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Course name
Greek Art and Archaeology
Institution
The College of William and Mary
Instructor
Jessica Paga
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Classical Studies
Course dates
2017-08-30 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-12-20 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
60


Introductory survey course of ancient Greek art and archaeology

Student Assigned Reviewing
Jamaya017 Odysseus and the Underworld Krater
Klgarvey Grave Stelai from Grave Circle A
Kbaganski Heroon at Nemea
Acrodgers
Magomeznoriega Minoan art, Jonathan Gomez, User:Amondoloka/sandbox
Agonzalez23
Eadonley172 Fortifications at Gla Calyx-Krater by the painter of the Berlin Hydra depicting an Amazonomachy
Carsonsisk Bilingual Kylix by the Andokides Painter Red-figure Amphora by the Suessula Painter
Tdroback Exekias and Warfare
Jlsnow Tomb of Brasidas, Brasidas
KAWells Death Masks at Mycenae
Dctyler
JuneHodge11 Aulos play in greek warfare in greek art
Saostrom
Njpetersen Dipylon Krater Suicide of Ajax vase
Nolansmith00 Themistoclean Walls
Apleersnyder
Ryan muro Odysseus and the Underworld Krater Minoan pottery
Garacanelli Euphiletos Painter Panathenaic Amphora Onesimos Kylix
Clarafrost Gold in Grave Circle A
Kkim03
Lhemmingson Bronze Discus: Votive Dedication of Asklepiades
Jgford1 Eastern Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia
RobertTidona
Maria HongminYu Spartan athletic women bronze statue
Sarahgreenberg1 Kothon, Black Figure Tripod, Boeotian Dancer's Group Kothon, Black Figure Tripod, 6th Century B.C.
ScottKilmer2 Heroon House of Tiles
Edowker Tombs at Xanthos Heroon
Srhooker Megaron
Jack.helms
Gbjordammen Hoplite formation in Art Walls of Troy
Sammikates
Mblackwelder Calyx-Krater by the painter of the Berlin Hydra depicting an Amazonomachy
Jamichalak
Agoudkirk Marathon Tumulus Lefkandi
Jafleury Fortifications of Mycenae
Kate.dooley Thanatos Painter
Ekparrott
ElizabethAcors Fortifications of Troy
Keegan Sud-Tost
Ejgold Santorini Santorini
Millerja95
Nadiacritchley Jar (pelike) with Odysseus and Elepenor
Gabriella.L Akrotiri Boxer Fresco
Raeitesfazghi Depictions of the Death of Iphigenia Linear B
Amondoloka Nemea Stadium
Esharrett Suicide of Ajax vase
Akajmani
Gaedghill Eleusis Amphora Thanatos Painter
Akdignan
Char flower Hellenistic Fortifications
Cscameron Minoan pottery
Lucia arevalogaray Kylix Depicting Athletic Combats by Onesimos Akrotiri Boxer Fresco
Samanthaherr Sesklo and Dimini fortifications
Tmhaycraft Smyrna
Matthew McDaniel Marine pottery, Knossos
Mirandabrown Mississippi 1977.3.68, Boxing Siana Cup
King1384 Mask of Agamemnon
Lawrence L.P. Ancient Greek Geometric Funerary Vases
Rstrioux Red-figure Amphora by the Suessula Painter Mask of Agamemnon
ALeersnyder Kylix depicting Pentathletes

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Thursday, 31 August 2017
Milestones

Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 September 2017   |   Thursday, 7 September 2017
Get started on Wikipedia
  •  Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (To avoid hitting Wikipedia's account creation limits, this is best done outside of class. Only 6 new accounts may be created per day from the same IP address.) 
  •  It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade. 
  •  When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate in your group on that classmate’s Talk page. 
Milestones

By this week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 September 2017   |   Thursday, 14 September 2017
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

 It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page. 


  • Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
  •  Choose an article on Wikipedia related to your course to read and evaluate. As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these): 
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear biased toward a particular position?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
    •  Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? 
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
    •  Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? 
  • How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 September 2017   |   Thursday, 21 September 2017
Assignment - Best practices for working in groups
  •  . 
  •  Teaching Fellows will create a Sandbox space that everyone in the group will share. Each person should link to that shared Sandbox from their own Sandbox page.  
  •  Wikipedia doesn't allow multiple people to edit from different devices at the same time. If you're working together in person, one person should add the work to the Sandbox. If you are all working independently, make small edits and save often to avoid "editing conflicts" with classmates. Make sure that you're logged in under your own Wikipedia account while editing in your classmate's sandbox to ensure your edits are recorded. 
  •  Don't create a group account for your project. Group accounts are prohibited. 

