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Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
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 Content 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 minimum of two Wikipedia articles, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself. If you have not already done so you should discuss your topic with your lab supervisor and get the topic approved. It is also time to start preparing your annotated bibliography if you have not already done so. Remember again you can reach out to your lab supervisor, Corliss or the larger research team for help. Bring your questions to lab on Fridays or send them out on the listserv.
You've submitted your 5 possible topics, got one approved by the lab director, found your sources, created an ASA formatted bibliography, and maybe you have even began reading and also preparing annotations. If not, it is time to get moving on annotations . You will need to bring 5-10 with you on Friday (along with a copy of your bibliography). It is also now time to start outlining your article and writing your article.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
Keep reading (and annotating) your sources, too, as you begin to write the body of the article.
Resources:
Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts. Bring a copy with you to lab on Friday along with 5-10 annotations, share your progress, and get some ideas to make it better. We will also hear from members who have attended Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon's and will hold a mini one of our own! Come to lab fully caught up, and ready to work on your article.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed twice.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
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?
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 Content Expert at any time if you need further help!
Present about your Wikipedia editing experience.
Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:
It's the final week to develop your article.
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contactwikiedu.org |
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. |
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
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 Content 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 minimum of two Wikipedia articles, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself. If you have not already done so you should discuss your topic with your lab supervisor and get the topic approved. It is also time to start preparing your annotated bibliography if you have not already done so. Remember again you can reach out to your lab supervisor, Corliss or the larger research team for help. Bring your questions to lab on Fridays or send them out on the listserv.
You've submitted your 5 possible topics, got one approved by the lab director, found your sources, created an ASA formatted bibliography, and maybe you have even began reading and also preparing annotations. If not, it is time to get moving on annotations . You will need to bring 5-10 with you on Friday (along with a copy of your bibliography). It is also now time to start outlining your article and writing your article.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
Keep reading (and annotating) your sources, too, as you begin to write the body of the article.
Resources:
Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts. Bring a copy with you to lab on Friday along with 5-10 annotations, share your progress, and get some ideas to make it better. We will also hear from members who have attended Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon's and will hold a mini one of our own! Come to lab fully caught up, and ready to work on your article.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed twice.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
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?
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 Content Expert at any time if you need further help!
Present about your Wikipedia editing experience.
Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:
It's the final week to develop your article.
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.