Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Florida Atlantic University/ENC 1939 with Emily (Fall 2019)
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- Course name
- ENC 1939 with Emily
- Institution
- Florida Atlantic University
- Instructor
- Emily Donovan
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- First-Year Composition
- Course dates
- 2019-08-19 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-04 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 22
Students will study academic writing skills (especially critical reading skills, rhetorical strategies, and research methods) and deploy them beyond the classroom in different local writing genres (The Hoot, Wikipedia, and newspapers). Academic and non-academic readings in the assigned genres of writing will be assigned as models.
Timeline
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 10 September 2019 | Thursday, 12 September 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:
- 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 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 17 September 2019 | Thursday, 19 September 2019
- In class - Discussion
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 24 September 2019 | Thursday, 26 September 2019
- Assignment - Exercise
- In class - Discussion
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 1 October 2019 | Thursday, 3 October 2019
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Assignment - Exercise
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 8 October 2019 | Thursday, 10 October 2019
- In class - Discussion
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 15 October 2019 | Thursday, 17 October 2019
- Assignment - Peer review two articles
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
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 - Exercise
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 22 October 2019 | Thursday, 24 October 2019
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.
- Assignment - Polish your work
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!
- Assignment - Final article
It's the final week to develop your article.
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
- Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!
- Assignment - Reflective essay
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 29 October 2019 | Thursday, 31 October 2019
- Assignment - Original analytical paper
A Wikipedia article is like an academic literature review: the writer researches what others have said about the subject, vets their sources, and summarizes the most important information. The purpose of a Wikipedia article or a literature review is always to inform, never to persuade. Wikipedia contributors summarize what experts have said in peer-reviewed academic journals and other fact-checked sources in the most unbiased ways they can.
This assignment asks you to take the next step: to persuade. Using the research your group did together on your subject, write a 2-page paper in MLA format that presents an argument.
Check Canvas for further details.
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 November 2019