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Course name
Ling300 Studies in Grammar
Institution
University of British Columbia
Instructor
Rose-Marie Déchaine
Subject
Linguistics
Course dates
2021-01-05 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-04-23 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
40


This course is a 3rd-year course for majors in Linguistics & Speech Science (the latter is a clinical program that streams into the Faculty of Medicince Speech & Audiology program). The Wikipedia projects develop content for entries related to concepts that the students are introduced int he course, with a focus on syntactic theory. This is an elective activity, and student choose between completing a final take-home exam or developing a Wikipedia entry. Students also have the choice of developing the entry as a solo activity, or in groups of up to 4 students. The students self-select their groups, and select three topics they are interested in working on; the instructor makes a final decision concerning the specific topic that the groups work on.

Timeline

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 February 2021   |   Thursday, 4 February 2021   |   Friday, 5 February 2021
Milestones
Milestones

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:

Milestones

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 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 February 2021   |   Thursday, 11 February 2021   |   Friday, 12 February 2021
Assignment - Discussion board
sources & plagiarism
Milestones
Milestones
Milestones

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 February 2021   |   Thursday, 25 February 2021   |   Friday, 26 February 2021
Assignment - Discussion board
content gaps
Assignment - Submit customized timeline & annotated bibliography
Milestones
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Linguistics

Psychology

Science Communication

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 March 2021   |   Thursday, 4 March 2021   |   Friday, 5 March 2021
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 March 2021   |   Thursday, 11 March 2021   |   Friday, 12 March 2021

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 16 March 2021   |   Thursday, 18 March 2021   |   Friday, 19 March 2021
Assignment - Discussion board
the Wikipedia ecosystem
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 March 2021   |   Thursday, 25 March 2021   |   Friday, 26 March 2021
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 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 30 March 2021   |   Thursday, 1 April 2021
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 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 April 2021   |   Thursday, 8 April 2021   |   Friday, 9 April 2021
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.


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, 13 April 2021   |   Thursday, 15 April 2021   |   Friday, 16 April 2021
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
Assignment - Reflective essay

Week 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 April 2021   |   Thursday, 22 April 2021   |   Friday, 23 April 2021
Milestones

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