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Students learn about the growing call for scholars to communicate their research to the public, study and practice several public genres, and present research from their major to a public audience.
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, iwth 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 on the top of this page.
Resources:
No need to read them now, but keep them in mind for reference throughout the coming weeks.
This exercise, which we will finalize in class, will provide a link to your Article Selection page. (You need to be logged in to Wikpedia to access it.) Here you will list three potential articles to work on with a few souces for each.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7-9
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.
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!
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.