Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/NYU Shanghai/Writing as Inquiry (Spring 2022)
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- Course name
- Writing as Inquiry
- Institution
- NYU Shanghai
- Instructor
- Alexis Lai
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Course dates
- 2022-02-08 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-05-11 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 21
Writing as Inquiry is the first-year humanities writing seminar at NYU Shanghai. This course page is for the three sections of "Translating the World," which is thematically centered on the global politics of writing in English about the world outside of the United States. In each section of up to 12 students, students will work in groups of two or three to collaboratively edit and expand an article about China on English Wikipedia.
Timeline
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 31 March 2022
- Assignment - Introduction
Welcome to the course timeline for the Wikipedia assignment. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete each week for your Wikipedia assignment, which is due on May 5.
1) Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link provided on Brightspace.
2) Skim these two brochures to get a sense of how Wikipedia works and how you might contribute to an article. You may return to review these guides over the course of the semester.
3) Complete the above two training modules.
4) Choose a partner in your section with whom you'd like to collaborate on editing an article and sign up your group on the Google Doc.
- In class - Propose your Contribution
In collaboration with your group, choose an article and submit a 500-word proposal, due April 12, about how your group plans to expand the article. You may find the above two optional exercises helpful. You may find the below three topic guides useful in imagining how your group might improve an article, particularly the one on biographies.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 April 2022 | Thursday, 7 April 2022
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Complete the above training modules and exercise.
- Assignment - Add to an article
Complete the above training modules and exercise.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 April 2022 | Thursday, 14 April 2022
- Assignment - Start drafting your contribution
Complete the above training modules.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 19 April 2022 | Thursday, 21 April 2022
- In class - In-class studio time
The Tuesday, April 19 class will be a dedicated time for each group to work on their project with the instructor present.
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Now it's time to move your draft live - to the "mainspace." Complete the above training module.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 April 2022 | Thursday, 28 April 2022
- In class - In-class studio time
The Tuesday, April 26 class will be a dedicated time for each group to work on their project with the instructor present.
- 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. Complete the above training module and exercise.
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 3 May 2022 | Thursday, 5 May 2022
- Assignment - Final revision of article
It's the final week to develop your article for this class. The revision is due on May 5.
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 10 May 2022
- Assignment - Reflective essay
Take a step back and reflect on what you've learned over the past six weeks.