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Course name
Writing and Editing for Wikipedia
Institution
Harvard
Instructor
Bay ByrneSim
Subject
Course dates
2021-01-11 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-01-22 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
10


GSAS J-term Mini-course

Student Assigned Reviewing
Dong2j
Shchurch
Ez.leb

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 11 January 2021   |   Tuesday, 12 January 2021   |   Wednesday, 13 January 2021   |   Thursday, 14 January 2021   |   Friday, 15 January 2021
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.

In class - Discussion
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion
Assignment - Exercise

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 January 2021   |   Wednesday, 20 January 2021   |   Thursday, 21 January 2021   |   Friday, 22 January 2021
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


Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.


In class - Discussion
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

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 - 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!
Milestones

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