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Course name
THEA 7216X - Global Theater History and Theory III
Institution
Brooklyn College, CUNY
Instructor
Amy E Hughes
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Theatre
Course dates
2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-15 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
6


In this course, we will examine performance practices from the mid-nineteenth century to today, this course explores global theater facilitated by modern media and global communications, including (among others) popular entertainment, intercultural and postcolonial drama, postmodernism, and US community-based theater

Student Assigned Reviewing
Ee1013 Dream ballet
Tobymsinger Hungarian State Opera, Hungarian State Opera House
Pawilsong In the Wine Time
AngRenzi Lerner and Loewe
Asbenn Tony Pastor
Jring333 Richard Foreman
Chrismccreary Federal Theatre Project

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
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:

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Assignment - Setting Up; Making a Small Dent

No class on Monday - assignments due this week on Wednesday 9/5

  1. If you don’t have a Wikipedia account: Create an account using the enrollment link provided and establish your user page (post a brief bio, etc.). For help, watch the video on creating an account and/or read the Account and user page creation handout.
  2. Complete the training modules assigned here (Wikipedia Policies; Sandboxes, Talk Pages,a and Watchlists; and How to Edit). (it will take approximately one hour).
  3. Once you're logged into your account on Wikipedia, complete the following three tasks:
    1. Make at least one improvement to the Brooklyn College article, the article about your hometown, or an article about any other school you have attended. Use the "Copyedit an article" exercise linked here for help.
    2. Introduce yourself to me, our Wikipedia Experts, and at least one of your classmates by leaving messages on their Talk pages. (See the Talk pages tutorial video for guidance.)
    3. Make sure your Wikipedia username is enrolled on this course page. You can double check by visiting the Students tab above. 
Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Assignment - Evaluating and Choosing Articles; Learning How to Cite Sources

Due on Wednesday 2/13

 
  1. Watch video (2 min) about the importance of Verifiability and Neutral point of view on Wikipedia.
  2. Take the Wikipedia student tutorials on Evaluating Articles and Sources (10 min). For additional help, read the Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure, and the Referencing: Wikicode handout (if you want to try using wikicode instead of the VisualEditor).
  3. Familiarize yourself with WikiProject Theatre, a community effort to improve all articles relating to theater, with the goal of making Wikipedia one of the best online resources on the subject.
  4. Make sure you're logged into this Dashboard and “claim” at least three (3) articles you want to assess and potentially edit this semester: review the "Choose your topic" exercise below for more -- at the end of the exercise, make sure you have "Assigned Myself an Article."  You are only required to work on one article, but I want you to explore at least three possibilities before committing.

Exercise

Choose your topic 

Evaluate an article

 

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Assignment - Preliminary Bibliography; Setting Up Your Sandbox

Due on Wednesday 2/20

  1. Review the Wikipedia student tutorials on Sandboxes, Talk Pages, and Watchlists and Adding Citations (10 min).
  2. Log into your account and visit your “Sandbox”—the experimental space you will use to draft content for the Wikipedia page you’re developing. You can access it by clicking the “Sandbox” link at the top of the page, between “Talk” and “Preferences.” For help, visit About_the_Sandbox.
  3. Go to your User page and add this text at the bottom: {{My sandbox|yourusername}} 
This will add a “button” to your User page that will give me access your sandbox.
  4. In your sandbox, post a bibliography, formatted in MLA style, of at least ten (10) potentially useful secondary sources (books and journal articles) that you will consult during this project. NOTE: For your actual Wikipedia article, you can use Wikipedia's referencing tool to automatically format your citations. Different articles use different citation systems, not necessarily MLA. However, you will write your MA/MFA thesis using MLA style, which is why I want you to use MLA in for this Sandbox assignment.
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Assignment - 1st Draft of Needs Assessment (NA) and Writing Plan (WP)

Due on Wednesday 2/27 

Prepare a Needs Assessment (NA) for the article you have chosen. It should include:

  1. A completed “Article Evaluation Form” (you can download this form by going to the Syllabus/Handouts area on Blackboard)
  2. A brief overview of the article’s quality (200-300 words)
  3. A checklist of what you think needs to be improved

Prepare a Writing Plan (WP). It should include:

  1. A brief overview of your planned improvements
  2. A timeline of your planned improvements (with deadlines for specific tasks)

For help working in your Sandbox, review the "Drafting in your Sandbox" training. 

