Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of British Columbia/HIST 432 (Spring 2019)

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Course name
HIST 432
Institution
University of British Columbia
Instructor
Heidi Tworek
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
International History
Course dates
2019-01-02 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-03-25 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


I have placed students into groups of 5 or 6 and asked them to create a Wikipedia page on a person, event, place, concept in international history. The entry should be wholly new or based on a stub entry. The assignment is due by March 13.

Student Assigned Reviewing
JakeAH Clemencia López
History432 Wang Tifu
Vanniehong Sauri Millennium Villages Project
Rsroman Murmansk Initiatives
ConorTrahar Robbie Waisman
Kbelsher2 Shareefa Hamid Ali
Andreamfast Wu Yi-Fang
Dhan.ca Elena Lagadinova
Aizhan Myrzabekova Vittorino Veronese
Irmajor Margaret Meagher Laure Moghaizel
Idhaliwal24 Mewa Singh Lopoke
Umutte
Laurenkearns98 Deportation of Latin American civilians to the United States during WWII, Deportation of German Latin American Civilians to the United States During WWII
Aliaaleali Esther Simpson
Aslobodo Hanshin Education Incident
HIST432.L1D.Moy Afong Moy
Shoshanacooper Gholam Mohammad Niazi
Greentree21 The Constantine Plan
Lukemartens Raymond B. Fosdick

Timeline

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 28 January 2019   |   Wednesday, 30 January 2019
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.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 4 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 11 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

History

Women's Studies

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 25 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

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 8

Course meetings
Monday, 4 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 March 2019
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 - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to 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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 11 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 March 2019
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

Guiding questions

Milestones

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