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- Course name
- ENGL 15
- Institution
- Penn State Altoona
- Instructor
- Jialei Jiang
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- English
- Course dates
- 2023-02-15 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-03-31 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 21
ENGL 15 introduces you to college composition and academic writing. For this Wikipedia-editing assignment, you will collaboratively expand a stub or start-class Wikipedia article, evaluating and documenting sources to enhance the credibility and richness of the article. Each of you will include at least 3 external sources for the edit. The purposes of this assignment are to help you gain awareness of the informative style of writing and to critically address Wikipedia's content gaps.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 16 February 2023
- 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- 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.)
- In class - Discussion
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 21 February 2023 | Thursday, 23 February 2023
- In class - Discussion
- In class - Select your topic
Complete the training and then this exercise.
Exercise
Choose your topic / Find your sources
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
More available here
- Assignment - Evaluate & add to your article
====== Review the trainings and then complete the exercises.
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Exercise
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 28 February 2023 | Thursday, 2 March 2023
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Begin drafting the rest of your planned contributions.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 14 March 2023 | Thursday, 16 March 2023
- 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.
- In class - Peer review
You probably have provided feedback on other students' articles and received some feedback from other students. 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.
- In class - 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." It's the final week to develop your article. Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards.
- Read Editing Wikipedia pages 13-15 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 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 21 March 2023 | Thursday, 23 March 2023
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.