draft.
Resources:
Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed. You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
It's the final week to develop your article.
Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.
Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:
This Course
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Wikipedia Resources
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Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contact |
![]() | 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. |
This course is intended for students wishing to improve their information research skills. Students will develop their abilities to locate, interpret, analyze, synthesize, evaluate and communicate information effectively. Students will learn how to identify and define the scope of a research topic and how to effectively research relevant online catalogs, electronic databases and the World Wide Web. Your semester long class project will be to edit a Wikipedia page.
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. The exercises and assignments that you find on the WikiEd timeline will be done in your Wikipedia page. For instance, in the timeline below you will see an assignment to evaluate an article. Your evaluation will go in your Wikipedia Sandbox. As the instructor I have access to your Wikipedia edits. I also have access to timestamps that tell when you complete the trainings. In addition, be sure to check Canvas as well because there are also assignments, etc. that are due through Canvas.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia 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:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
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 in your sandbox.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to your sandbox.
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself.
In Canvas, this week you will be learning how to find scholarly articles and learning what to do with the sources you find. This week you will continue building your list of sources by adding more scholarly sources. Keep taking notes on the sources you find, summarizing in your own words, and thinking about how you can add the information you are learning to your Wikipedia article. A rough draft of your edits will be due 4/30.
You should have started compiling a list of resources for your topic that you picked during Week 5. This week, in Canvas, you are learning how to find scholarly articles in the the more advanced databases. I want you to include a few (3-5) scholarly articles on your topic in your list of resources you started in your Sandbox.
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing. Here are some tips to get started:
Keep reading your sources, too. You should be taking notes, making annotations, and summarizing the sources you've found (in your own words). Your note taking strategies will prevent you from plagiarizing. Also, if you're feeling overwhelmed by all your sources, take a few minutes to find an organization technique that will help you.
In summary, this week you should be adding 3-5 scholarly sources to your Bibliography section in your Sandbox, and complete very rough edits for the information you want to add to your article. This may look like an outline, it may be a bullet list of notes and annotations, or it may be full written paragraphs. You will be adding to this draft through the rest of the semester. Next week, another student will be assigned your article and will review your draft.
Resources:
Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed. You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
It's the final week to develop your article.
Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.
Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment: