Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/CSU East Bay/LIBY 1210 Section 21 (Fall)

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Course name
LIBY 1210 Section 21
Institution
CSU East Bay
Instructor
Sharon Radcliff
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Information Literacy
Course dates
2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-12-08 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
30


Students learn how to do college level research by writing a research paper on a global issue.

Student Assigned Reviewing
TyresePatterson Pittsburg, California 2016 NBA Finals
Adelosreyes17
Soni Jiwanjot Hayward, California
Whawkes
Jsagun2 Ice cream
Damiangunzz U.S. national anthem protests (2016-present)
Vannah 29 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Zak1298
JohnsonmcFarely Genetic engineering Genetic engineering
Jh9649
MattEastBay California State University East Bay
Amambonu Neo-Nazi Protest in Charlottesville
LillieanneHarris
Lilzelayaa BOAC Flight 777
Sfmatt19
Salvador98
TTPS
Smolbee
CSUEB 333
FouIdeas Coconut milk
Djones1999 Colin kaepernick
Gdelgado19
Presephany U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)
Nmojarro Racial profiling
Zoya1298 Stephen Curry
Dianague99 Roses
Etak22
Lillieanne1 CSU eastbay California State University, East Bay
Sebastiandulanto

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
In class - Wikipedia essentials
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
  • Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.



Handout: Editing Wikipedia


Assignment - Learn the basics
  • Begin the training modules assigned for your course. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Assignment - Critique an article
  • Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.
  • Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
  • A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):
    • Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?



Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, Using Talk Pages

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Assignment - Add to an article
  • Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
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.

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
In class - Catch up week!

Continue working on the above assignments as needed!

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 15 November 2017