Print a copy of your NA, WP, and Wikipedia page and bring to class for peer review.

 

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Additional Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 6 March 2019
Assignment - Final Draft of NA & WP

Due Wednesday 3/6 

Incorporate the feedback you received during the peer review last week of your NP and WP. Submit the final draft to me on Blackboard (in the Assignments area).

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Assignment - First Substantial Addition (Moving Out of Your Sandbox)

Due Wednesday 3/13 

Use your sandbox to develop text and experiment. By this date, you should transport at least one substantial addition to the “live” article. The "Moving work out of your Sandbox" training will help you through this process. 

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Assignment - Work on Article(s); Adding Visual Content

Due Wednesday 3/20 Work on Article(s); Adding Visual Content

  1. Take the Wikipedia student tutorial on Contributing Images and Media Files. For additional help, read the Illustrating Wikipedia brochure.
  2. Find at least one image (that is NOT under copyright protection) related to your topic and upload it, either to your Sandbox or to the Wikipedia article. You may also design your own graph, timeline, or other visual aid that you believe will enhance the article.

Week 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Assignment - Midterm Progress Report; Choosing Articles to Peer Review

Due Wednesday 4/3 

1.     Complete the Wikipedia guiding framework on Peer Review.

Guiding framework2.     Select two classmates’ articles to peer review. “Claim” the articles by going to our Wikipedia course page and adding your username to the appropriate box in the list of articles. (You don’t have to review them yet.) 
4.     Prepare a progress report that includes:

·       A copy of the checklist in your WP, annotated to indicate what you have done so far
·       An honest self-assessment of your progress on your original WP (250 words)
·       An updated WP for the remainder of the semester

5.     Submit your progress report in the Assignments area on Blackboard.

Print one copy of your progress report and bring it to class for peer review. 

Week 10

Course meetings
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
Assignment - Peer Review of Two Articles

Due Wednesday 4/10 

  1. Reread the “Article Evaluation Form” (in Syllabus/Handouts area on Blackboard).
  2. Keeping the form in mind, evaluate the 2 articles you have chosen to peer review. Post your comments on your classmate's Talk page (i.e. the Talk page associated with the user's personal page--for example, mine is located at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Amyehughes )

Guiding framework

Week 11

Course meetings
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Assignment - Responding to Feedback

Due Wednesday 4/10

Continue to expand and improve your work, based on your peer review feedback. Don't forget to format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

 

Week 12

Course meetings
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Assignment - Responding to Feedback

Due Wednesday 4/17

====== Continue to improve your article: Do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; or reorganize the text to communicate the information better.

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Exercise

Add links to your article

Week 13

Course meetings
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Assignment - Reflective Essay and Class Presentation; Finishing Up

Due Wednesday 5/1 

  1. Write a short reflective essay (2 pages, double spaced) summarizing your Wikipedia contributions, both as a writer/contributor and a reviewer/editor. Submit your essay in the Assignments area on Blackboard. 
  2. You will give a brief presentation (3-4 minutes) in class today about your Wikipedia editing experience, summarizing your reflection paper. 



Use the "Guiding Questions" below while working on your reflective essay and presentation. 

Guiding questions

Week 14

Course meetings
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
Assignment - Submit Electronic Portfolio

Due Wednesday 5/8

Create an electronic portfolio documenting your work on this project. I will use this portfolio to evaluate your work and assign you a grade for the assignment. It should be in the form of a single PDF document. To include visual material, make scans or create screenshots, then insert them into the document. Your e-portfolio should include:

  • Your reflective essay
  • A PDF of the article as it originally appeared in September
  • A PDF of the article as it now appears 
  • Your midterm progress report 
  • Your final progress report. This should include 1) the original checklist from your WP, annotated to indicate what you ultimately accomplished; 2) a brief assessment of the article’s current quality (250 words); and 3) some thoughts about what, in your opinion, could be done to further improve the article.

Submit your electronic portfolio in the Assignments area on Blackboard.

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