Wikipedia:Canada Education Program/Courses/Environmental Change: Challenges for Health (Penny Powers)/Timeline
- Step 1
- introduction to the Wikipedia part of the course
- handout: “Welcome to Wikipedia” brochure
- Assignment: Read the following page: http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars
- Step 2
- basics of editing
- anatomy of an article – what makes a good one and how to spot a bad one plus tips and recommendations
- handout: “Creating an account” handout: “Evaluating Wikipedia Article Quality”
- Assignment: Create an account, create a user page, and add your name to the course page’s list of students, leave a message for two of your classmates on their pages
- Step 3
- Campus Ambassadors introduce students to IRC and show students how to contact mentors
- Assignment: Use the handout “Evaluating Wikipedia Article Quality” to evaluate an existing article and leave suggestions for improving it on the article’s discussion page. List 3 to 5 references you will be using in your part of the article on your account page.
- Step 4
- Handout “Referencing on Wikipedia”
- Assignment: Add more articles to your reference list.
- Step 5
- Campus Ambassadors talk about Wikipedia sandboxes and Wikipedia culture and etiquette
- Assignment: Write a 3-4 paragraph summary version of your part of the article with citations in your Wikipedia sandbox. Get feedback from the Campus Ambassador
- Step 6
- Handout: “Moving article from sandbox into main space” Handout: “Did You Know nominations”
- Assignment: Move your article from the sandbox to the main space. Nominate your article for “Did You Know” status, and monitor the nomination for any issues identified by other editors. Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
- Step 7
- Campus ambassadors discuss uploading images onto Wikipedia
- Assignment: Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
- Step 8
- Peer-review two of your classmates’ submissions. Leave suggestions and comments. Revise your article as a result of feedback received.
- Assignment: Put final touches on your article and present your article on the final day of class.