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Course name
Asian American Cinema
Institution
University of Michigan
Instructor
Anne Cong-Huyen
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Film Television Media
Course dates
2019-09-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-11 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


Despite their exclusion from the canon, Asians and Asian Americans were some of cinema's first subjects and some of its first creators. This course introduces students to the history of Asian American media-making in the United States from the early twentieth century into the present. Our goals are: 1) to apprehend the conditions faced by Asian American cultural producers; and 2) to gain a better understanding of how Asian American cultural producers actively resist, complicate, and transcend dominant representations. Screenings will range from pre-code Hollywood to studio musicals, community video, independent cinema, television, and the Internet.

For this course, students will be engaging in analyzing and editing Wikipedia to improve the content related to Asian American cinema

Student Assigned Reviewing
BrandenBolte Better Luck Tomorrow New York Asian Film Festival
Jameshl8 Center for Asian American Media Better Luck Tomorrow, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Nceniza New York Asian Film Festival Amerasian
Tbrz Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon New York Asian Film Festival
PlatypusJam Visual Communications Dragon Lady
Team eggboy Dragon Lady Visual Communications
Dangosaurus Amerasian Center for Asian American Media

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 4 September 2019
In class - Course introduction - What is Asian American Cinema?

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 9 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 11 September 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:

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 16 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 18 September 2019
In class - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 23 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 25 September 2019
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.)


Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Films


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 30 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 2 October 2019
In class - Library Instruction - Finding Library Resources
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 7 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
In class - Fall Study Break - No Class

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 21 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Assignment - Keep drafting your article

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 28 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - In-Class Editing Session

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 4 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 November 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.


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.

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 11 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 November 2019
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 12

Course meetings
Monday, 18 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!


Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • 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 13

Course meetings
Monday, 25 November 2019
Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Milestones

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