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Course name
Non-Western Art
Institution
Concordia University Chicago
Instructor
Sandra Krohnert
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Survey of Non-Western Art
Course dates
2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-01 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
18


The course covers art from Japan, China, India, Pacific Islands, Africa, and the Americas. Students will be working in groups with a group for each of the first five sections. Together they will research and edit an article.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Gvictor85422
Wendyvega28
Maggielena Mughal painting
Samanthahouser
Sylipen
Maddyz1415
Cozzia234 Indigenous Australian art
Earl.Bondoc Chinese folk art
Jordansep
Crf cherryrd Moai, Dreaming (Australian Aboriginal art)
Crf cabrerjj
KodiceJames
Crf harraljo
NJBrummel1998
Decheverria33
Dareichert Woodblock printing in Japan
Lopez0124 Indigenous Australian art

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 30 January 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 2

Course meetings
Monday, 4 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 11 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 February 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Art History

Cultural Anthropology

Films

History

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 18 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 February 2019

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 25 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 4 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 March 2019
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 18 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 March 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 8

Course meetings
Monday, 25 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 27 March 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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 1 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 10

Course meetings
Monday, 8 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 10 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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 15 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 17 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!

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 22 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 24 April 2019

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 29 April 2019
In class - In-class presentation
Milestones

Everyone should ahve finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia nd be ready for grading.