Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Oregon State University/HST 310--The Historian's Craft (Fall 2018)

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Course name
HST 310--The Historian's Craft
Institution
Oregon State University
Instructor
Stacey Smith
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Historical research, writing, and methodology
Course dates
2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-06 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


This is a required course for all undergraduate history majors at Oregon State University. Students learn writing, citation, and research skills and analyze both primary and secondary historical sources.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Christopherfree6 Abner Hunt Francis
Kpb1370 Louisa Matilda Jacobs Sattira 'Sattie' A. Douglas (1840-?), Abner Hunt Francis
Sylviaeggsbenedict Anna Maria Weems
Fordtee Sattira Douglas
Daschn16 Stephen Myers (1800 - 1870)
HotelSierraTango310 James Monroe Whitfield
Lacroixluvr99 Hezekiah Ford Douglas
打戳残你 William B. Purvis
D port34 Nancy Gooch
Coschu16 Samuel Harrison (1818 - 1900)
HistoriansCraft Abraham Shadd
Marcelorieg Elizabeth Thorn Scott Flood
Basirinasim Deirdre Eberly Lashgari
Tcb103 Thomas Elkins
Will1460 William Lambert (1817 - 1890) William H. Yates
Rivercane Willis Augustus Hodges
Alkhalm2 George Putnam Riley
Ambertollerud Sarah G. Stanley
Leiforegon Harriet Bell Hayden Harriet Bell Hayden
PPJU Philip Alexander Bell African American Lives, Bell, Philip Alexander (1808-1889), Philip Alexander Bell, Licentious Literature: A Warning from the Weekly Advocate
Qdot14 Thomas Marcus Decatur Ward
Brandon DeMarco Peter Anderson (c.1822-1879)
Samlay77 John Jamison Moore
Srbtx Alice Kimball Smith
Hockeyhammer39 Jeremiah Burke Sanderson
Borcherd William H. Yates
Kelleyst Amy Matilda Williams Cassey
CesarSalad3000 Stephen Smith (1795 - 1873)
Hectorjo451 E. Arnold Beronneau
Eighthundredandseventy Elizabeth Riley
PickleMan96 Henry Davis Green

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 24 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 1 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 3 October 2018

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 8 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 10 October 2018

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 15 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 22 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Assignment - 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.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 29 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an articleBe sure to evaluate an article of your choice in your sandbox to receive points for this week's exercises.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 5 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Assignment - Choose your topic



Click on the Articles tab and select a topic from the list of black abolitionists that I have curated. All of these people either have no Wikipedia pages or minimal pages (stubs). It is a good idea to do some pre-research, such as a preliminary Google search on a person, before making your final selection. Be sure you have enough sources to write a short article.


Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Milestones

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 12 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Assignment - Finalize your topic & start finding sources

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 19 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 21 November 2018
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


Assignment - Everyone has started drafting their articles

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

To demonstrate this, you should write one brief paragraph (3 – 4 sentences) in your sandbox for your chosen Wikipedia article. Be sure to include at least one citation using the citation tool.

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 26 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Assignment - First Drafts due in Sandbox
Milestones

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

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 3 December 2018   |   Wednesday, 5 December 2018
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.


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


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.


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!


Assignment - You've finished your Wikipedia assignment!

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