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Course name
Composition II 11 am
Institution
UMass Boston
Instructor
Dan Messier
Subject
English
Course dates
2021-01-25 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-05-12 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
16


Composition II is a course in inquiry-based research writing. It is designed to prepare students for their upper level courses by introducing principles of research and tactics for effective communication in academia. Students will create or revise a Wikipedia article of their choosing to learn about genre, research, citation requirements, revision, and collaboration in writing.

Timeline

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 February 2021   |   Thursday, 25 February 2021
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 - Homework
Create a Wikipedia account and join this course

Everyone should come to class on Thursday, February 27 having already created a Wikipedia account. We'll start the trainings below in class Thursday.


Assignment - Planning Your Wikipedia Contribution

Today, we'll start thinking through how to find the spot where you can make a contribution to Wikipedia.


Assignment - To do by Tuesday, 3/3

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 March 2021   |   Thursday, 4 March 2021

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 March 2021   |   Thursday, 11 March 2021
Assignment - Learning How to Wiki

Today, we're learning how Wikipedia pages work and how to edit in your own Wikipedia sandbox.


Assignment - Learning Wikipedia Citing Conventions
Assignment - Getting Your Draft Contribution Ready

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 16 March 2021   |   Thursday, 18 March 2021
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

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." Use the training module above to help you to move your work from your Sandbox to the live Wikipedia page that you're working on improving -- so that anyone else on the internet can see your contribution (and continue to edit it). Don't worry -- even if your work gets changed or removed, Wikipedia saves all prior edits, so I'll still be able to see what you've done. 

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 9

Assignment - Reflective Essay

See Schoology for details.