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Course name
Digital Art History
Institution
University of Connecticut
Instructor
Kelly Dennis
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Digital Culture
Course dates
2022-01-18 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-04-27 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
12


Grad seminar in History and Theory of Digital and Internet Art, including gender and BIPOC exclusions from art and technology history. Grad Digital Media Design students will assist in a community Wikipedia training in conjunction with the exhibition, Facing History: Social Commentary in Contemporary Art at The William Benton Museum of Art. The training will take place in the Museum on Wednesday, February 23, 2022.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Anan lyz UI Designer Hyper-casual game, Design thinking
Zahra.Sadeghi21
Euphoria.98 Marina Abramović: ‘I’m an artist, not a satanist!’, Steadicam, Artistic revolution
TheReaderOne Virtual reality game Interactive art
FantasyM7 User interface design, Design thinking
Toaddoesnot Hyper-casual game UI Designer, Virtual reality game
Athenare En plein air, Conservation and restoration of ancient Greek pottery, Cupid and Psyche Design thinking, UI Designer
Lag16116 Idle animation Interactive art, Hyper-casual game
Thustall History of Western typography UI Designer, Hyper-casual game
Ughhh123 Laura McPhee, Barbara Bosworth, Pryde Brown, Jess T. Dugan, Irina Rozovsky
DigitalCrane
Luprintes28
Jinliumargaret
Duke201
Michael1199 Jessica Foschi
JinJane Interactive art Design thinking, UI Designer

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
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.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise
Assignment - Exercise
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
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 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
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 - 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 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 2 March 2022
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!
Assignment - Reflective essay
Milestones

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