Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Michigan/Social Inequality SOC 221 (Winter 2019)
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- Course name
- Social Inequality SOC 221
- Institution
- University of Michigan
- Instructor
- Raven Knudsen
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Social Inequality
- Course dates
- 2019-02-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-04-12 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 150
In this course, you will explore social inequalities in the United States and beyond.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 February 2019 | Thursday, 7 February 2019
- REQUIRED
- Form groups of 4-5 (during section) & agree on a meeting schedule for the 8-week period
- Create Wikipedia account (your username should be your UMuniquename)
- Complete Wikipedia trainings: "Wikipedia policies", "Sandboxes, Talk Pages & Watchlists"
- RECOMMENDED
- Review document: Editing Wikipedia pages 1-5
- Begin research on feasible Wikipedia topics/pages to edit
*highly recommended* Exercise
Before you can make your own contributions, it's important to understand how to evaluate an article's quality. Go through the above exercise to learn how to critically read a Wikipedia article.
- In class - Introduction to Wikipedia
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.
Each week you will have REQUIRED and RECOMMENDED blocks to complete to ensure you complete your Wikipedia project successfully. Below you can find this week's tasks.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 February 2019 | Thursday, 14 February 2019
- REQUIRED
- Complete Wikipedia training: "How to Edit: Wikicode vs Visual Editor", "Evaluating articles and sources"
- Review document: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
- Settle on two topics and/or Wiki Pages within group to submit for approval on GradeCraft (see Wikipedia Proposal Assignment under Learning through Collaboration)
- RECOMMENDED
- Complete Wikipedia training "Finding your article", this will help you and your team search Wikipedia for an article relevant to your interests
- Milestones
This week you and your group members should focus on narrowing down the topic you want to work on for this project. By the end of the week you should submit your collaborative ideas for approval by your GSI.
Exercise
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 19 February 2019 | Thursday, 21 February 2019
- REQUIRED
- Divide work amongst group members to begin research
- Every member in your group should assign your article to themselves on the Students tab above
- Complete Wikipedia training "Plagiarism"
- RECOMMENDED
- Review document "Avoiding Plagiarism"
- If you group decides to cover a topic related to health and/or psychology you must complete the following training "Editing health and psychology topics"
Want to get ahead? Complete training "Drafting in the sandbox"
- Milestones
After your topic is approved by your GSI your group should begin researching your topic more in-depth. If your group is having difficulty finding relevant information you may want to consult with the sociology librarian, Hailey Mooney (haileym
umich.edu). You can find her office hours here.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 February 2019 | Thursday, 28 February 2019
- REQUIRED
- Continue to research your topic
- Review document: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7-9
- Complete trainings "Drafting in the sandbox" and "Drafting as a group"
- Discuss whose sandbox you will be working out of. Use this document to find their sandbox.
- Milestones
This week your group should begin drafting your article in WIkipedia. This is NOT something that should be left until the last week of your project. Please note: while your group members can all draft in one sandbox, group members will not be able to edit at the same time. You may want to create a schedule with your group for who will be drafting when.
- RECOMMENDED
- Review "Editing Wikipedia" pages 7-9
- The following guides may be useful for writing articles in a certain topic areas
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 March 2019 | Thursday, 14 March 2019
- REQUIRED
- Complete training "Adding citations"
- RECOMMENDED
- To spruce up your article, review document Editing Wikipedia, pages 10- 12
- While drafting your article, you may want to add relevant content beyond writing. Please consult the following trainings to do so: "Contributing images and media file"
- Milestones
Your group should continue to work on drafting your article and adding citations to your work.
If you have questions about your editing, please refer to our Wikipedia Expert. If you have questions about the assignment itself, please email soc221assistantumich.edu
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 19 March 2019 | Thursday, 21 March 2019
- Milestones
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!
- Read Editing Wikipedia pages 8-9 to ensure your writing style fits with WIkipedia's standards
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 March 2019 | Thursday, 28 March 2019
- RECOMMENDED
- Knowing you will soon have to submit your work to GradeCraft, you may want to complete the training "Moving work out of sandbox"
- Milestones
After carefully revising your article, it's time to move your work live- to the "mainspace". You're almost done!
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 April 2019 | Thursday, 4 April 2019
- Milestones
Congrats! You've completed your Wikepedia assignment. For full credit, one group member needs to submit your final project to GradeCraft by April 7th11:59PM
Guiding documents will be available closer to submission date