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Course name
ULIB300_Film and Media Literacy
Institution
West Virginia University
Instructor
Beth Jane Toren
Wikipedia Expert
Adam (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Film and Media Literacy
Course dates
2016-05-16 – 2016-08-05
Approximate number of student editors
20


ULIB300: Film and Media Literacy is a 12- week online film course introducing media and information literacy, film vocabulary, criticism, research databases, conventions, clichés, and characteristics of genre films to guide evaluating and critiquing films. In the context of Quentin Tarantino films, we study gangster films, dark comedy, Blaxploitation, slasher films, westerns, themes of revenge and historical revision. Media and information literacy concepts are practiced in media object analysis and Wikipedia article editing.

Student Assigned Reviewing
FirionII
Lrhypes
KaylaJAsbury
Bversmessen
Gyozomgarg
GankSpankula
Tayysongzz
LDPettit
Ejdaly800118267
Jwwong13
Whatnowv
Blaisestella
FromNewJersey
TeachMeHowToDugan

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 16 May 2016   |   Tuesday, 17 May 2016   |   Wednesday, 18 May 2016   |   Thursday, 19 May 2016   |   Friday, 20 May 2016
Assignment - 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.
  • 1 Hour training (Wikipedia Adventure)




Handout: Editing Wikipedia

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 23 May 2016   |   Tuesday, 24 May 2016   |   Wednesday, 25 May 2016   |   Thursday, 26 May 2016   |   Friday, 27 May 2016
Assignment - Learn the basics

  

  • Begin the training modules assigned for your course. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 May 2016   |   Wednesday, 1 June 2016   |   Thursday, 2 June 2016   |   Friday, 3 June 2016
Assignment - Wikipedia
Using Sources
  • Add a sentence
  • Look for appropriate articles to cite


Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 6 June 2016   |   Tuesday, 7 June 2016   |   Wednesday, 8 June 2016   |   Thursday, 9 June 2016   |   Friday, 10 June 2016
Assignment - Draft an Article Edit

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 13 June 2016   |   Tuesday, 14 June 2016   |   Wednesday, 15 June 2016   |   Thursday, 16 June 2016   |   Friday, 17 June 2016
Assignment - Build the Article

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 20 June 2016   |   Tuesday, 21 June 2016   |   Wednesday, 22 June 2016   |   Thursday, 23 June 2016   |   Friday, 24 June 2016
Assignment - Move Article Edits to Mainspace

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 27 June 2016   |   Tuesday, 28 June 2016   |   Wednesday, 29 June 2016   |   Thursday, 30 June 2016   |   Friday, 1 July 2016
Assignment - Get Feedback, Give Feedback

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 July 2016   |   Wednesday, 6 July 2016   |   Thursday, 7 July 2016   |   Friday, 8 July 2016
Assignment - Respond to Feedback

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 11 July 2016   |   Tuesday, 12 July 2016   |   Wednesday, 13 July 2016   |   Thursday, 14 July 2016   |   Friday, 15 July 2016
Assignment - Follow up

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 18 July 2016   |   Tuesday, 19 July 2016   |   Wednesday, 20 July 2016   |   Thursday, 21 July 2016   |   Friday, 22 July 2016
Assignment - Reflection Assignment