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Course name
ENG 1
Institution
West Hills College Lemoore
Instructor
Jacqui Shehorn
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Course dates
2023-08-14 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-12-15 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
35


This course is part of a learning community with a College Success course. A primary focus is identifying and using credible sources while building digital literacy. This assignment will be part of the scaffolding of research writing assignments.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Coffeestudy7 Cosmetics
Rav3nsand0val Sport psychology
Natalyyy.05
Pinks2222
Titozzz
Moski43 Cosmetics
Lovecookies22
Coachpurses4life
Madisonmartinez
Peach559 Cosmetics
Isaacmtzr Mobile phone
Mohammeda7097
SirSwan789 Mobile phone
User625 Sport psychology
Elllektraaa Fast fashion
Cedlover84
Desalynbarriga Cosmetics
Monserrath.Morales
WriterKy Cosmetics
Jairogarcia42130
Robloxpro2013 Filmmaking
Chylise Music video
Tony9557
Cat101cat
Wyattaclark14
JuniorTheJr
Bmislive7 Cosmetics
Gio0101 Sport psychology
JesusJorquera
Jcollins3010
BetoVALA

Timeline

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 September 2023
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 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Assignment - Choose your article
In class - Discussion

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Assignment - Make a small edit

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
Milestones

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

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
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 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
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 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
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.

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
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 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
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!
Assignment - Reflective essay

Week 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Milestones

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