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We all rely on Wikipedia to help us quickly get answers to our information needs. Some people generally distrust the accuracy of content on Wikipedia because it is generated by a community of anonymous contributors; however, a lot of research suggests popular Wikipedia pages are very reliable.
How does content get onto Wikipedia’s pages? What is the process for evaluating proposed changes? How does Wikipedia ensure information is correct and non-biased? Understanding how Wikipedia works ties directly into our course discussions on information needs and information literacy. Over several weeks, you’ll complete training on how to edit and evaluate Wikipedia, select and critique an existing article, and submit an edit to an article.
(Based on a Wikipedia course created by Professor Jessica Vitak, for INST201, Fall 2016.)
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.
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:
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Step1: Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
Step 2: Select an article that you'd like to critique from one of the following Wikipedia category/sub-category options. Once you have your article selected, head to the Students tab above and assign it to yourself.
Step 3: Complete a full review of your article (400-600 words). You can draft your notes in your sandbox space, *but* upload your critique/evaluation to ELMS (under assignments).
. Use the following questions to guide your review (but don't feel limited to these):
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding content and a related citation to an article. Don't forget to take the training module!
Step 1: Select a new article article to work on and assign it to yourself on the Students tab (above) or work on the same article you selected last week. If you have trouble thinking of, of finding an article, drill down into the
Wikipedia Stubs Categories to find some articles that you're interested and would like to contribute to.
Step 2: Evaluate the article for it's strengths and weaknesses. What might you contribute to make it better? Leave notes from your evaluation in your sandbox space. The notes don't have to be formal -- just provide some insight into your decision process: Why'd you decide to add something to this article? What did you want to add or correct?
Step 3: Make your contribution: (1) Add 1-2 new sentences to your article, and (2) cite that statement to a reliable source (as you learned in the online training module on Sources/Citations).
This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
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. |
We all rely on Wikipedia to help us quickly get answers to our information needs. Some people generally distrust the accuracy of content on Wikipedia because it is generated by a community of anonymous contributors; however, a lot of research suggests popular Wikipedia pages are very reliable.
How does content get onto Wikipedia’s pages? What is the process for evaluating proposed changes? How does Wikipedia ensure information is correct and non-biased? Understanding how Wikipedia works ties directly into our course discussions on information needs and information literacy. Over several weeks, you’ll complete training on how to edit and evaluate Wikipedia, select and critique an existing article, and submit an edit to an article.
(Based on a Wikipedia course created by Professor Jessica Vitak, for INST201, Fall 2016.)
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.
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:
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Step1: Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
Step 2: Select an article that you'd like to critique from one of the following Wikipedia category/sub-category options. Once you have your article selected, head to the Students tab above and assign it to yourself.
Step 3: Complete a full review of your article (400-600 words). You can draft your notes in your sandbox space, *but* upload your critique/evaluation to ELMS (under assignments).
. Use the following questions to guide your review (but don't feel limited to these):
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding content and a related citation to an article. Don't forget to take the training module!
Step 1: Select a new article article to work on and assign it to yourself on the Students tab (above) or work on the same article you selected last week. If you have trouble thinking of, of finding an article, drill down into the
Wikipedia Stubs Categories to find some articles that you're interested and would like to contribute to.
Step 2: Evaluate the article for it's strengths and weaknesses. What might you contribute to make it better? Leave notes from your evaluation in your sandbox space. The notes don't have to be formal -- just provide some insight into your decision process: Why'd you decide to add something to this article? What did you want to add or correct?
Step 3: Make your contribution: (1) Add 1-2 new sentences to your article, and (2) cite that statement to a reliable source (as you learned in the online training module on Sources/Citations).