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Course name
Composition 101
Institution
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Instructor
Jialei Jiang
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
English
Course dates
2019-02-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-04-15 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
44


Composition 101 introduces you to college composition and academic writing. For this Wikipedia-editing assignment, you will collaboratively expand a stub or start-class Wikipedia article, evaluating and documenting sources to enhance the credibility and richness of the article. Each of you will include at least 2-3 external sources for the edit. The purposes of this assignment are to help you gain awareness of the informative style of writing and to critically address Wikipedia's content gaps.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Rholtslander25
DakotaWean
Bjohnson61
Kailahhinkle
Kyera00 Racial inequality in the United States
Nastolgiic Gender Equality
Linndseyy
Saron18 Propaganda in the United States
NVDY
Nmjoseph225 Propaganda in the united states
Kybramer1 Gender equality
Cassidyklein00
Tumpak12 Propaganda in the united states
RonaldInniss
Jrloll Assistive technology service provider
TMioskie320
Branpeters
Madisonwilkes Social equity
TJSX
Lshea19 Educational robotics
ImaniML19
Bbrianab
BeckyJH
Jacob2130
Tee2012 Video games in education
Drewm1678 Video games in education
RJStrnisha
J.C.Mank
Tyler watss99
Gein30
Luke Tvarozna Exploitation of women in mass media
Seanddavid37 Propaganda through media
GabiJoy Gender Equality
IanZimmerman99
Michaelleo14
Neasha995 Violence against LGBT people
Branden Hendricks Ethics of artificial intelligence
Cassidy27 Violence against LGBT people
DomVenchess
QVHW Obesity in the united states
Eric1013
Sarahke11y Exploitation of women in mass media
Jack.skowronski Educational inequality
Tylerwatts99
Kybramer
Robstrnisha

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 4 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 February 2019   |   Friday, 8 February 2019
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 11 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 February 2019   |   Friday, 15 February 2019
Assignment - Select your topic

Complete the training and then this exercise.

Exercise

Choose your topic / Find your sources

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Books

Cultural Anthropology

History

More available here


Assignment - Evaluate & add to your article

====== Review the trainings and then complete the exercises. 

======

Exercise

Evaluate your article

Add a citation to your article

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 18 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 February 2019   |   Friday, 22 February 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Begin drafting the rest of your planned contributions. 

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.


Assignment - Peer Review an Article

Guiding framework

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 25 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 27 February 2019   |   Friday, 1 March 2019
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.


Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 4 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 March 2019   |   Friday, 8 March 2019
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.


Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article. Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. 

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 11 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 March 2019   |   Friday, 15 March 2019
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.