Designing a Wikipedia Writing and Research Assignment
Explore a case study of the “classic” Wikipedia writing assignment: students work individually or in small teams to create or expand Wikipedia articles on a given topic.
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Table of Contents
Course Design: Create or expand an article
Wikipedia writing assignment
A sample assignment
Case study: A student's perspective
A 12-week course
Week 1: Wikipedia essentials
Week 2: Editing basics
Week 3: Exploring the topic area
Week 4: Using sources
Week 5: Choosing articles
Week 6: Drafting starter articles
Week 7: Moving article to the main space
Week 8: Building articles
Week 9: Getting and giving feedback
Week 10: Responding to feedback
Week 11: Class presentations
Week 12: All assignments due
That's it!