Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Clackamas Community College/WR121 English Composition (Fall 2018)

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Course name
WR121 English Composition
Institution
Clackamas Community College
Instructor
Jaime Wood
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Academic Writing
Course dates
2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-07 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
23


Introduces the academic essay: analyzing and developing a topic, writing grammatically correct and organized essays, reading professional writing, and applying writing techniques to a range of academic essay styles. Covers MLA formatting, including the use of sources, paraphrase, summary, and the creation of Works Cited pages.

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Daily active users
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Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy
Cognitive advantages of bilingualism
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DLC88
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Cell communication (biology)
Varnellr16
Cognitive advantages of bilingualism
GPS wildlife tracking
Jakewhite1313
GPS wildlife tracking
Akhargis1 Wing warping
Alifewithpurpose Nonverbal autism
Alexisrwatkins Vegan nutrition Vegan nutrition
Kimjordan16
Effects of sleep deprivation on college students
Kjreinhold
Online dating service
Lcmadz Health informatics
WillyV24 Diversity (politics)
Zavalaalexis5 Eating disorder

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 8 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 10 October 2018   |   Friday, 12 October 2018
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.

Read these resources before going on to your training:

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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

In class - Discussion (complete in Moodle)

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 15 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 17 October 2018   |   Friday, 19 October 2018
In class - Discussion (complete in Moodle)

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 22 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 24 October 2018   |   Friday, 26 October 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 29 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 31 October 2018   |   Friday, 2 November 2018
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Assignment - Discussion (complete in Moodle)

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

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:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 5 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 7 November 2018   |   Friday, 9 November 2018
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

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

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

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 - 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!

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 12 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 14 November 2018   |   Friday, 16 November 2018
Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • 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!
Assignment - Reflective essay (complete in Moodle)

Guiding questions

Assignment - Original analytical paper (complete in Moodle)

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.

Milestones

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