Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/IUPUI/Introduction to Digital Public History (Spring 2023)

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Course name
Introduction to Digital Public History
Institution
IUPUI
Instructor
Jennifer Guiliano
Wikipedia Expert
Brianda (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History
Course dates
2023-01-09 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-05-05 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
17


These are public history graduate students who will be selecting a historical topic they are familiar with (likely Indiana or Indianapolis-based) and contributing to an article.

Student Assigned Reviewing
ZeusMaxHist Ransom Place Historic District
HarvisReads Ozhaguscodaywayquay
CoffeeFan1017 History of Michigan
TVhist1322 Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Cliffordhist Brookside Park (Indianapolis), Benin Bronzes
21gaf Central State Hospital (Indiana)
MitchDuncan94
Sperjohn Johan Risingh
Gstates Indiana Statehouse
Hannah15297 History of Indiana
100book Sigma Gamma Rho
Coalwill Old Northside Historic District
MLB0121 Bretons
Eddiema14 Olympic Project for Human Rights
Purplepandas0129 Kemper Hall
Apianostari Washington Street–Monument Circle Historic District, Hilbert Circle Theatre

Timeline

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 6 March 2023
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:

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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 13 March 2023
In class - Making Edits
Assignment - Choose your article

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 20 March 2023
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

It's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace." But only after you've reviewed your classmate's entry.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 27 March 2023
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!
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.