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- Course name
- HIST3443 Early Frontier
- Institution
- University of Oklahoma
- Instructor
- Anne Hyde
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- History
- Course dates
- 2020-01-13 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-08 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 35
This is a survey of early America and Indian Country from the beginning to the 1840s. The course is fairly focused on three issues: conquest, colonization, and frontier life. The class will survey Wikipedia for missing people, places, and events from that era and those places in a group assignment. From lists we generate together students will propose and develop a Wikipedia article. They can either update one or propose a new one, if the group agrees it is important.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 21 January 2020 | Thursday, 23 January 2020
- 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 28 January 2020 | Thursday, 30 January 2020
- Assignment - Learning How Wikipedia Works
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.)
Read the booklet Evaluating Wikipedia (FROM WEEK 1)
- Assignment - Begin thinking about how to find good material
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 4 February 2020 | Thursday, 6 February 2020
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- Assignment - Group Project
Find 8 topics (people, places, events, ideas, objects) that should be on Wikipedia, that are in the era covered in our class (1200-1848) and that are notable. Find 8 topics (also in the era covered in our class (1200-1848) that ARE on Wikipedia, but need sources or added content. So, each group of 4 will come up with 16 topics.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 11 February 2020 | Thursday, 13 February 2020
- Milestones
By now all the groups should have lists of topics appropriate to the course
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 18 February 2020 | Thursday, 20 February 2020
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 27 February 2020
- Assignment - Exercise
- In class - Discussion
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 3 March 2020 | Thursday, 5 March 2020
- In class - Research
FInding Good Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
- Milestones
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 10 March 2020 | Thursday, 12 March 2020
- 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
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 24 March 2020 | Thursday, 26 March 2020
- Assignment - Add to an article
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 31 March 2020
- Assignment - Drafting your article (sandbox work)
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 7 April 2020 | Thursday, 9 April 2020
- Milestones
You should have full draft of your article in your sandbox on the class Wikipedia site. That enables me to see it, assess it, and to assign it to someone else to peer review.
- In class - Getting Material Into Your Sandbox (MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE THIS!!)
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 14 April 2020 | Thursday, 16 April 2020
- Assignment - Peer review two articles
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
You probably have some feedback from other students, from me, 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 - Adding Images, Maps, and Media
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 21 April 2020 | Thursday, 23 April 2020
- Assignment - Continue improving 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 - 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!
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 28 April 2020 | Thursday, 30 April 2020
- 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
- Assignment - Final article
It's the final week to develop your article. DUE APRIL 24- MAY 1
Put your article on the Wikipedia mainspace!!! See training above. . .
- 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!
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading. Send an email to Professor Hyde ( anne.hyde
ou.edu ) with the checklist. Then she will know you are ready . . .