Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Murray State University/News Editing (Fall 2019)

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Course name
News Editing
Institution
Murray State University
Instructor
Marcie Hinton
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
News editing
Course dates
2019-09-12 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-13 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
8


Students will select articles that are underdeveloped on Wikipedia and have significant coverage in reliable sources and will adhere to Wikipedia’s policies and norms for conduct, including completing training modules.

Purpose
Students will get the experience of editing, feeling of deadline and publication pressure and real-time editing process.
Learning Outcomes/Goals
The course learning outcomes pertaining to Wikipedia assignments are the following:

  1. Demonstrate mastery of grammar, punctuation, spelling and sentence syntax.
  2. Verify sources of information thereby increasing information literacy and maintaining neutrality.
  3. Edit for accuracy.
  4. Edit copy for the online platform.
  5. Edit copy according to legal and ethical issues, specifically plagiarism.
  6. Edit copy for bias and assessing neutrality.
  7. Engage in formal communication process to share ideas publically
  8. Demonstrate proficient application of rules in The Associated Press Stylebook.
Student Assigned Reviewing
Aturner32 Religion in Nepal Life as We Knew It (novel), Tea set
Cscherer1 Pokémon (video game series) Don Juan (poem)
Amybeth Turner
Mlmorgan21 Shoshana Bean, The Good Place Angel cake, Lucy Hale
Hannahbbull Pokémon (video game series), Angel cake
Taylorsheawest Lucy Hale, Kacey Musgraves Shoshana Bean, Angel cake
AshliC Don Juan (poem), Charleston High School (Missouri) Religion in Nepal, Lucy Hale
Ashleymcvickermsu Angel cake Kacey Musgraves, Magazine

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 18 September 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:


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.)


Assignment - Wikipedia class discussion

What are your concerns about editing or performing edits for both your professor and professional editors? Were you able to identify some articles that might need editing? What kinds of articles do you imagine you might be interested in contributing to?

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Assignment - Exercise

Copyedit an article

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
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 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
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 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
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


Week 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to 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 10

Course meetings
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 25 November 2019
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 12

Course meetings
Wednesday, 4 December 2019   |   Friday, 6 December 2019
Milestones

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