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- Course name
- HSAR 415 Aztec Art and Architecture
- Institution
- Yale University
- Instructor
- Barbara Mundy
- Wikipedia Expert
- Elysia (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Art History
- Course dates
- 2018-09-03 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-15 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 8
The Aztecs of Mexico were the last of the great indigenous empires of the Americas. This course studies how they used art and architecture to align themselves to the larger cosmos and to connect their empire to past Mesoamerican civilizations and project it into the future. Students will gain experience analyzing and writing about Aztec art works in Yale collections, and contributing to existing Wikipedia entries on Aztec art and architecture.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 10 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- 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 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 17 September 2018
- In class - Discussion
Images as primary sources
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 24 September 2018
- Assignment - Add source material; upload an image
Enrich your deity with text and image
- In class - Discussion
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 1 October 2018
- Assignment - Revise deity entry
Exercise
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 8 October 2018
- Assignment - Peer review of classmates' deity entries
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
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 15 October 2018
- Assignment - Consider peer review
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 - Final deity entry
- In class - Discussion
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 22 October 2018
- Assignment - Upload images of your monument; review sources in Wikipedia entry
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 29 October 2018
- Assignment - Revise Wikipedia entry on your monument
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 5 November 2018
- Assignment - Peer review classmates' major monuments
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 12 November 2018
- Assignment - Final monument entry