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- Course name
- ENGH 240 - Intro to WCS
- Institution
- Drew University
- Instructor
- Sandra Jamieson
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Writing & communication
- Course dates
- 2020-01-13 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-04-27 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 24
The course is "Introduction to Writing & Communication Studies," the first course in our writing concentration. Students think about how knowledge is generated and communicated; how we assign authority and engage with data; and the role of information literacy, audience, editing, and collaboration. For the Wikipedia project, students can write about any non-specialist topics from the available list, working in groups of 3 or 4.
Timeline
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 16 March 2020 | Wednesday, 18 March 2020 | Friday, 20 March 2020
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 23 March 2020 | Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 March 2020 | Wednesday, 1 April 2020 | Friday, 3 April 2020
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
- Assignment - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment (March 16)
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 (complete by Monday 23)
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 -- or wait until class on the 16th.)
- Assignment - Evaluating Wikipedia Articles (due before class on March 25)
Exercise
Evaluate an article (in class 3/25)
- Assignment - Wednesday, March 25th - Considering possible topics (in class)
Exercise
Choose a topic (teams of three - in class)
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
- THINKPIECE # 10 (due March 27)
THINKPIECE #10: Review the information about the Wiki project listed on the syllabus for March 16 -23, and complete the training (takes about an hour for each class), then write a response to this assignment. Do you think you will like working with wikipedia? What do you expect to learn? What challenges do you predict? (due by 10 am on Fri., Mar., 27th)
- Assignment - Exercise (before class on Friday April 3rd)
- In class - Friday, April 3rd -Discussion
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 6 April 2020 | Wednesday, 8 April 2020 | Friday, 10 April 2020
- Assignment - Wednesday, April 8th - Groups add to an article (in class)
Exercise
Add a citation (in class on 4/8)
- In class - Wednesday, April 8th - groups start drafting contributions in class
- In class - Friday, April 10 - Peer review two articles (in class)
- In class - Discussion
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 13 April 2020 | Wednesday, 15 April 2020
- Assignment - Wednesday, April 15 (in class or before) - Respond to your peer review
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 20 April 2020 | Wednesday, 22 April 2020 | Friday, 24 April 2020
- Assignment - Move your work to Wikipedia (be sure it is there by April 20)
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 - Monday, April 20 - Continue improving your article (in class)
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 - Final article (to be perfected in class on Friday, April 24th)
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 - Friday, April 24th (in class) - Reflective essay (revised into Paper #4)
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 27 April 2020
- 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!
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.