Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/DePaul College of Law/Advanced Legal Research (Spring 2022)

This course is designed for 2nd and 3rd year law students, who have been introduced to the basics of legal research. It is designed to strengthen their research and legal analysis skills . The course will build upon each students' knowledge of legal source materials; introduce new sources and techniques of research; and how best to apply this knowledge to specific legal problems. Also, the cost effectiveness and relative advantages of various research methods will be explored. Each student will complete assigned readings, work on weekly research exercises and ongoing research assignments, some of which will be wiki based. They will also complete a research guide as the final project

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings

Thursday, 3 February 2022

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:

Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
Evaluating Wikipedia

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 4

Course meetings

Thursday, 10 February 2022

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

In class - Discussion

Week 5

Course meetings

Thursday, 17 February 2022

Assignment - Exercise

In class - Discussion

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Week 6

Course meetings

Thursday, 24 February 2022

Assignment - Add to an article

Week 7

Course meetings

Thursday, 3 March 2022

Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8

Course meetings

Thursday, 10 March 2022

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

Thursday, 17 March 2022

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

Thursday, 24 March 2022

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

Thursday, 31 March 2022

Assignment - Continue improving 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.

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

Thursday, 7 April 2022

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

Week 13

Course meetings

Thursday, 14 April 2022

Milestones

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