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Course name
Digital Writing
Institution
York College of Pennsylvania
Instructor
Emily Cope
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Linguistics
Course dates
2021-08-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-12-10 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


This 300-level course introduces undergraduate students to theories and practices related to writing in a digital culture. This course focuses on digital writing from the perspective of rhetoric, writing, and linguistics scholarship.

In this unit, students will draw from rhetoric, writing, and linguistics scholarship either authored by underrepresented scholars (e.g., undergraduate researchers, non-white and non-western researchers) or about underrepresented social groups to fill in gaps in Wikipedia's content. Students will be learning about the importance of citation for the creation of knowledge and for equity in knowledge-making communities. Additionally, by contributing to Wikipedia, they will learn about the current practices for collaborative, distributed knowledge creation via wikis. This assignment will engage students in summarizing secondary research, identifying and filling gaps, writing for non-academic audiences, optimizing content for search engines, and editing.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Thershey1 Search engine optimization
Mdamord Syllogism
Astewart8 Kairos
Mmcgurn Pathos
Ashsolares Ethos
Eksimpson Rhetorical velocity
Jrorkin Search engine optimization
Bkissinger04 Rhetoric
Nhampton1 Ethos
Kmeredithycp Public sphere
Livicottle Fallacy
JalilDixon93 Enthymeme
Jlehr27 Modes of persuasion
ElliotLeslie Kairos
Aalanaray
Kameron Cherry Exordium
NotSarah S Trope (literature)
Jmcfadden1 Public sphere
Stevens412 Satire
Egif Trope (literature)
Cputnam27

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 August 2021   |   Thursday, 26 August 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:

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.)

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 August 2021   |   Thursday, 2 September 2021
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 September 2021   |   Thursday, 9 September 2021

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 September 2021   |   Thursday, 16 September 2021

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 September 2021   |   Thursday, 23 September 2021
Assignment - Exercise
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

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 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 September 2021   |   Thursday, 30 September 2021
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

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 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 October 2021   |   Thursday, 7 October 2021