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Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/MIT/BIPOC Designers in the Built Environment (Fall term)

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Course name
BIPOC Designers in the Built Environment
Institution
MIT
Instructor
Kai A Smith
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Biographies
Course dates
2020-08-31 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-12-31 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
10


Graduate students will learn how to edit in an open source platform and provide visibility to BIPOC (Black Indigenous People of Color) designers in the context of the built environment in Wikipedia. Students will create pages and improve pages including adding reliable sources, writing in an unbiased style and where possible adding images to Wiki commons.

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 2 September 2020   |   Thursday, 3 September 2020   |   Friday, 4 September 2020
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:


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.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Books

History

Political Science

Sociology

Women's Studies

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 7 September 2020   |   Tuesday, 8 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 9 September 2020   |   Thursday, 10 September 2020   |   Friday, 11 September 2020
In class - Discussion
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - 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 begun writing their article drafts.

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 14 September 2020   |   Tuesday, 15 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 16 September 2020   |   Thursday, 17 September 2020   |   Friday, 18 September 2020
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 21 September 2020   |   Tuesday, 22 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 23 September 2020   |   Thursday, 24 September 2020   |   Friday, 25 September 2020

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 28 September 2020   |   Tuesday, 29 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 30 September 2020   |   Thursday, 1 October 2020   |   Friday, 2 October 2020
Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.


Assignment - 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.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 5 October 2020   |   Tuesday, 6 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 7 October 2020   |   Thursday, 8 October 2020   |   Friday, 9 October 2020
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


In class - Discussion
Assignment - Exercise

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 12 October 2020   |   Tuesday, 13 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 14 October 2020   |   Thursday, 15 October 2020   |   Friday, 16 October 2020
Assignment - Continue improving your article

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.

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 19 October 2020   |   Tuesday, 20 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 21 October 2020   |   Thursday, 22 October 2020   |   Friday, 23 October 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!

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 26 October 2020   |   Tuesday, 27 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 28 October 2020   |   Thursday, 29 October 2020   |   Friday, 30 October 2020
Assignment - Final article

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!

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 2 November 2020   |   Tuesday, 3 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 4 November 2020   |   Thursday, 5 November 2020   |   Friday, 6 November 2020
Milestones

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

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