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Wikipedia Assignment Timeline
[edit]Sep 16: Introduction to Wikipedia Assignment: Wikipedia essentials
[edit]- In class
- Overview of Wikipedia and its role in the course by Research Support Librarians Char Booth and Sara Lowe
- Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
- Handouts: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation), Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet
- Assignment
- Start the online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia. Due by Oct 28.
Oct 2: Wikipedia Assignment Workshop #1
[edit]Class will meet at Honnold/Mudd Library with our Research Support Team, Char Booth & Sara Lowe, in the Keck Learning Room (2nd floor of the Mudd/East side of the Library, behind the Services Desk)
- Focus: Using Library resources to identify sources for your Wikipedia articles
Oct 28: Wikipedia Assignment Workshop #2
[edit]Meet again at Honnold/Mudd with our Research Support Team, Char Booth & Sara Lowe, in the Keck Learning Room
- Focus: Wikpedia editing strategies
- Assignments
- Complete the online student orientation before this workshop.
- Create a Wikipedia user page, and ENROLL via the link in the upper left of this course page using the token poli5.
Friday, Nov 7: Due date for individual Wikipedia rough drafts and Group Outline
[edit]Mon, Nov 10 through Fri, Nov 14: Each Group must schedule a group meeting with our Wikipedia Research Support Team
[edit]Contact your Team librarian (Char Booth at char_booth@cuc.claremont.edu, or Sara Lowe at sara_lowe@cuc.claremont.edu) to schedule this appointment ASAP
Nov 25: No Class; Due Date for Wikipedia entry to go live
[edit]Dec 2, 4, & 9: Wikipedia Class Presentations
[edit]- Students give in-class presentations on their Wikipedia article topics