Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Oklahoma City University/Composition II, Digitizing Oklahoma (Spring 2021)

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Course name
Composition II, Digitizing Oklahoma
Institution
Oklahoma City University
Instructor
Brandon Katzir
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
English
Course dates
2021-01-19 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-05-07 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
22


This course will emphasize research methods and public writing. Specifically, we'll be partnering with Native American cultural organizations in Oklahoma to determine what Native people, places, and events should be better represented on Wikipedia.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Kaelynkrandall History of Oklahoma City, Tulsa race massacre
Rae.hundley History of Oklahoma City, History of Oklahoma
Lexfowl88 Sequoyah Constitutional Convention, Incarceration in Oklahoma
HungryHighway Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Chickasaw Cultural Center
Mattie.walkerr Sequoyah, Five Moons
Broustay Five Civilized Tribes, Sports in Oklahoma City, History of Sports in Oklahoma
Marygraceschayot Demographics of Oklahoma, Capital punishment in Oklahoma
Jkwambai Land Rush of 1889, History of Native Americans in the United States
Willace01 Microtonal Music, Sauk people, Indigenous music of North America
Lrdesmond History of Oklahoma
Michilds382 Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, McGirt v. Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Former Indian reservations in Oklahoma
Borobbins22 Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Tribal colleges and universities

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 27 January 2021   |   Friday, 29 January 2021
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.)


Assignment - Wikipedia assignment blog

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 1 February 2021   |   Wednesday, 3 February 2021   |   Friday, 5 February 2021
Evaluate Wikipedia

Complete before class on 2/1


In class - Discussion

In-class discussion on 2/3

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 8 February 2021   |   Wednesday, 10 February 2021   |   Friday, 12 February 2021
Assignment - Exercise
In class - Discussion
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Cultural Anthropology

History

Political Science

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 15 February 2021   |   Wednesday, 17 February 2021   |   Friday, 19 February 2021
Assignment - Add to an article

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 22 February 2021   |   Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 1 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 3 March 2021   |   Friday, 5 March 2021
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.

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 8 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 10 March 2021   |   Friday, 12 March 2021
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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 15 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 17 March 2021   |   Friday, 19 March 2021
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

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 22 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 24 March 2021   |   Friday, 26 March 2021
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.

Week 11

Course meetings
Wednesday, 31 March 2021   |   Friday, 2 April 2021
In class - Annotated Bibliography & Research

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 5 April 2021   |   Wednesday, 7 April 2021   |   Friday, 9 April 2021
In class - Group formation

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 12 April 2021   |   Wednesday, 14 April 2021   |   Friday, 16 April 2021
Milestones
Milestones

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 19 April 2021   |   Wednesday, 21 April 2021   |   Friday, 23 April 2021
Research & writing

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 26 April 2021   |   Wednesday, 28 April 2021   |   Friday, 30 April 2021
Assignment - Going live