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Course name
Language and Technology
Institution
Boston University
Instructor
Malavika Shetty
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Language, linguistics, technology, society, Writing, Communication
Course dates
2019-09-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-14 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
16


The students in the class come from different countries around the world. They will use their language and cultural backgrounds to working on editing existing Wikipedia pages that need more information. They can also create new pages if a page does not exist on their chosen topic.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Clarayyt
Sirimott
Infinitygwen
BBA97 Sokcho
OliviaLyu
Hxy233
Ciikoa
Hsin Fang Wu
Xinru Hao
Annierrr
Blade1015
Zhishu Zhang
DeliciousJQ
Ealk43
Dpy000
Samyin0206

Timeline

Week 9

Course meetings
Thursday, 31 October 2019
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:


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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 November 2019   |   Thursday, 7 November 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 November 2019   |   Thursday, 14 November 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 November 2019   |   Thursday, 21 November 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


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


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Books

Films

Linguistics

Science Communication

Species

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.


Assignment - 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.

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 December 2019   |   Thursday, 5 December 2019
Assignment - Begin moving your work 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


Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

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.


Assignment - 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!

Week 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 December 2019   |   Thursday, 12 December 2019
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!


In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.