Wikipedia:Writing Wikipedia Articles course/Round 1/Week 2

Week 2 homework

- **Read** How Wikipedia Works ([PDF][3]) (2008)

   4: Understanding and Evaluating an Article
   6: Good Writing and Research
   10: The Life Cycle of an Article

- **Read** http://wikistrategies.net/conflicts-of-interest/ - **Compile** a shortlist of open education articles you might want to work on (see the Communicate OER Content page for ideas). List these on your [user][4] page or [talk][5] page. **This task is critical as it feeds into your main assignment for the course, to be introduced in Week 3.**

Week 2 extra credit A (beginners)

Log in to your account, and then choose from one or more of the following:

- **Comment** on an any article's [talk page][9], in any topic that interests you
- **Read** the [Communicate OER Content page][12] and/or [open educational resources][13] article
- **Review** the above article on the relevant [talk page][14] - i.e. is it relevant/thorough? What would you like to change, add or delete? 

Week 2 Extra Credit B (more experienced users)

Log in to your account.

- Read about [WikiProjects][6] on Wikipedia. Find one that interests you, and join it! Begin to monitor its talk page on at least a weekly basis; start or participate in at least one discussion there. ([Communicate OER][7] is ideal for students interested in Open Educational Resources - just add yourself to the [team page][8].)

This page details homework assignments for Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond,
a free course offered through Peer to Peer University's School of Open.