Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Miami/Women In Warfare (Spring 2016)
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- Course name
- Women In Warfare
- Institution
- University of Miami
- Instructor
- Martha Phelps
- Wikipedia Expert
- Adam (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- INS 310/WGS 350/POLS 395
- Course dates
- 2016-01-12 00:00:00 UTC – 2016-04-28 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 10
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 January 2016 | Thursday, 14 January 2016
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 19 January 2016 | Thursday, 21 January 2016
- In class - Wikipedia essentials
- Overview of the course
- Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
- Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.
Handout: Editing Wikipedia
- Milestones
All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 January 2016 | Thursday, 28 January 2016
- Assignment - Exploring the topic area
- Be prepared to discuss some of your observations about Wikipedia articles in your topic area that are missing or could use improvement.
Handouts: Choosing an article
- Assignment - Practicing the basics
- Create an account and join this course page.
- Complete the introductory training modules. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
- Create a User page.
- Explore topics related to your topic area to get a feel for how Wikipedia is organized. What areas seem to be missing? As you explore, make a mental note of articles that seem like good candidates for improvement.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 February 2016 | Thursday, 4 February 2016
- In class - Editing basics
- Basics of editing
- Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
- Collaborating and engaging with the Wiki editing community
- Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments
Handouts: Using Talk Pages, Evaluating Wikipedia
- In class - Using sources
- Be prepared to explain close paraphrasing, plagiarism, and copyright violations on Wikipedia.
Handouts: Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
Supplementary training: [[../../../training/students/sources|Sources and Citations]]
- In class - Create a Stub
Using this information (and the supplementary sites linked at the bottom of the page) each student will create one stub article for a woman listed. We will do this together in class.
- Assignment - Making stubs on your own
Outside of class, each student will complete three additional stub articles for two additional women. This is due next Tuesday.
An example of a successful stub can be found here.
Edit: At the recommendation of our content expert, I've added another training module to help maximize your success. Enjoy!
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 9 February 2016 | Thursday, 11 February 2016
- In class - Discuss the article topics
- Discuss the topics students will be working on, and determine strategies for researching and writing about them.
- Pick an article to copyedit and critique for next week.
Supplementary training: [[../../../training/students/sandboxes|Sandboxes and Mainspace
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Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 February 2016 | Thursday, 18 February 2016
- Assignment - Copyedit an article
- Choose one article, identify ways in which you can improve and correct its language and grammar, and make the appropriate changes. (You do not need to alter the article's content.)
- Milestones
All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 23 February 2016 | Thursday, 25 February 2016
- Assignment - Add to an article
- Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 1 March 2016 | Thursday, 3 March 2016
- Assignment - Finalize your topic and start researching
- Select an article to work on, removing the rest from your user page. Add your topic on the course page.
- Compile a bibliography of relevant, reliable sources and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources. Make sure to check in on the talk page (or watchlist) to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 15 March 2016 | Thursday, 17 March 2016
- Assignment - Choosing your article
- Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. Look at the talk page for existing topics for a sense of who else is working on it and what they're doing. Describe your choices to your instructor for feedback.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 22 March 2016 | Thursday, 24 March 2016
- In class - Group suggestions
- As a group, offer suggestions for improving one or two other students' articles, based on your ideas of what makes a solid encyclopedia article.
Supplementary training: [[../../../training/students/peer-review|Peer Review]]
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 29 March 2016 | Thursday, 31 March 2016
- Assignment - Complete first draft
- Expand your article into a complete first draft.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 April 2016 | Thursday, 7 April 2016
- Assignment - Continue improving articles
- Return to your classmates' articles you previously reviewed, and provide more suggestions for further improvement. If there is a disagreement, suggest a compromise.
- Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on your classmates' suggestions and any additional areas for improvement you can identify.
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 April 2016 | Thursday, 14 April 2016
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 19 April 2016 | Thursday, 21 April 2016
- Assignment - Prepare for in-class presentation
- Prepare for an in-class presentation about your Wikipedia editing experience.
- Assignment - Final article
- Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.
Handout: Polishing your article
- Milestones
Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 April 2016 | Thursday, 28 April 2016
- In class - In-class presentation
- Prepare for an in-class presentation about your Wikipedia article