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Course name
English 1101 HY 061
Institution
College of DuPage
Instructor
Bob Hazard
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
English 1101
Course dates
2022-11-07 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-12-17 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
22


This is English 1101 HY 061. This unit is set up to be either Face To Face or online, depending on the state of the pandemic.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Bkretschmerdeem Greta Van Fleet discography
Twosaeed Hawthorn Woods, Illinois Vessel (Twenty One Pilots album)
Ninag001333 Sindhis Virgo (astrology)
ScarletShroud
PGREEN079 Vessel (Twenty One Pilots album), Trees Sindhis
Anguianod
03traan
Kjm1191 Virgo (astrology) Education
Sasha russell Education Bernard Labadie
ZaGV of CoD Bernard Labadie Digital footprint, Education
TheVeils Digital footprint Educational psychology
Nate Bojkovski Educational psychology Tiskilwa, Illinois
FormentoJ Tiskilwa, Illinois Hawthorn Woods, Illinois
Woodwardmadison

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 7 November 2022   |   Wednesday, 9 November 2022
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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 14 November 2022   |   Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 21 November 2022   |   Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise
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 4

Course meetings
Monday, 28 November 2022   |   Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

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.

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 5 December 2022   |   Wednesday, 7 December 2022
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 - 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 - 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 6

Course meetings
Monday, 12 December 2022   |   Wednesday, 14 December 2022
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!
In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Milestones

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