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Course name
LIBR 1 Working with Sources
Institution
Las Positas College
Instructor
Kali Rippel
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Library Skills
Course dates
2022-03-21 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-05-20 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
10


LIBR 1 Working with Sources course provides an introduction to using sources as supporting documentation in a college-level research project. We develop skills needed to successfully find, evaluate, use, cite, and document information using the library and open web sources. We focus on identifying appropriate sources and the proper use of sources. Students learn to distinguish between source types, how to avoid plagiarism, and how to use sources in their English course research projects. To accomplish these goals, students first develop and dive into the research process for a Wikipedia entry related to their course topics. The Wikipedia assignment culminates by adding one to two sentences of information from a scholarly source, with a citation to add to the Wikipedia entry. Once completed, students continue their research to prepare themselves to write a research paper with a thesis on their topics.

Student Assigned Reviewing
JakeM1210
HelloImAlastair

Timeline

Week 7

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:

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Assignment - Plagiarism and Citations

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 drafts of the sentences they would like to contribute.  You should also have identified where your information will go in the article and what source the information is from.

Assignment - Add to an article
Milestones

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