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Course name
WR121
Institution
Clackamas Community College
Instructor
Nicole Rosevear
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
English Composition
Course dates
2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-08 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
28


Introduces the academic essay. Students learn to use a writing process, from brainstorming to polishing, as they develop original responses to challenging articles and academic essays. The class emphasizes information literacy: how to find and evaluate source material, as well as integrate and cite it.

Student Assigned Reviewing
EKays3838 Devourer
Felixdevries717 Acherontia atropos
Marcbluedragon Jury Box (game)
TheFoolishThought Fouling community
SimmonsEm Canby High School
Btwoshay
Claire.pixie Color symbolism PROFECO
Lilybean896 Black snub-nosed monkey
Big.macncheese Riverside Military Academy Riverside Military Academy
Justynewpeterson Geode
Evan Reed23 Lycus (mythology)
Skepticon26 Aron Ra
Lynseymae NASA Art Program
Luis.salgado19 Half a mill
Purple563 PROFECO
Mp4lyfe Space policy of the European Union
Stapleton.brady
Voeller.chloe
Sierrasummers Rabbiting
Grant.lindsaymarie
Brynn.sare Melanocetus niger
Jessbarajas Immigration reform
Jrc162534 History of Food
Dixon.Dominic
Mackenziefrench1
Spookydoobie Anime in hip hop
Niezgoda.kevin

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 1 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 3 October 2018
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

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 8 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 15 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 17 October 2018
In class - Conferences

One-on-one conference with instructor to finalize topic based on your research and topic pitch work in your sandbox.

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 22 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 24 October 2018
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


Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 29 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 31 October 2018
In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Assignment - Peer review three articles

Guiding framework

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.


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 7

Course meetings
Monday, 5 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 7 November 2018
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!


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!


Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Assignment - Original analytical paper

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.

Milestones

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