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Timeline

Week 1: Wikipedia essentials

In class

• Overview of the course
• Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
• Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)

Assignment (due week 2)

• Start the online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 2: Editing basics

In class

• Basics of editing
• Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
• Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments
• Handouts: Using talk pages, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet

Assignments (due week 3)

• Complete the online training for students.
• Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
• To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to any Wikipedians helping your class (such as a Wikipedia Ambassador), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.

Milestone

• All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
• Select research topic for Wikipedia Project

Week 3: Exploring the topic area

In class

• Handouts: Advice for choosing articles and How to get help

Milestone

• Critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article(s) related to your topic, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article’s talk page.
• Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project.
• Identify the gaps in the Wikipedia articles and hence the possible areas of research for you to explore more deeply. Submit report on what gaps you intend to fill.
• Seek help from librarians to begin building your bibliography.

Week 4: Begin Research

• Continue research identifying sources to read.
• Begin reading your sources.

Milestone

• Bibliography for Wikipedia project is due. Include a reading schedule outlining which works you will read in the next four weeks.

Week 5: Continue Research

• Continue reading your sources.

Week 6: Continue Research

• Continue reading your sources.

Week 7: Continue Research

• Continue reading your sources.

Week 8: Continue Research

• Continue reading your sources.

Week 9: Continue Research

Milestone

• Submit your initial report of findings for Wikipedia project.

Week 10: Continue Research

• Begin making the necessary modifications to Wikipedia.

Week 11: Class presentations

In class

• Students give in-class presentations about their topics and research.

Week 12: Continue writing in your sandbox

• Continue making the necessary modifications to Wikipedia.
• Continue working on final report.

Week 13: Continue writing in your sandbox

• Continue making the necessary modifications to Wikipedia.
• Continue working on final report.

Week 14: Submit

Milestone

Final report Due Date May 15

Milestone

• Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for evaluation.

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