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- Course name
- PBHL 2052
- Institution
- UC Denver
- Instructor
- Emily Hammad
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- PBHL 2052
- Course dates
- 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-05-11 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 75
This course examines current issues in population growth, fertility, mortality and migration in all regions of the globe. The course introduces students to the basic tools of demography and encourages them to think critically about the causes and consequences of population change.
Timeline
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 7 March 2018
- Assignment - Introduction to the Wikipedia project
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
- Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Practicing the basics
- Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
- It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
- When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.
- Milestones
By March 7, all students should have a Wikipedia account and have completed the basic training, which includes:
- Reviewed the handouts on Editing Wikipedia and Evaluating Wikipedia
- Completed the training modules on Wikipedia Essentials and Editing Basics
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 12 March 2018 | Wednesday, 14 March 2018
- Assignment - Evaluating Wikipedia
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
- Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
- Create a section in your sandbox titled "Article evaluation" where you'll leave notes about your observations and learnings.
- Review the Wikipedia articles about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau The US Census Bureau
]Next, search around Wikipedia for other articles related to the US Census Bureau
- As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these):
- 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?
- Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
- Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
- Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
- Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
- Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
- How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
- How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
- Answer the questions above in your newly created sandbox page in about 300 words posted before the end of the day on March 12
- Assignment - Choose topic and find sources
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself.
- Review page 6 of your Editing Wikipedia guidebook.
- Review Wikipedia's rules for topics related to medicine, human health, and psychology.
- Select a topic from the list of articles featured in the tab above called "ARTICLES"
- When you've selected your topic, assign it to yourself on the Students tab of this course page. EACH ARTICLE CAN ONLY BE ASSIGNED TO ONE STUDENT!
- Then, in your sandbox, write a few sentences about what you plan to contribute to the selected article.
- Think back to when you did an article critique. What section or content is missing? What can you add? Post some of your ideas to the article's talk page.
- Compile a list of relevant, reliable books, journal articles, or other sources. Post that bibliography to the talk page of the article you'll be working on, and in your sandbox. Make sure to check in on the Talk page to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography.
- THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT. YOU WILL BE CHOOSING THE ARTICLE YOU WILL BE WORKING ON FOR REMAINDER OF THE SEMESTER
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 26 March 2018 | Wednesday, 28 March 2018
- Assignment - Copy editing & adding to an article
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding information and citations to an article. There are two ways you can do this:
- Add 9-10 sentences to the course-related article that you assigned yourself last week, and cite your statement(s) to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
- The sentences can be added in different parts of an article (meaning that they can but do not have to be in the same paragraph or even the same section of a particular article)
- When selecting parts of the article where you'd like to edit, prioritize sections of the article where Wikipedia has flagged have missing elements or require attention. For example - in this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageing_of_Europe, if you go to the section on "Causes" you will see at Wikipedia note that says "This section needs expansion"
- The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.
When selecting articles to add content to, please choose an article that has not yet been selected OR has only been selected by one other student.
- Milestones
By March 28th, all students should have completed their first draft of their Wikipedia article contribution. In the last two weeks of the assignment, we will be reviewing these contributions and finalizing our writing before we add the article edits to the Wikipedia website.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 2 April 2018 | Wednesday, 4 April 2018
- Assignment - Peer Review
- First, take the "Peer Review" online training.
- Select two classmates' articles that you will peer review and copyedit. On the Articles tab, find the articles that you want to review, and then assign them to yourself in the Review column.
- Peer review your classmates' drafts. Leave suggestions on on the Talk page of the article, or sandbox, that your fellow student is working on. Other editors may be reviewing your work, so look for their comments! Be sure to acknowledge feedback from other Wikipedians.
- As you review, make spelling, grammar, and other adjustments. Pay attention to the tone of the article. Is it encyclopedic?
- Assignment - Respond to your Peer Review
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
- Read Editing Wikipedia pages 12 and 14.
- Return to your draft or article and think about the suggestions. Decide which ones to start implementing. Reach out to your instructor or your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
- Milestones
Once you have responded to the critiques provided from your peer review, your article should be almost finished! Spend the next week continuing to improve your article before you finally move your work to Wikipedia. This will be your final part of the assignment and it is due next week (April 11)
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 9 April 2018 | Wednesday, 11 April 2018
- Assignment - Continue to Improve Article & Move Your Work to Wikipedia
Continue Improving your Article:
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique. Continue this process and add comments to at least two of your classmates' articles during the final week of classes and during the reading
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 12 to see how to create links from your article to others, and from other articles to your own. Try to link to 3–5 articles, and link to your article from 2–3 other articles.
- Consider adding an image to your article. Wikipedia has strict rules about what media can be added, so make sure to take Contributing Images and Media Files training before you upload an image. (This is totally optional. You do not need to add images to get a good grade)
Move your Work to Wikipedia:
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
TIPS
- NEVER copy and paste your draft of an article over the entire article. Instead, edit small sections at a time.
- Copy your edits into the article. Make many small edits, saving each time, and leaving an edit summary. Never replace more than one to two sentences without saving!
- Be sure to copy text from your sandbox while the sandbox page is in 'Edit' mode. This ensures that the formatting is transferred correctly.
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading. While everyone should move their article to the main space, the final grade for this project will be based only the article completed by April 11 in the sandbox.