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Course name
English 101-005
Institution
Providence College
Instructor
Ilisabeth Bornstein
Subject
Writing Seminar
Course dates
2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2015-12-19 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
18


Writing seminar

Student Assigned Reviewing
KNPC2018
Rituhlin1
HSF7
PC2019
Eled92896
Jackson sonn
Atn1414
ALK15
Pcswim2019
Sfarr508
W rausch1234
Mindeesmom
Kdonne14
Wrisigo
Quadreesmith
Palexan4
Friars22 Durham north carolina Durham north carolina

Timeline

Week 6

Course meetings
Thursday, 1 October 2015
In class - Wikipedia essentials
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
  • Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.



Handout: Editing Wikipedia

Assignment - Create your account and learn the basics
  • Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.



Resources: Online Training for Students

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 5 October 2015   |   Thursday, 8 October 2015
Assignment - Critique an article
  • Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.
  • Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
  • A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):
    • Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?



Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, Using Talk Pages

Week 8

Course meetings
Thursday, 15 October 2015   |   Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Assignment - Add to an article
  • Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 19 October 2015   |   Thursday, 22 October 2015
Assignment - Copyedit an article
  • Choose one article, identify ways in which you can improve and correct its language and grammar, and make the appropriate changes. (You do not need to alter the article's content.)