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Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Fisk University/CORE 160-05 (Spring 2019)

{{course details

| course_name = CORE 160-05

| instructor_username = PCFleming05

| instructor_realname = Patrick C. Fleming

| support_staff = Shalor (Wiki Ed)

| subject = Composition

| start_date = 2019-01-04 00:00:00 UTC

| end_date = 2019-04-17 23:59:59 UTC

| institution = Fisk University

| expected_students = 27

| assignment_page = Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Fisk_University/CORE_160-05_(Spring_2019)

| slug = Fisk_University/CORE_160-05_(Spring_2019)

| campaigns = Spring 2019

| dashboard.wikiedu.org = yes

}}

This is the second half of a required first-year writing course. For one of their assignments (in February), students will choose and improve pages related to Black History Month.

{{students table}}

{{student table row|EVO52500|Thomas Talley, St. Elmo Brady, Thomas W. Talley|}}

{{student table row|Docinmaking|Obstetrics and gynaecology|St. Elmo Brady, Thomas W. Talley, The Varieties of Religious Experience}}

{{student table row|Mfarmer26|Black film, The Fire Next Time|Kehinde Wiley, Politics of Brazil, Bratpack, Blackface in contemporary art, Harlem Renaissance}}

{{student table row|Jazmen-Nicole||}}

{{student table row|BLTownsend02|Harlem Renaissance, Politics of Brazil|Blackface in contemporary art, Kehinde Wiley}}

{{student table row|Gwilliams06|Cathy Hughes, Gladys West|Angela Davis, Mary Ellan Pleasant, Janice Bryant Howroyd, Mary McLeod Bethune}}

{{student table row|Garrettelewis|Howard University|}}

{{student table row|KiraCurrie|Mary Kenner|}}

{{student table row|Aajones12|Floetry|}}

{{student table row|Tecaldwell|Maya (Ethiopia)|}}

{{student table row|Rayhamsa|Madam C. J. Walker, Mary Ellen Pleasant|Cathy Hughes, Janice Bryant Howroyd}}

{{student table row|Asiaaw03|Nailah Blackman, Machel Montano, Bunji Garlin|Maya (Ethiopia), Aruba, Racism in Puerto Rico}}

{{student table row|Anusha Neu|Marie Van Brittan Brown, Alice H. Parker|Mary Kenner, Dorothy Lavinia Brown, Ida Gray Nelson, Helen Octavia Dickens, Mildred Davidson}}

{{student table row|KPeprah112|Female genital mutilation|}}

{{student table row|Clarkekent19|Alice Ball, William B. Purvis|Mary Kenner}}

{{student table row|Kamari Bell|Kehinde Wiley|}}

{{student table row|Aejones2nd18|Bratpack, Blackface in contemporary art|Black film, The Fire Next Time, Harlem Renaissance, Politics in Brazil, Kehendi Wiley}}

{{student table row|BMSmith01|The Varieties of Religious Experience|}}

{{student table row|MentrellRoddy98|Mannie Fresh, Real Big, Move Around (B.G), Do That, In My Life (Juvenile)|Avelino Munoz}}

{{student table row|Savierr|Dorothy Lavinia Brown, Ida Gray Nelson, Helen Octavia Dickens|}}

{{student table row|JKinsey05|Nyzzy Nyce|}}

{{student table row|Jesseniaortiz3157|Racism in Puerto Rico, Hurricane maria, Hurricane Maria|}}

{{student table row|Keke Sis09||}}

{{student table row|Samone sloan22||}}

{{student table row|Amya18|Janice Bryant Howroyd, Mary McLeod Bethune|}}

{{student table row|Samonesloan|Languages of Aruba, Flag of Aruba, Papiamento|}}

{{student table row|Iyanla Perkins|Prairie View A&M University, Tennessee State University|}}

{{end of students table}}

{{start of course timeline}}

= Week 4 =

{{start of course week|2019-01-21|2019-01-23|2019-01-25}}

{{in class|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:

  • [https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia Editing Wikipedia], pages 1–5
  • [https://wikiedu.org/evaluatingwikipedia Evaluating Wikipedia]

{{assignment|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.)

{{assignment milestones|Everyone has a Wikipedia account}}

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

{{end of course week}}

= Week 5 =

{{start of course week|2019-01-28|2019-01-30|2019-02-01}}

{{in class|In class - Discussion: Who Writes Wikipedia?}}

{{assignment|Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia}}

== Exercise ==

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/evaluate-wikipedia-exercise Evaluate an article]

{{end of course week}}

= Week 6 =

{{start of course week|2019-02-04|2019-02-06|2019-02-08}}

{{in class|In class - Discussion}}

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/content-gap-discussion/what-is-a-content-gap What's a content gap?]

{{end of course week}}

= Week 7 =

{{start of course week|2019-02-11|2019-02-13|2019-02-15}}

{{in class|In class - Discussion: Clear Writing}}

{{in class|In class - Discussion}}

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/thinking-about-wikipedia-discussion/thinking-about-wikipedia Thinking about Wikipedia]

{{end of course week}}

= Week 8 =

{{start of course week|2019-02-18|2019-02-20|2019-02-22}}

{{assignment|Assignment - Training Modules}}

Resource: [https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia#page=7 Editing Wikipedia], pages 7–9

{{assignment|Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area}}

[https://wikiedu.org/art_history Art History]

[https://wikiedu.org/biographies Biographies]

[https://wikiedu.org/books Books]

[https://wikiedu.org/history History]

[http://wikiedu.org/lgbtplus_studies LGBT+ Studies]

[https://wikiedu.org/political_science Political Science]

[https://wikiedu.org/womens_studies Women's Studies]

{{assignment milestones|Everyone has started writing}}

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

{{end of course week}}

= Week 9 =

{{start of course week|2019-02-25|2019-02-27|2019-03-01}}

{{assignment|Assignment - Finding and Adding Sources}}

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: [https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia#page=13 Editing Wikipedia], page 13

{{assignment|Assignment - Exercise}}

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/did-you-know-exercise/nominating Nominating your article for Did You Know]

{{assignment|Assignment - Continue improving your article}}

== Exercise ==

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/continue-improving-exercise/link-articles 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.

{{assignment|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!

{{end of course week}}

= Week 10 =

{{start of course week|2019-03-11|2019-03-13|2019-03-15}}

{{assignment milestones|Peer reviews are complete}}

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

{{assignment|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:

  • [https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia#page=12 Editing Wikipedia], pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

{{assignment|Assignment - Final article}}

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read [https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia#page=15 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!

{{assignment|Assignment - Reflective essay}}

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/reflective-essay-exercise/essay-questions Guiding questions]

{{assignment milestones|You've finished your Wikipedia assignment!}}

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

{{end of course week}}