Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Vanderbilt University/Biology and Culture of Race (Fall 2018)
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- Course name
- Biology and Culture of Race
- Institution
- Vanderbilt University
- Instructor
- Carwil Bjork-James
- Wikipedia Expert
- Elysia (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Anthropology
- Course dates
- 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-21 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 30
Working in groups of three, students will each produce a "graphic explainer": an infographic, visualization, set of captioned images, or animation that illustrate a concept related to human biological variation or social categorization of racial identity.
Collectively, students will also critique several major articles on Wikipedia and graduate students will seek out information to improve articles after compiling those critiques.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 29 August 2018
- In class - Wikipedia essentials
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
- Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Learn the basics
- Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (To avoid hitting Wikipedia's account creation limits, this is best done outside of class. Only 6 new accounts may be created per day from the same IP address.)
- It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 3 September 2018 | Wednesday, 5 September 2018
- Assignment - Learning about creating illustrations
You'll want to find or create an appropriate photo, illustration, or piece of video/audio to add to an article.
- Before you start, review the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook, or see Editing Wikipedia pages 10–11.
- When you've reviewed those pages, take the training linked below.
- When you're ready to start finding images, remember: Never grab images you find through an image search, or those found on Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit, Imgur, or even so-called "Free image" or "free stock photo" websites. Instead, you'll want to find images with clear proof that the creator has given permission to use their work. Many of these images can be found on search.creativecommons.org.
- Don't just upload an image to Wikipedia. Instead, upload it to Wikipedia's sister site for images, Wikimedia Commons. For instructions, read through the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 10 September 2018 | Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 17 September 2018 | Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 24 September 2018 | Wednesday, 26 September 2018
- Milestones
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 1 October 2018 | Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 8 October 2018 | Wednesday, 10 October 2018
- In class - In-Class Critique of "Race and ethnicity in the US" on Wikipedia
[possible] As part of the last day of Part II of our class, we will be collectively reading and critiquing the Wikipedia page on "Race and Ethnicity in the United States" in light of what we have learned from the class. Some of the graduate students will act as scribes and editors who take class feedback into editing and improving the article.
Week 9
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- Monday, 15 October 2018 | Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 22 October 2018 | Wednesday, 24 October 2018
- Milestones
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 29 October 2018 | Wednesday, 31 October 2018
- In class - [Grad Students only] Editing training for Wikipedia
- In class - [Grad Students only] In-Class Critique of "Race and Genetics" on Wikipedia
As part of the last day of Part I of our class, we will be collectively reading and critiquing the Wikipedia page on "Race and Genetics" in light of what we have learned from the class. Some of the graduate students will act as scribes and editors who take class feedback into editing and improving the article.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 5 November 2018 | Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 12 November 2018 | Wednesday, 14 November 2018
- Assignment - Upload Graphic Explainers
Verify appropriate copyright/licensing status. Learn about free culture licenses. Upload to commons.wikimedia.org. Find appropriate articles to illustrate and add the illustrations to Wikipedia.
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 26 November 2018 | Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Week 15
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- Monday, 3 December 2018 | Wednesday, 5 December 2018
- Milestones