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Course name
Introduction to Information Studies
Institution
University of New Mexico
Instructor
Adrienne Warner
Wikipedia Expert
Brianda (Wiki Ed)
Subject
information studies
Course dates
2023-01-17 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-03-15 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
27


In this course, we explore systems of information and how they impact our current social and cultural life. Using Wikipedia as one such system, students will evaluate and edit Wikipedia articles to explore the information creation process of this information format. Students will also consider how authority is constructed and contextual, and recognize the value of information as a commodity.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Marcusas3$ Latino literature
Graceh2 Jemez Mountains
Blue670493 Acequia
Tiffqni Zebulon Pike
Bpkuhlm TWA Flight 260
Acntaos Fat Bear Week
PMelt3 Cape Cod National Seashore
Burkheadz Cipher
Chilefarmer
FatVirgo City
LINDSEYRUN123 Artificial leather
Saiyansongoku1 National Symphony Orchestra
Student.ks Cartoon violence
Relraven44 Adaptive clothing
MindOfMaggie Burlington, Kentucky
Appleby2102 Post-it Note
Santanna1322 Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm
Lolowalker Popular music
Adenisechacon Nutty Putty Cave
Owilson1 Battle of Monterrey
CrabNauseam Ray-Ban
Ten3423 Santa Fe Opera
Zmorris2 Space capsule
Thiseus National Symphony Orchestra
CrazyPhysicist6672 Bosque
BURTONLI Cabo Pulmo National Park
Mpelleranoiii

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 23 January 2023
Introduction to Wikipedia

Welcome to the IADL 1110 Wikipedia course page!

This course page supports your work on the Wikipedia Mini-Research Projects (MRPs) in IADL 1110. It offers training modules to help you learn the nuts and bolts of properly editing an article. This course page also keeps the work we do in Wikipedia organized. It keeps track of which articles are claimed, edited, words added, etc.

This course page has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page. You can also email your UNM instructor if you have questions.

Create a Wikipedia account and join this course page using the enrollment link provided in UNM Learn. (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.)

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 30 January 2023
Assignment - Wikipedia Trainings
Milestones

I've added a list of c- and start-class articles. Navigate to the Articles tab and then the Available Articles option. Before you claim an article, make sure you choose something you're interested in! It can help to review the published Wikipedia page before you decide to claim it.

If you do not find an article on this list that captures you, you can browse start-class and c-class articles and email Adrienne (@unm.edu adriennew@unm.edu) to get approval to work with this article. You MUST get approval to work with an article not already on the WikiEdu list of Available Articles.

*This article will be the one you work with throughout therest of the course.*

See your UNM Canvas course for complete details and a video on how to claim an article.

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 6 February 2023
Assignment - MRP #1

It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles in MRP #1. For this project, you'll evaluate two Wikipedia articles, the start/c-class article you chose, as well as a Featured Article of your choice. I recommend you choose a Featured Article (opens in current window), that is a similar topic to your start-class article. This way, you will be able to compare the two, and the Featured Article will give you ideas about how you can improve the start-class one later on in the semester.

See your UNM Canvas course for complete details.

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 13 February 2023
Nothing here this week!

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 20 February 2023
Assignment - MRP #2
Proposed Wikipedia Edits

Based on your Wikipedia article evaluation, you'll be suggesting edits to improve the article. These will not be live edits -- you'll be turning in an edit log of those changes. 

See your UNM Canvas course for complete details.


Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 27 February 2023
Feedback on MRP #2 Wiki edit

I should be returning your Wikipedia suggested edits with feedback this week so that you can begin to revise and implement them for MRP #3. These take a LONG time for me to grade because I need to check everyone's sources and suggested edits, but I will do my best to get them returned ASAP.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 6 March 2023
Assignment - MRP #3
Live Edits

(Note the wrong dates for this week - sorry, I can't change them. Week 8 runs March 6 -11. MRP 3 is due on March 11.)

It's the final few days to develop your article. Now that you have feedback on your draft, you will incorporate ALL that feedback and make your work live.  In other words, you'll be moving from the edit log to the mainspace of your Wikipedia page. You will also have some reflection questions to answer, too.  Please see UNM Canvas for assignment instructions & details. 

  • Read Editing Wikipedia pages 13-15 to review moving work out of your sandbox (if you are using the Wikipedia sandbox space, which is optional) as well as a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert or Adrienne at any time!

 

  • Please note this is due on the final day of the course.*


Milestones

Once you turn in MRP #3, you'll have finished all of the work you'll do on Wikipedia (congratulations!).