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Course name
Honors World Religions
Institution
Riverside City College
Instructor
Kirsten Gerdes
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Religion/Humanities
Course dates
2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-10 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


This is an honors section of an introductory religion/humanities course that covers the major world religions. It includes readings from both primary and secondary sources, research, and writing, all geared toward student understand of diverse worldviews and cultures. This project is designed to help get them more in-depth about specific practices and beliefs from within one religious tradition.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Abigail Osunde Olodumare Jewish cuisine, Buddhist cosmology
Kerenefernandez Buddhist symbolism User:Jessicahnguyen 29/sandbox, User:Aut hampton/sandbox
Kkait9 Buddhist Studies Engaged Buddhism, Blackfoot religion
Sweetpea1020 Buddhist cosmology
Ericneumann 99 Baptist beliefs User:Yaz.17/sandbox, Religion, User:Rita Butrus/sandbox, Buddhism and violence
Jessicahnguyen 29 History of the Yoruba people User:Kerenefernandez/sandbox, User:Aut hampton/sandbox
Disha08 Moksha Buddhism and evolution, Workplace Spirituality
Radroni21 Jewish cuisine Olodumare, Buddhist Cosmology
Yaz.17 Religion
ColorMyPencils Hindu iconography North Carolina Highway Patrol K-9 incident, Engaged Buddhism, LGBT in Islam, Scapegoat
Aut hampton Neopaganism in the United States Buddhist symbolism, History of the Yoruba people
KumaleFufa LGBT in Islam Scapegoat, Engaged Buddhism
Kt5919 Baptist beliefs List of Sikh festivals, Christianity in the Middle Ages
Michaelhav1 Scapegoat Hindu iconography, Engaged Buddhism
Mvillalba8 List of Sikh festivals Christianity in the Middle Ages, Baptist beliefs
Bsanchez79 Christianity in the Middle Ages List of Sikh festivals, Baptist beliefs
Ar92597 Buddhism and evolution Olorun, Jewish cuisine, Moksha, Workplace Spirituality
Punyprada Animals in Buddhism, Religious music
Isabelvillela Engaged Buddhism LBGT In Islam, Hindu iconography
Imaang Islamic feminism Olorun, Ife
Mercadesglancy Olorun Islamic feminism, Ife
Crumbsnstuff Blackfoot religion Engaged Buddhism, Buddhist studies
Rita Butrus Buddhism and violence
Asantiago787 Ife
Tylergerlach Engaged Buddhism
Jessicahnguyen
SJaramillo6 Workplace Spirituality

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 10 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 12 September 2018
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 4

Course meetings
Monday, 17 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 24 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 26 September 2018
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Cultural Anthropology

History

LGBT+ Studies

Sociology

Women's Studies

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 1 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 3 October 2018
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

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 8 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Assignment - Training
Assignment - Peer review two articles

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 8

Course meetings
Monday, 15 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 17 October 2018
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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 22 October 2018
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.