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Course name
ENGLISH-COMP101
Institution
IUP
Instructor
Lara Hauer
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
FIRST YEAR COMPOSITION
Course dates
2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-10 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
24


In this first-year writing course, students compose projects in multiple written genres that address specific rhetorical situations. Students use memory, observation, critical reading and viewing, analysis, and reflection as they draft, peer review, revise and edit their projects.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Bayleebanks Acrobatics
Getch10 Darren McFadden Darren McFadden
Kaylipietkiewicz Helianthus
Celenekollinger Marie Dean Arrington
Anhn4971 Police brutality in the United States
Mlconte Offender profiling
MyeshaJones Chris Brown
Cbooher21 Jason Nash
Lindsy burton Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
Benw26 Willie Parker
KameronCarr Lil Windex
Jadeabrams Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, Sagittarius (astrology)
Wndyiup Svalbard global seed vault
Cierratibbs Grey's Anatomy (season 15)
Awesomec35 Paris Agreement
Joeyped Drug cartel
MirNub215 Concussions in American football
Carsoncoulter Scarification (botany)
Karakirchner Labradoodle, Tonsillitis
SamLayton's Butterfly knife
Chipb75 Lifeguard
BMcMonigle Logic (musician)

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Friday, 1 March 2019
Assignment - 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 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 March 2019   |   Friday, 8 March 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 11 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 March 2019   |   Friday, 15 March 2019
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 18 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 March 2019   |   Friday, 22 March 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Assignment - Exercise

Copyedit an article

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 25 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 27 March 2019   |   Friday, 29 March 2019

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 1 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 3 April 2019   |   Friday, 5 April 2019
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 8 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 10 April 2019   |   Friday, 12 April 2019

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 15 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 17 April 2019   |   Friday, 19 April 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, 22 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 24 April 2019   |   Friday, 26 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, 29 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 1 May 2019   |   Friday, 3 May 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, 6 May 2019   |   Wednesday, 8 May 2019   |   Friday, 10 May 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!


In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Assignment - Original analytical paper

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.

Week 12

Milestones

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