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An exploration of the visual dimensions of texts and the skills involved in designing them well. Considers graphic design theory and history from a rhetorical perspective, working to understand and practice the use of symbol systems to express, inform, and advocate. Includes direct experimentation with the principles and techniques of graphic design.
Welcome to your Wikipedia project timeline! If you are here, you've successfully created an account and joined this course page using the enrollment link that I (Dr. Kill) shared with you.
This timeline page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete as we progress through this project. Using the tabs in the menu across the top of this page, you can also get an overview of our collective efforts (Home), find your classmates on Wikipedia (Students), view the articles we are editing (Articles), view files we've uploaded to Wikimedia Commons (Uploads), check recent activity (Activity), and find additional Wiki Ed resources and training modules (Resources).
Our class has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Any time you have a question about Wikipedia, you can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Before we dive into policies and page types, I recommend spending a few minutes listening to Wikipedia. It is really quite a beautiful way to get a sense of how Wikipedia is made.
About: Listen to the sound of Wikipedia's recent changes feed. Bells indicate additions and string plucks indicate subtractions. Pitch changes according to the size of the edit; the larger the edit, the deeper the note. Green circles show edits from unregistered contributors, and purple circles mark edits performed by automated bots. You may see announcements for new users as they join the site, punctuated by a string swell. You can welcome him or her by clicking the blue banner and adding a note on their talk page.
We'll use the following guides this semester. Begin to get oriented by reading the opening pages of each:
This week you'll learn about Wikipedia's core policies and the pages where editors draft, discuss, and keep tabs on articles.
Now you are ready to get started editing by making some small edits on one or more articles of your choice. Try looking for opportunities to fix punctuation, improve wording, add links to other articles, and so on. Leave an edit summary and publish changes after each small change. Aim for at least 10 edits. When you have 10 or more edits, post a link to your user contributions page in ELMS.
Resources:
You might take a look at WikiProject:Guild of Copy Editors to get ideas about where to start. WikiProjects are spaces where editors interested in a particular topic or task organize their efforts.
There is also a list of all articles tagged as needing copy editing.
Congratulations! You're now a Wikipedia editor.
This week you'll choose a Wikipedia article and consider the role of images in communicating additional information about the topic.
In a post on our ELMS discussion board, share a link to the article you've selected to evaluate along with a paragraph considering the following:
Guiding questions
This week you will improve a Wikipedia article of your choice by enhancing understanding of its text content with an image. To begin, you'll want to select an article that could use an(other) image and then find or create an appropriate photo, illustration, or piece of video/audio to add to that article.
Resources:
When you are done, post the following to our ELMS discussion board:
For your final Wikipedia exercise, you'll either 1) try again at last week's task—if your image was deleted or your edit adding the image was reverted, or 2) design, upload, and add to an article an image or information graphic that explains a complex information in a clear way.
Resources:
When you are done, post the following to our ELMS discussion board:
Once you have completed each of the trainings and tasks for the previous weeks, it's time to reflect on what you've contributed to Wikipedia and what you've learned about complex information and images from the experience.
Post a 300-500 word reflection to our ELMS discussion board that considers the most relevant of the following questions:
Everyone should have finished the work they'll do on Wikipedia for this course. I hope you'll keep editing!