This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contactwikiedu.org |
This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Research
Finalize
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
Continue writing
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
This week, we will spend some time reviewing each others work so far on Wikipedia.
Once you have a complete draft of your contributions ready, you should request review from another student (or two) also working on the Wikipedia project.
When you review
Implement notes
Once you have some feedback, t's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Moving to Wikipedia
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Once it's live
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
Finishing touches
Add digital content to your articles (Optional but encouraged):
You'll want to find or create an appropriate photo, illustration, or piece of video/audio to add to one or both of your articles.
Everyone has completed their first Wikipedia contribution!
If you want to do a second round of Wikipedia editing, select your second article topic this week. Remember...
Research
Finalize
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
Continue writing
This week, we will again spend some time reviewing each others work on Wikipedia.
Once you have a complete draft of your contributions ready, you should request review from another student (or two) also working on the Wikipedia project.
When you review
Implement notes
Once you have some feedback, t's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Once it's live
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
It's the final week to develop your articles.
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.