User:Swarfe/ENGL-122-2014

Course name

ENGL-122-2014

Institution

Diablo Valley College

Instructor

Scott Warfe

Subject

English

Course dates

2015-01-12 – 2015-05-20

Approximate number of student editors

30

Timeline

Week 1 (2015-02-03)

2015-02-3

• Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
• Wikipedia is a community: a brief overview of its rules, expectations, and etiquette
• Basics of editing
• Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
• Collaborating and engaging with the Wiki editing community
• Handouts: Using Talk Pages handout and Evaluating Wikipedia brochure
• Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
• Create a User page, and then click the "enroll" button on the top left of this course page.
• To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself on the user talk page of one of your classmates, who should also be enrolled in the table at the bottom of the page.

Assignment (due 2015-02-4)

• Review "Good" wiki pages and develop revision criteria/plan.
• Explore topics related to your topic area to get a feel for how Wikipedia is organized. What areas seem to be missing? As you explore, make a note of articles that seem like good candidates for improvement. Use the "choosing an article" handout for guidance.
• Handouts: Choosing an article and How to get help

2015-02-5

• Develop criteria/plan for revisions
• Develop group contract

Assignment (due 2015-02-8)

• Group contract

Week 2 (2015-02-09)

2015-02-10

• Begin drafting contributions

2015-02-12

• Continue drafting

Week 3 (2015-02-16)

2015-02-17

• Begin drafting contributions to (at least) two other pages related to The New Jim Crow

2015-02-18

• Continue editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.

Assignment (due 2015-02-24)

• Rough draft of edits

Week 4 (2015-02-23)

2015-02-24

• Rough draft peer review
• As a group, have the students offer suggestions for improving one or two of the students' articles, setting the example for what is expected from a solid encyclopedia article.
• Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copyedit. (You don’t need to start reviewing yet.)
• Peer review two of your classmates’ articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
• Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

2015-02-26

• Work with classmates and other editors to polish your lead section and fix any major issues.
• Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.
• Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback. If you disagree with a suggestion, use talk pages to politely discuss and come to a consensus on your edit.
• Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
• Add final touches to your Wikipedia article. You can find a handy reference guide
• Continue research in preparation for writing the body of the article.

Week 5 (2015-03-02)

2015-03-02

• Conferences

2015-03-04

• Conferences

Assignment (due 2015-04-09)

• Move 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 these instructions on how to move your work.

Week 6 (2015-04-09)

2015-04-10

• Presentations
• Share experiences and discuss problems.

2015-04-23

• Presentations
• Share experiences and discuss problems.