Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/NYCCT/Learning Places (Spring 2016)

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Course name
Learning Places
Institution
NYCCT
Instructor
Nora Almeida
Wikipedia Expert
Adam (Wiki Ed)
Subject
ARCH / LIB
Course dates
2016-02-01 – 2016-06-01
Approximate number of student editors
20


This special topics course offers an interdisciplinary approach to investigating our built environment using a case study focused on the Vinegar Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn

Student Assigned Reviewing
Sleeper228
Armoman92
Aisel Omerbashi
MichelleC28
Cmerced
KCUEDESIGN
Sikander23 Comfort Sands, Joshua Sands (politician)
JessicaSamide
007NYC
UNIXlike
SparkIntelligence
Abigaileverhart
Mariamkamagate

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 8 February 2016   |   Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 22 February 2016   |   Wednesday, 24 February 2016

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 29 February 2016   |   Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 7 March 2016   |   Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Milestones
  • Create a Wikipedia account
  • Join wikiedu Learning Places course site
  • Complete Wikipedia Essentials Training Module


Assignment - Modes of Documentation
  • After in class discuss about Modes of Documentation for research projects including Annotated Bibliographies, Data Visualization, and Academic Writing in class, you should complete the Sources and Citation training module to understand how citation in Wikipedia works.



Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 14 March 2016   |   Wednesday, 16 March 2016
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 7

Course meetings
Monday, 21 March 2016

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 28 March 2016   |   Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Assignment - Annotated Bibliography Assignment


Handout: Choosing an article

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 4 April 2016   |   Wednesday, 6 April 2016
In class - Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Presentation / NYCHA Visit
  • Editing basics
  • Wikipedia campus ambassador presentation at Laguardia Community College


Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 11 April 2016   |   Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Assignment - Practicing the basics


  • Complete the introductory training modules. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia. 

Resources: Using Talk PagesEvaluating Wikipedia

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 18 April 2016   |   Wednesday, 20 April 2016
In class - Editing or Adding to a Wikipedia Article
  • Editing basics
  • Wikipedia campus ambassador visit 4/20


Media literacy discussion


  

  • Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, information privilege, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 2 May 2016   |   Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Assignment - Drafing Final Reports in Wikipedia Sandboxes
  • If you decide to use Wikipedia as the platform for your Final Report, use your Sandbox to draft content instead of editing a live page.
  • Work with your group to edit your writing before adding content to a live Wikipedia page. 

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 9 May 2016   |   Wednesday, 11 May 2016

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 16 May 2016   |   Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Assignment - Moving articles to mainspace
  • Move your sandbox articles into main space.
  • If you are expanding an existing article, copy your edit into the article. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article.
  • If you are creating a new article, do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow the instructions in the "Moving out of your sandbox" handout.
  • Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.

Resources: Moving out of your SandboxPolishing your article

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 23 May 2016   |   Wednesday, 25 May 2016

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