Wikipedia:India Education Program/Courses/Fall 2011/MSc (Communication Media for Children) Misra
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| Institution | SNDT COLLEGE, Pune |
|---|---|
| Course | M.Sc(CMC) |
| Instructor | Radha Misra |
| Year | First and Second Year |
| Students Count | 10 |
| Project Course | Indian Film Directors |
| Assignment Start Date | July 31, 2011 |
| Assignment End Date | October 30, 2011 |
Class Description
[edit]This class is in the master’s program in Communication Media for Children at the SNDT College of Home Science, Pune.
Assignment Overview
[edit]Over the course of the semester the students in this class will be completing a series of tasks that will allow them to familiarize themselves with the Wikipedia community and practices, understand the highly developed style of Wikipedia, complete research on a focused topic of the student's choice, and write (or substantially revise) a Wikipedia article. Students have two options to identify topics:
- Students may work in group of three to develop articles in any area of interest in the field of Indian cinema.
- Students may build articles within a broader topic that needs improvement. Examples include film directors, films, film genres etc. The professor will identify these broad areas and students should each choose a sub-topic article to work on.
Article Selection
[edit]- For the project page of the Indian Film Task Force, click here.
- In addition, you may consider exploring these resources:
Assignment Timeline
[edit]Due August 8
[edit]- Create a username
- Post your username to the students section of this page
- Complete this form
- Complete the practice assignment located on the class discussion page
Due August 31
[edit]- Explore help resources
- Practice the following six editing skills in your sandbox: add text, add headers & subheaders, create a bulleted list, add a link to a Wikipedia article, add a link to an external page on the internet, format text (bold & italics), create a table
- “Like” the Wikipedia On Campus Facebook page (optional)
Due September 9
[edit]- Leave a comment on a classmate’s Talk page
- Identify at least three articles related to your topic of choice
- Make a minimum of 20 edits (comments, copyedits, references, etc.) to articles related to your proposed topic (Note: This may be done on the English or Marathi Wikipedia.)
- Select an article
- Post your article topic beside your username on the Wikipedia course page
Due September 19
[edit]- Conduct in depth research on your topic and gather sources
- On your article’s talk page (discussion page), list a bibliography of sources and proposed changes you’d like to make to the article or concepts you would like to include
- Add the following code to the top of your article’s talk page to mark it as the subject of your assignment. Note: You must retrieve the code from the "edit" space of this page.
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- Inform your campus ambassador of your activities by writing on his or her talk page
- Begin editing/writing the article based on your proposed changes and other conversation with Wikipedians
Due October 7
[edit]- Ask your campus ambassador for feedback about your contributions to the article
- Nominate your article for “Did You Know” status
- Continue research on your topic
- Work on your article with the help of your professor and your campus ambassador
Due October 19
[edit]- Continue expanding and making changes to your article based on suggestions from Wikipedians, your campus ambassadors, and your professor
Due November 9
[edit]- Present Wikipedia article, in English and Marathi, during class
- Complete Wikipedia article due Oct 14
Students
[edit]This is a list of the usernames of the students in this class and the articles each selected to edit.
NOTE: In order to maintain the student and article data in a single place, the table has been merged and moved into the master table on 2011-11-13. Please continue to maintain the table in the new location.