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- Course name
- PBHL 2052
- Institution
- UC Denver
- Instructor
- Emily Hammad
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- PBHL 2052
- Course dates
- 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-05-12 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 65
This course examines current issues in population growth, fertility, mortality and migration in all regions of the globe. The course introduces students to the basic tools of demography and encourages them to think critically about the causes and consequences of population change.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 13 March 2017 | Wednesday, 15 March 2017
- In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia project
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
- Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Practicing the basics
- Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
- It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
- When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 27 March 2017 | Wednesday, 29 March 2017
- Assignment - Add to an article
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:
- Add 5-6 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
- The sentences can be added in different parts of an article (meaning that they can but do not have to be in the same paragraph or even the same section of a particular article)
- When selecting parts of the article where you'd like to edit, prioritize sections of the article where Wikipedia has flagged have missing elements or require attention. For example - in this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageing_of_Europe, if you go to the section on "Causes" you will see at Wikipedia note that says "This section needs expansion"
- The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.
When selecting articles to add content to, please choose an article that has not yet been selected OR has only been selected by one other student.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 3 April 2017
- Assignment - Copyedit an article
Choose an article. Read through it, thinking about ways to improve the language, such as fixing grammatical mistakes. Then, make the appropriate changes. If necessary, you can add to the article by contributing new information and making sure to follow proper copy-editing protocol. Also make sure to cite any new content to a reliable source in the same way you did for Week 3's assignment.