User:Dmak78/Course Testing
- Course name
- Course Testing
- Institution
- University of Kevin
- Instructor
- Dmak78
- Subject
- Philosohpy
- Course dates
- –
- Approximate number of student editors
- 100
Short description.
Timeline
Week 1 : Wikipedia essentials
- In class
- Overview of the course
- Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
- Handout: Editing Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wiki Education Foundation)
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 handout and Evaluating Wikipedia brochure
- Assignment (due Week 3)
- Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
- Create a User page, and then click the "enroll" button on the top left of this 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.
- Milestones
- All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
Week 3 : Exploring the topic area
- Assignment (due Week 4)
- Critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
Week 4 : Using sources and choosing articles
- Assignment (due Week 5)
- Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.
- For next week
- Instructor evaluates student's article selections, by Week 5.
Week 5 : Finalizing topics and starting research
- In class
- Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.
- Assignment (due Week 6)
- Compile a bibliography of relevant reliable sources and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.
Week 6 : Drafting starter articles
- In class
- Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, and (optionally) revisit the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
- Q&A session with instructor and/or Wikipedia Ambassadors about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing.
- Assignment (due Week 7)
- Milestones
- All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.
Week 7 : Moving articles to the main space
- Assignment (due Week 8)
- Move sandbox articles into main space.
- Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
Week 8 : Building articles
- Workshop in class or outside of class
- Demo uploading images and adding images to articles.
- Share experiences and discuss problems.
- Handouts: "Uploading images" and "Evaluating Wikipedia article quality" (handed out originally earlier in the course)
- Assignment (due Week 9)
- Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
- Select a classmate's article that you will peer review and copyedit. (You don’t need to start reviewing yet.)
- Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copyedit. (You don’t need to start reviewing yet.)
Week 9 : Getting and giving feedback
- In class
- As a group, have the students offer suggestions for improving one or two of the students' articles, setting the example for what is expected from a solid encyclopedia article.
- Assignment (due Week 10)
- Peer review your classmate's article. Leave suggestions on the article talk page.
- Copy-edit the reviewed article.
- Peer review two of your classmates’ articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
- Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.
- Milestones
- All articles have been reviewed by others. All students have reviewed articles by their classmates.
Week 10 : Responding to feedback
- In class
- Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, media literacy, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.
- Assignment (due Week 11)
- Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback.
Week 11 : Finishing Touches
- Assignment (due Week 12)
- Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.
Week 12 : Due date
- Milestones
- Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.
1 point
Completion of Wikipedia training
1 point
"Practice on-wiki communication" exercise
1 point
"Copyedit an article" exercise
1 point
"Evaluate an article" exercise"
1 point
"Add to an article" exercise
1 point
"Illustrate an article" exercise
2 points
Quality of bibliography and outline
2 points
Peer reviews and collaboration with classmates
2 points
Participation in class discussions
10 points
Quality of your main Wikipedia contributions
2 points
Reflective essay
10 points
Original argument paper
2 points
In-class presentation of contributions