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This special topics course offers an interdisciplinary approach to investigating our built environment using a case study focused on the Vinegar Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn
After in class discuss about Modes of Documentation for research projects including Annotated Bibliographies, Data Visualization, and Academic Writing in class, you should complete the Sources and Citation training module to understand how citation in Wikipedia works.
Week 6
Course meetings
Monday, 14 March 2016 | Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Assignment - Illustrate an article
Identify an article that would benefit from illustration, create or find an appropriate photo, illustration, or audio/video, and add it to the article.
All media uploaded to Wikipedia must fall under a "free license," which means they can be used or shared by anyone. Examples of media you can use are photos that you take yourself, images and text in the public domain, and works created by someone else who has given permission for their work to be used by others. For more information about which types of media can be uploaded to Wikipedia, see
Commons:Help desk.
To add a media file to an article, you must first upload it to Wikimedia Commons. For instructions on how to upload files to Commons, refer to
Illustrating Wikipedia. This brochure will also provide you with detailed information about which files are acceptable to upload to Wikipedia and the value of contributing media to Wikipedia articles.
In class - Editing or Adding to a Wikipedia Article
Editing basics
Wikipedia campus ambassador visit 4/20
Media literacy discussion
Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, information privilege, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.
Week 12
Course meetings
Monday, 2 May 2016 | Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Assignment - Drafing Final Reports in Wikipedia Sandboxes
If you decide to use Wikipedia as the platform for your Final Report, use your Sandbox to draft content instead of editing a live page.
Work with your group to edit your writing before adding content to a live Wikipedia page.
Week 13
Course meetings
Monday, 9 May 2016 | Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Week 14
Course meetings
Monday, 16 May 2016 | Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Assignment - Moving articles to mainspace
Move your sandbox articles into main space.
If you are expanding an existing article, copy your edit into the article. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article.
If you are creating a new article, do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow the instructions in the "Moving out of your sandbox" handout.
Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
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 special topics course offers an interdisciplinary approach to investigating our built environment using a case study focused on the Vinegar Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn
After in class discuss about Modes of Documentation for research projects including Annotated Bibliographies, Data Visualization, and Academic Writing in class, you should complete the Sources and Citation training module to understand how citation in Wikipedia works.
Week 6
Course meetings
Monday, 14 March 2016 | Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Assignment - Illustrate an article
Identify an article that would benefit from illustration, create or find an appropriate photo, illustration, or audio/video, and add it to the article.
All media uploaded to Wikipedia must fall under a "free license," which means they can be used or shared by anyone. Examples of media you can use are photos that you take yourself, images and text in the public domain, and works created by someone else who has given permission for their work to be used by others. For more information about which types of media can be uploaded to Wikipedia, see
Commons:Help desk.
To add a media file to an article, you must first upload it to Wikimedia Commons. For instructions on how to upload files to Commons, refer to
Illustrating Wikipedia. This brochure will also provide you with detailed information about which files are acceptable to upload to Wikipedia and the value of contributing media to Wikipedia articles.
In class - Editing or Adding to a Wikipedia Article
Editing basics
Wikipedia campus ambassador visit 4/20
Media literacy discussion
Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, information privilege, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.
Week 12
Course meetings
Monday, 2 May 2016 | Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Assignment - Drafing Final Reports in Wikipedia Sandboxes
If you decide to use Wikipedia as the platform for your Final Report, use your Sandbox to draft content instead of editing a live page.
Work with your group to edit your writing before adding content to a live Wikipedia page.
Week 13
Course meetings
Monday, 9 May 2016 | Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Week 14
Course meetings
Monday, 16 May 2016 | Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Assignment - Moving articles to mainspace
Move your sandbox articles into main space.
If you are expanding an existing article, copy your edit into the article. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article.
If you are creating a new article, do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow the instructions in the "Moving out of your sandbox" handout.
Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.