Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account. Click on the link on the Canvas home page, where it says click here to enroll.

In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:

• Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
• Evaluating Wikipedia

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link Brother Skalski posted on the Canvas home page and/or emailed you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an Article- You will complete this assignment in Canvas.

Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Assignment - Review rules for clinical psychology topics... these are to be avoided

Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a Source- You will complete this assignment in Canvas

Assignment - Exercise

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Continue Reading and Improving Articles

In class - Complete Copyediting an Article Assignment in Canvas

Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your peers, teaching assistant(s), Brother Skalski, and Wikipedia Expert if you have questions.  The Get Help button at the top of this page takes you to our Wikipedia Content Expert, but they have thousands of students.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Psychology

In class - Continue Reading and Improving Articles

In class - Work on Your Contributions

Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Assignment - Continue improving your contributions

Exercise

Add links to your articles

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your peers, teaching assistant(s), subject librarian, and Brother Skalski if you need further help!  We can even reach out to Wikipedia content experts if

needed.

Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your contributions.

• Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
• Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.