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Course name
ASL Structure
Institution
Boston University
Instructor
Naomi Caselli
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
American Sign Language Structure
Course dates
2019-01-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-11 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


We will be looking at the linguistics of American Sign Language. Students will be free to pick a topic of their choice. Students often select things related to a prominent linguist, linguistic phenomena, or more general topics in Deaf Education and Deaf Studies. Some students in the past have opted to create ASL translations of existing pages.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Jlbehar Models of deafness American Sign Language Literature, Cuban Sign Language
Annalimfranck Drago Renteria Hearing Loss, Models of deafness
Briannariv Models of Deafness Samuel Thomas Greene, Austin Vaday
Jbergeron11 Samuel Thomas Greene Japanese Sign Language, Drago Renteria
Jennagc American Sign Language Literature Lead-K, De'VIA
Crystalvolk Israeli Sign Language Hearing Loss, Samuel Thomas Greene
Bbeck3 Deaf Education Models of Deafness, Drago Renteria
Eplatz
Mercyvalladares Cuban Sign Language Samuel Thomas Greene, Austin Vaday
Ophmac Lead-K American Sign Language Literature, Japanese Sign Language
Rpentz Hearing Loss Models of Deafness, Deaf Education, Hearing Loss, Isreal Sign Language
Mayu Yamada Japanese sign language
Kimcastillo De'VIA Cuban Sign Language, Lead-K
Gatsparilla Deaf Education Hearing Loss, Models of Deafness
Eric.setzer Hearing Loss, Management of hearing loss Deaf Education, Deaf culture
Abucklin American Sign Language Literature Lead-K, Hearing Loss
RotcVG Austin Vaday Cuban Sign Language, De'VIA
Halled Lead-K Austin Vaday, De'VIA
Ehartz01 Egyptian Sign Language
Yflores3 American Sign Language Literature Cuban Sign Language, Drago Renteria
Kec30 Hearing Loss Deaf education, Models of deafness, Hearing Loss (Education)

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 4 February 2019
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

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:


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
Monday, 11 February 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
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
Monday, 25 February 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 4 March 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Linguistics

Psychology

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 18 March 2019
In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 25 March 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 1 April 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 10

Course meetings
Monday, 8 April 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 11

Course meetings
Wednesday, 17 April 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 12

Course meetings
Monday, 22 April 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 13

Course meetings
Monday, 29 April 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!


In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Milestones

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