Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Waterloo/Women's Studies 101 (Fall 2018)
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- Course name
- Women's Studies 101
- Institution
- University of Waterloo
- Instructor
- Jessica Blackwell
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Women's Studies
- Course dates
- 2018-11-30 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-03-31 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 83
This is an introductory women's studies course. Students will be doing an assignment using Wikipedia and materials in the Special Collections & Archives department. There is a series of biographical and subject files on Canadian women and topics of interest to women with clippings, biographies, etc. Students will select one of these that already has a stub article in Wikipedia and use the material to either a. add visual content to the stub b. add written content to the stub c. add citations to the stub, or a combination of all three.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 5 December 2018
- 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
- In class - Discussion
- 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.)
- Assignment - Understanding content gaps
- 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 - Understanding Sources
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
- Assignment - Final article
If you haven't started writing yet, this is the week to develop your article, which needs to be finished between Oct 17 and Oct 24.
- 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!
- Milestones
As of Oct 17th, we will start assessing your work. You have between Oct 17th and Oct 24th to submit.
- Milestones
Congratulations! You've finished your article and it's uploaded for grading by this day at the latest.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 26 December 2018
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 2 January 2019
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 9 January 2019