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Week 1 Homework

Are you ready? Of course you are!

  1. Create a Wikipedia user account
  2. Create a basic user page
  3. Complete a brief survey [link] providing course organizers basic info about yourself and your goals in taking this course
  4. Edit one or two articles: make a sentence more clear, fix a typo, etc.
  5. Read about the Five Pillars (core policies) of Wikipedia
  6. Read about Wikipedia editing policy
  7. Read about Wikipedia conflict of interest

Week 1 Extra Credit

Ready to dig a little deeper? Do one or more of the following:

  1. Read the Communicate OER Content page and/or Open Educational Resources article
  2. Comment on an OER-related talk page (see the Communicate OER Content page for ideas)
  3. Review your chosen article on the relevant talk page - i.e. is it relevant/thorough? What would you like to change, add or delete? (Hint: the "talk" tab is located just to the right of the "article" page at top left for every article.
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.



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