Mentoring Community Outreach in the Arts

  • Week 4 (02/07 - 02/13)

    Meetings: Wednesday (02/10)

    • Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

      In Class

      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:

    • Get started on Wikipedia

      Assignment

      Training

      Wikipedia policiesStart
      Sandboxes, talk pages, and watchlistsStart

      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.)

    • Everyone has a Wikipedia account

      Milestone
      This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

  • Week 5 (02/14 - 02/20)

    Meetings: Monday (02/15), Wednesday (02/17)

    • Evaluate Wikipedia

      Assignment

      Training

      Evaluating articles and sourcesStart
      How to edit: Wikicode vs Visual EditorStart

      Exercise

      Evaluate WikipediaDue on Feb 20thView

    • Discussion

      In Class
      Thinking about sources and plagiarismView

  • Week 6 (02/21 - 02/27)

    Meetings: Monday (02/22), Wednesday (02/24)

    • Choose possible topics

      Assignment

      Training

      Finding your articleStart

      Exercise

      Find potential articlesDue on Feb 27thView

      Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

    • Discussion

      In Class
      What's a content gap?View

  • Week 7 (02/28 - 03/06)

    Meetings: Monday (03/01), Wednesday (03/03)

    • Add to an article

      Assignment

      Training

      Adding citationsStart

      Exercise

      Make a small editDue on Mar 6thView

    • Exercise

      Assignment
      Copyedit an articleDue on Mar 6thView

    • Exercise

      Assignment
      Building your bibliographyDue on Mar 6thView

  • Week 8 (03/07 - 03/13)

    Meetings: Monday (03/08), Wednesday (03/10)

    • Start drafting your contributions

      Assignment

      Training

      PlagiarismStart
      Drafting in the sandboxStart

      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

    • Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

      Biographies

    • Everyone has started writing

      Milestone

      Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

  • Week 9 (03/14 - 03/20)

    Meetings: Monday (03/15), Wednesday (03/17)

    • Peer review an article

      Assignment
      Guiding framework

    • Discussion

      In Class
      Thinking about WikipediaView

    • Peer reviews are complete

      Milestone

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

    • Respond to your peer review

      Assignment

      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 10 (03/21 - 03/27)

    Meetings: Monday (03/22), Wednesday (03/24)

    • Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

      Assignment
      Moving work out of the sandboxStart

      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 11 (03/28 - 04/03)

    Meetings: Monday (03/29), Wednesday (03/31)

    • Continue improving your article

      Assignment

      Training

      Contributing images and media filesStart

      Exercise

      Continue improving your articleDue on Apr 3rdView

      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.

    • Polish your work

      Assignment

      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 12 (04/04 - 04/10)

    Meetings: Wednesday (04/07)

    • Final article

      Assignment

      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 presentation

      In Class
      In-class presentationDue on Apr 10thView

    • Reflective essay

      Assignment
      Reflective essayDue on Apr 10thView

  • Week 13 (04/11 - 04/14)

    Meetings: Monday (04/12), Wednesday (04/14)

    • You've finished your Wikipedia assignment!

      Milestone

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

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