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- Course name
- HIST 280z
- Institution
- Sacramento State
- Instructor
- Mona Siegel
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- History
- Course dates
- 2022-01-25 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-05-20 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 15
This graduate level course is focused on transnational and global feminist history. For the Wikipedia component of the course, students will be updating biographical or topical articles on feminist activism or adding historical content about feminism into articles on broader events (for example, the Egyptian Revolution of 1919).
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 2 February 2022
- Milestones
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 - 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 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:
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 6 April 2022
- Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
This week we will begin our Wikipedia assignments in earnest. The trainings and resources provided here are intended to acquaint you with the basic structure of Wikipedia pages and introduce you to some of the technical knowledge you will need to become a Wikipedia editor. If this feels intimidating, don't worry! The process is fairly straightforward and you will have lots of guidance along the way.
Resources:
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 13 April 2022
- Assignment - How to choose your article
This week you will decide which specific Wikipedia article you will edit/expand or create for your assignment. First complete the training "Finding an article," which will offer tips on selecting an article for your project. Then complete the exercise titled "Find potential article." As part of this exercise, you will be taken to a Wikipedia page where you can list articles you are considering working on and weigh their strengths and weaknesses. Please make sure you complete this assignment before class. Next week you will need to finalize your article selection. When you have completed this training and assignment, proceed to "Practice editing Wikipedia"
- Assignment - Practice editing Wikipedia
This week you will also practice editing Wikipedia. If you wish, you can review the training "How to edit: Wikicode vs Visual Editor" then complete the training "Adding citations." When you have completed the trainings, choose one of the articles you are considering editing for your final project. Follow the instructions in the excercises "Copyedit an article" and "Add to an article" to practice making small changes (improving the writing of a sentence and adding 1 citation) to an existing article. You may also want to consult the very helpful resource below: "Editing Wikipedia." When you have completed this assignment, and by the end of the week at the latest, proceed to "Asign yourself a Wikipedia article."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia
- Assignment - Assign yourself a Wikipedia article
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 20 April 2022
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 27 April 2022
- Milestones
By Sunday, midnight, you should have a complete draft of your edited article in your Sandbox ready for Peer Review.
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 4 May 2022
- Assignment - Peer review an article
For this assignment, you will be assigned two of your colleagues' draft articles to review. Follow the instructions in the training above to learn where to record your peer review comments and the kinds of issues to look for. If you see grammatical or stylistic errors on the page, you can make notes of these as well. Peer reviews should all be completed BEFORE coming to class, so make sure you have marked out time between Sunday night and Wednesday afternoon for this assignment.
- In class - 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.
- In class - 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!
- Assignment - Add links (strong recommended) and images (optional)
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 15
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 11 May 2022
- 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 - Moving your work "live" 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 and page 15
Week 16
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 18 May 2022
- Assignment - Reflective essay
- In class - In-class presentation
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.