Wikipedia:India Education Program/Courses/Fall 2011/Macroeconomics
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 Symbiosis S.B. Road campus, Pune | |
| Institution | Symbiosis School of Economics |
|---|---|
| Course | MSc (Economics) |
| Instructor | Ishita Ghosh |
| Year | TBD |
| Students Count | 49 |
| Project Course | Macroeconomics |
| Assignment Start Date | July 24, 2011 |
| Assignment End Date | November 14, 2011 |
| Ambassadors | Campus Ambassadors
India Online Ambassador(s) US Online Ambassador(s) |
Class Description[edit]
This is a description of this class.
Assignment Overview[edit]
Over the course of the semester the students in this class will be completing a series of tasks that will allow them to familiarize themselves with the Wikipedia community and practices, understand the highly developed style of Wikipedia, complete research on a focused topic of the student's choice, and write (or substantially revise) a Wikipedia article. Students have two options to identify topics:
- Students may work individually to develop articles pertaining to Macroeconomics. Students may build articles within a broader topic that needs improvement. The professor will identify these broad areas and students should each choose a sub-topic article to work on.
Article Selection[edit]
- The Directory of WikiProjects is a good place to begin your search. In addition, the WikiProject for Economics is located here.
- For more specific classification explore these sources:
Assignment Timeline[edit]
Due August 15[edit]
- Create a username
- Post your username to the students section of this page
- Complete this form
- Complete the practice assignment located on the class discussion page
Due August 16 - 31[edit]
- Explore help resources
- Practice the following six editing skills in your sandbox: add text, add headers & subheaders, create a bulleted list, add a link to a Wikipedia article, add a link to an external page on the internet, format text (bold & italics), create a table
- “Like” the Wikipedia On Campus Facebook page (optional)
Due September 10[edit]
- Leave a comment on a classmate’s Talk page
- Identify at least three articles related to your topic of choice
- Make a minimum of 20 edits (comments, copyedits, references, etc.) to articles related to your proposed topic
- Select an article
- Post your article topic beside your username on the Wikipedia course page
Due September 10-21[edit]
- Conduct in depth research on your topic and gather sources
- On your article’s talk page (discussion page), list a bibliography of sources and proposed changes you’d like to make to the article or concepts you would like to include
- Add the following code to the top of your article’s talk page to mark it as the subject of your assignment. Note: You must retrieve the code from the "edit" space of this page.
{{IEP assignment|course=Wikipedia:India_Education_Program/Courses/Fall_2011/Macroeconomics|university=Symbiosis School of Economics|term=2011 Q3}}
- Inform your campus ambassador of your activities by writing on his or her talk page
- Begin editing/writing the article based on your proposed changes and other conversation with Wikipedians
Due September 21-September 30[edit]
- Ask your campus ambassador for feedback about your contributions to the article
- Nominate your article for “Did You Know” status
- Continue research on your topic
- Work on your article with the help of your professor and your campus ambassador
Due October 1 - November 14[edit]
- Make sure the following code has been added to the top of the discussion page of any of the articles you edit(ed):
{{IEP assignment|course=Wikipedia:India_Education_Program/Courses/Fall_2011/Macroeconomics|university=Symbiosis School of Economics|term=2011 Q3}}
- Make sure that you have added the following code to your user page:
{{User WikiProject India Education Program}}
This will create a small info box and identify you as participant in this program.
- Continue expanding and making changes to your article based on suggestions from Wikipedians, your campus ambassadors, and your professor
Due November 14[edit]
- Present Wikipedia article during class
- Complete Wikipedia article due NOV 14
Students[edit]
This is a list of the usernames of the students in this class and the articles each selected to edit.
NOTE: In order to maintain the student and article data in a single place, the list has been merged and moved into the master table on 2011-11-08. Please continue to maintain the table in the new location.