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Course name
ENG 1013 Freshman English II Online
Institution
ASU - Beebe
Instructor
Cindy Beck
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
English Composition
Course dates
2019-08-19 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-13 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
27


A continuation of ENG 1003 with an emphasis on research papers and literary genres. This assignment will serve as the two university required research projects.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Beccacole Mandatory tipping
LucasHill FL Studio Drug harmfulness
Tfason
Micheladitmore Superiority complex Lake conway, Cystic fibrosis
Jaciedean
ASUBSlim Talk:1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)
Kissinger458 Lake conway Brinkley, Arkansas, Drug harmfulness
Deltonkain Voice acting
Jensteuber Drug education
Skylaa2014 Depression and Anxiety
Meganaparker
Seth20133
Laurenrbunn
JAPB08171978 Rum-running
Katrinajenkins0520
Trigs0417
RyanMurphey Computer memory Superiority complex
Katjenkins0520 Cystic fibrosis Lake conway, Mandatory tipping
Agmonroe
Marmee0712
Chasewigg

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Saturday, 31 August 2019
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

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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 - Get started on Wikipedia

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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Saturday, 7 September 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 4

Course meetings
Saturday, 14 September 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings
Saturday, 21 September 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Week 6

Course meetings
Saturday, 28 September 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

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

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Saturday, 5 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

Week 8

Course meetings
Saturday, 12 October 2019
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.

Week 9

Course meetings
Saturday, 19 October 2019
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."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 10

Course meetings
Saturday, 26 October 2019
Assignment - Continue improving your article

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 11

Course meetings
Saturday, 2 November 2019
Assignment - Polish your work

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

Course meetings
Saturday, 9 November 2019
Assignment - Final article

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 13

Milestones

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