Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Maryland College of Information Studies/ Introduction to Archives and Digital Curation (Fall 2018)

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Course name
Introduction to Archives and Digital Curation
Institution
University of Maryland College of Information Studies
Instructor
Adam Kriesberg
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Library and Information Science
Course dates
2018-08-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-11 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
30


Overview of the principles, practices, and applications in the archival and digital curation fields.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Bleubsdorf Electronic Records Archives Egyptian National Library and Archives
Bjashaw Vatican Secret Archives
Claralynburt National Archives of the Philippines Wayback machine, Digital Repository of Ireland
Tlewando Digital repatriation
Baaschido Archival research Jean Blackwell Hutson
Angpfeiff Egyptian National Library and Archives
Lholdzkom National Archives of Iceland ArchiveGrid
Archivesjam National Archives of Ireland
Kekletscher Digital Repository of Ireland
Dowleighm Council of Europe Archives
Kdaught National Archives of Sweden
M.amandascott American Radio Archives
Onionpatch534 Encoded Archival Description Archival processing
Historydet Jean Blackwell Hutson
Ccollins1121 National Security Archive Hilary Jenkinson
Quannstar National Archives of Australia Brazilian National Archives
Marohunt National Archives of Haiti
Ivydonnell Finding aids
Chr09 Wayback Machine
Riehlan ArchiveGrid National Archives of Iceland
Tblack214 Hilary Jenkinson
Jigbin National Archives of Nigeria
Stuxneet Describing Archives: A Content Standard Royal Archives
VLBT2468 Archival processing
Alexandracook The National Archives (United Kingdom)
ARK.Aimee Royal Archives Describing Archives: A Content Standard
CCats13 Brazilian National Archives
Ebeth reilly Musée des Archives Nationales
Dmundhenk National Archives of Spain
VAH207

Timeline

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
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 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

History

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 October 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

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 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 16 October 2018

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 October 2018
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.

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
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.
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 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
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.

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
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 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 November 2018
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

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Milestones

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