Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Middle Georgia State University/American Literature 1 (Fall 2015)
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- Course name
- American Literature 1
- Institution
- Middle Georgia State University
- Instructor
- Pindham
- Subject
- American literature
- Course dates
- 2015-08-18 – 2015-12-03
- Approximate number of student editors
- 30
This is a study of American literature from its beginning to the Civil War as expressed in novels, poems, plays, short fiction, and philosophical and theological works. The course focuses on the emergence of the American identity.
Timeline
Week 1
- In class - Wikipedia essentials
- Overview of the course
- Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
- Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.
Handout: Editing Wikipedia
- Assignment - Create your account and learn the basics
- Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
Resources: Online Training for Students
Week 2
- Assignment - Critique an article
- Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.
- Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
- A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):
- Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
- Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
- Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
- Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
- Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
- Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
- Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, Using Talk Pages
Week 3
- Assignment - Add to an article
- Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.
Week 4
- Assignment - Copyedit an article
- Choose one article, identify ways in which you can improve and correct its language and grammar, and make the appropriate changes. (You do not need to alter the article's content.)