Architectural History

  • Week 1 (08/25 - 08/31)

    Meetings: Monday (08/26), Wednesday (08/28), Friday (08/30)

    • Week 2 (09/01 - 09/07)

      Meetings: Wednesday (09/04), Friday (09/06)

      • Week 3 (09/08 - 09/14)

        Meetings: Monday (09/09), Wednesday (09/11), Friday (09/13)

        • 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
          Communicating with others on WikipediaStart

          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 4 (09/15 - 09/21)

        Meetings: Monday (09/16), Wednesday (09/18), Friday (09/20)

        • Evaluate Wikipedia

          Assignment

          Training

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

          Exercise

          Evaluate WikipediaDue on Sep 21stView

      • Week 5 (09/22 - 09/28)

        Meetings: Monday (09/23), Wednesday (09/25), Friday (09/27)

        • Week 6 (09/29 - 10/05)

          Meetings: Monday (09/30), Wednesday (10/02), Friday (10/04)

          • Choose possible topics

            Assignment

            Training

            Finding your articleStart

            Exercise

            Find potential articlesDue on Oct 5thView

            Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

        • Week 7 (10/06 - 10/12)

          Meetings: Monday (10/07), Wednesday (10/09), Friday (10/11)

          • Week 8 (10/13 - 10/19)

            Meetings: Wednesday (10/16), Friday (10/18)

            • Finalize your topic / Find your sources

              Assignment

              Training

              Evaluating articles and sourcesStart

              Exercise

              Building your bibliographyDue on Oct 19thView

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

              Art History

              Biographies

              History

          • Week 9 (10/20 - 10/26)

            Meetings: Monday (10/21), Wednesday (10/23), Friday (10/25)

            • 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

            • Everyone has started writing

              Milestone

              Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

          • Week 10 (10/27 - 11/02)

            Meetings: Monday (10/28), Wednesday (10/30), Friday (11/01)

            • Week 11 (11/03 - 11/09)

              Meetings: Monday (11/04), Wednesday (11/06), Friday (11/08)

              • Continue improving your article

                Assignment
                Contributing images and media filesStart

                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.

            • Week 12 (11/10 - 11/16)

              Meetings: Monday (11/11), Wednesday (11/13), Friday (11/15)

              • Week 13 (11/17 - 11/23)

                Meetings: Monday (11/18), Wednesday (11/20), Friday (11/22)

                • 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!

              • Week 14 (11/24 - 11/30)

                Meetings: Monday (11/25)

                • Week 15 (12/01 - 12/07)

                  Meetings: Monday (12/02), Wednesday (12/04), Friday (12/06)

                  • Peer review an article

                    Assignment
                    Guiding framework

                  • Peer reviews are complete

                    Milestone

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

                  • 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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