Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of New Haven/English 1104 (Fall 2016)
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- Course name
- English 1104
- Institution
- University of New Haven
- Instructor
- Mary Isbell
- Wikipedia Expert
- Adam (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- English
- Course dates
- 2016-08-29 – 2016-12-12
- Approximate number of student editors
- 9
Fundamentals for International Students
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 29 September 2016
- 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.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 3 October 2016 | Tuesday, 4 October 2016 | Wednesday, 5 October 2016 | Thursday, 6 October 2016
- Assignment - Critique an article
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
- Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
- Choose an article, and consider some questions (but don't feel limited to these):
- Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
- 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?
- Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
- Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
- Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
- Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
- Choose at least 2 questions relevant to the article you're evaluating. Leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — ~~~~.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 10 October 2016 | Tuesday, 11 October 2016 | Wednesday, 12 October 2016 | Thursday, 13 October 2016
Week 4
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- Monday, 17 October 2016 | Tuesday, 18 October 2016 | Wednesday, 19 October 2016 | Thursday, 20 October 2016
Week 5
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- Monday, 31 October 2016 | Tuesday, 1 November 2016 | Wednesday, 2 November 2016 | Thursday, 3 November 2016
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 7 November 2016 | Tuesday, 8 November 2016 | Wednesday, 9 November 2016 | Thursday, 10 November 2016
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 14 November 2016 | Tuesday, 15 November 2016 | Wednesday, 16 November 2016 | Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Assignment - Copyedit an article
Choose an article. Read through it, thinking about ways to improve the language, such as fixing grammatical mistakes. Then, make the appropriate changes. You don’t need to contribute new information to the article.
- Assignment - Add to an article
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:
- Add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
- 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.
- Assignment - Illustrate an article
You'll want to find or create an appropriate photo, illustration, or piece of video/audio to add to an article.
- Before you start, review the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook, or see Editing Wikipedia pages 10–11.
- When you've reviewed those pages, take the training linked below.
- When you're ready to start finding images, remember: Never grab images you find through an image search, or those found on Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit, Imgur, or even so-called "Free image" or "free stock photo" websites. Instead, you'll want to find images with clear proof that the creator has given permission to use their work. Many of these images can be found on search.creativecommons.org.
- Don't just upload an image to Wikipedia. Instead, upload it to Wikipedia's sister site for images, Wikimedia Commons. For instructions, read through the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook.
- Assignment - Translate an Article
Translate an article from English Wikipedia to Simple English Wikipedia
OR
Translate an article from your native language to Simple English Wikipedia
Week 8
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- Monday, 21 November 2016 | Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Week 9
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- Monday, 28 November 2016 | Tuesday, 29 November 2016 | Wednesday, 30 November 2016 | Thursday, 1 December 2016
Week 10
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- Monday, 5 December 2016 | Tuesday, 6 December 2016 | Wednesday, 7 December 2016 | Thursday, 8 December 2016