Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Northeastern University/Advanced Writing in the Business Disciplines (Summer 1)

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Course name
Advanced Writing in the Business Disciplines
Institution
Northeastern University
Instructor
Amy Carleton
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Writing
Course dates
2020-05-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-06-27 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
19


Provides writing instruction for students in the College of Business Administration. Students practice and reflect on writing in professional, public, and academic genres, such as proposals, recommendation reports, letters, presentations, and emails, relevant for careers in business. In a workshop setting, students evaluate a wide variety of sources and develop expertise in audience analysis, critical research, peer review, and revision.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Reyes.hannah Corporate social responsibility
Youssef.hammam Price of oil
AdvancedWritingProjectDU Covid-19
Makkie o Doping in Track and Field Whole30
Lemieux.d
Ferrer.p Goya Foods
Azizalshalfan Globalization and disease
SallyLittle Whole30
Arings22 Technology in Audit, Audit technology
Jagani.ayman Troyman
WikiWildWest11 Education in the United States
Zachribas South Kingstown Rhode Island Doping in Track and Field
YuanxinLii
Shijing Sun

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 4 May 2020   |   Tuesday, 5 May 2020   |   Wednesday, 6 May 2020   |   Thursday, 7 May 2020   |   Friday, 8 May 2020
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 2

Course meetings
Monday, 11 May 2020   |   Tuesday, 12 May 2020   |   Wednesday, 13 May 2020   |   Thursday, 14 May 2020   |   Friday, 15 May 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 18 May 2020   |   Tuesday, 19 May 2020   |   Wednesday, 20 May 2020   |   Thursday, 21 May 2020   |   Friday, 22 May 2020
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 25 May 2020   |   Tuesday, 26 May 2020   |   Wednesday, 27 May 2020   |   Thursday, 28 May 2020   |   Friday, 29 May 2020
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

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

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 1 June 2020   |   Tuesday, 2 June 2020   |   Wednesday, 3 June 2020   |   Thursday, 4 June 2020   |   Friday, 5 June 2020
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.


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.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 8 June 2020   |   Tuesday, 9 June 2020   |   Wednesday, 10 June 2020   |   Thursday, 11 June 2020   |   Friday, 12 June 2020
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
Assignment - Continue improving your article

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!

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 15 June 2020   |   Tuesday, 16 June 2020   |   Wednesday, 17 June 2020   |   Thursday, 18 June 2020   |   Friday, 19 June 2020
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
Milestones

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