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 September 2017   |   Thursday, 28 September 2017
In class - Discussion
Thinking about sources and plagiarism
  • What different types of sources can be used?  What's the difference between primary and secondary sources?
  • What is the difference between a copyright violation and plagiarism?
  • What are some good techniques to avoid close paraphrasing and plagiarism?


Assignment - Add to an article

Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:

  • Add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
  • The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 October 2017   |   Thursday, 5 October 2017
Assignment - Choose possible topics
  • Review page 6 of your Editing Wikipedia guidebook.
  •  Look up 3-5 potential topics related to your group's theme that you might want to write about.  Make sure you will not be duplicating a page that already exists. 
  •  Choose 2-3 potential article topics from that list that you are most interested in and post the list and your notes in your sandbox
  • Finally, present your choices to your Teaching Fellow for feedback.

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 October 2017   |   Thursday, 12 October 2017
Assignment - Finalize your topic / Find your sources
  • On the Students tab, assign your chosen topic to yourself.
  •  In your sandbox, write a few sentences about what your article will contribute to your group's theme. 
    •  Compile a list of relevant, reliable books, journal articles, or other sources. Post that bibliography in your sandbox. Make sure to check in to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography. 


Assignment - Draft your article

You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.


Creating a new article


  •  Write an outline of that topic in the form of a standard Wikipedia article's "lead section." Write it in your sandbox
    •  A "lead" section is not a traditional introduction. It should summarize, very briefly, what the rest of the article will say in detail. The first paragraph should include important, broad facts about the subject. A good example is Ada Lovelace. See Editing Wikipedia page 9 for more ideas. 

Keep reading your sources, too, as you prepare to write the body of the article.


Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9


Week 8

Course meetings
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 October 2017   |   Thursday, 26 October 2017
Assignment - Expand your draft
  • Keep working on transforming your article into a complete first draft. Get draft ready for peer-review.
  • If you'd like a Content Expert to review your draft, now is the time! Click the "Get Help" button in your sandbox to request notes.

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 October 2017   |   Thursday, 2 November 2017
Assignment - Peer review and copy edit
  • First, take the "Peer Review" online training.
  • Select a classmate’s article (in your group) that you will peer review and copyedit. On our class Piazza page, find the article that you want to review and assign it to yourself to review.  Everyone's article needs to be reviewed, so this will be on a first come, first served basis.
  • Peer review your classmate's draft on Wikipedia. Leave suggestions on the Talk page of the article, or sandbox, that your fellow student is working on. Other editors may be reviewing your work, so look for their comments! Be sure to acknowledge feedback. 
  •  As you review, make spelling, grammar, and other adjustments. Pay attention to the tone of the article. Is it encyclopedic? 
  • Think about how the article will contribute to your group's topic.  Does it relate to the theme?

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 November 2017   |   Thursday, 9 November 2017
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!


  • Read Editing Wikipedia pages 12 and 14.
  •  Return to your draft and think about the suggestions. Decide which ones to start implementing. Reach out to your Teaching Fellow if you have any questions. 


Assignment - Continue improving your article

Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 12 to see how to create links from your article to others, and from other articles to your own. Try to link to 3–5 articles, and link to your article from 2–3 other articles.
  • Consider adding an image to your article. Wikipedia has strict rules about what media can be added, so make sure to take the 'Contributing Images and Media Files' training before you upload an image.

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 November 2017   |   Thursday, 16 November 2017
Milestones

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

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 November 2017
Assignment - Polish your work

 Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. 


Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

 Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace." 


Creating a new article


  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 13, and follow those steps to move your article from your Sandbox to Mainspace.
  • You can also review the [[../../../training/students/sandboxes|Sandboxes and Mainspace]] online training.

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 November 2017   |   Thursday, 30 November 2017
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.

Week 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 December 2017   |   Thursday, 7 December 2017
Milestones

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


Assignment - Prepare for in-class presentation
  • Prepare for an in-class presentation about your Wikipedia editing experience.


In class - In-class presentation

Present about your Wikipedia project experience.


Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:


  • Critiquing articles: What did you learn during the article evaluation? How did you approach critiquing the article you selected for this assignment? How did you decide what to add to your chosen article? 
  • Summarizing your contributions: Why is your article a valuable addition to the theme? How does your article compare to earlier versions? 
  • Peer Review: What did you contribute in your review of your peer's article? What did your peers recommend you change on your article? 
  • Feedback: Did you receive feedback from other Wikipedia editors, and if so, how did you respond to and handle that feedback? 
  • Wikipedia generally: What did you learn from contributing to Wikipedia? How can Wikipedia be used to improve public understanding of our field/your topic? Why is this important?