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- Course name
- WRIT101-04
- Institution
- Soka University of America
- Instructor
- Debbie Goss
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Course dates
- 2021-09-09 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-12-10 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 18
The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) were constructed to address global crises including poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, and peace and justice. SDG6 sees that too many people still lack access to safe water supplies and sanitation facilities. Through your contribution of knowledge to the Wikipedia audience, you accelerate progress on securing access to water and sanitation for all.
In assigned small groups, conduct a substantive Wikipedia article edit to an important SGD6-related article.
Timeline
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 25 October 2021 | Wednesday, 27 October 2021
- 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.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- 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
- In class - Discussion
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 1 November 2021 | Wednesday, 3 November 2021
- Assignment - Choose possible topics
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
- In class - Discussion
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 8 November 2021 | Wednesday, 10 November 2021
- Assignment - Add to an article
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 15 November 2021 | Wednesday, 17 November 2021
- Assignment - Exercise
- Guide(s) for editing aspecific topic area (ONLY if relevant to your topic)
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- In class - Discussion
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 22 November 2021 | Wednesday, 24 November 2021
- Assignment - Small group self review
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Now that you've improved your draft based on the guiding framework, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
- Assignment - Continue improving 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 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 29 November 2021 | Wednesday, 1 December 2021
- 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!
- In class - Posted video presentation (optional x-tra credit)
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.