Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Cottey College/Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Spring 2019)
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- Course name
- Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- Institution
- Cottey College
- Instructor
- Sarah Quick
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Anthropology and Gender Studies
- Course dates
- 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-21 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 7
The Wikipedia portion of this course requires that students apply what they have learned from our course material to Wikipedia content critically as readers and editors. The larger classroom course spans the Spring semester, but their Wikipedia assignment for this course is in the last three weeks of the course.
| Student | Assigned | Reviewing |
|---|---|---|
| Cornhuskerfan22 | ||
| Katiedeclue | ||
| Valmbond | ||
| Brendaaldape | ||
| OGOCC | ||
| Picklepeeler | ||
| Tritney |
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 4 April 2019
- 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 your instructor sent 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.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 9 April 2019 | Thursday, 11 April 2019
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 April 2019 | Thursday, 18 April 2019
- Assignment - Exercise
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 23 April 2019 | Thursday, 25 April 2019
- Assignment - Post ideas for your project, start drafting your contributions
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Milestones
Everyone has posted their ideas for their projects in eLearning (April 23) and given feedback to others (April 25). Everyone has ideally begun writing their article drafts.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 30 April 2019 | Thursday, 2 May 2019
- Assignment - Evaluating and Refining
EVALUTING EXISTING ENTRIES and ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Assignment due by Thursday midnight in eLearning.
- Assignment - Continue improving your ideas for editing
Exercise
Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; 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 Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 7 May 2019 | Thursday, 9 May 2019
- Assignment - Final edits added
It's the final week to develop your article.
- 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!
- Assignment - Reflective essay
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.