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Course name
Advanced Writing in the Tech Professions
Institution
Northeastern University
Instructor
Amy Carleton
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Writing
Course dates
2018-09-05 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-05 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
18


Provides writing instruction for students in the College of Engineering and the College of Computer and Information Science. Students practice and reflect on writing in professional, public, and academic genres, such as technical reports, progress reports, proposals, instructions, presentations, and technical reviews, relevant to technical professions and individual student goals. In a workshop setting, students evaluate a wide variety of sources and develop expertise in audience analysis, critical research, peer review, and revision.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Ktr7477 New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association
Hyeonjungko Graph Database
Skcatalina Mini-grids
Ethan McCue Persistent data structure
SebastianEuraque Hartford Public Schools (Connecticut)
GCSChris Google Crowdsource
Nrjean Topsfield Fair
Owen11112222 History of Civil Engineering
Zachglee University Rover Challenge
Teeconway11 Biological therapy for inflammatory bowel disease
YiwenDong191919 Bitmain
Elenadob Artificial Pancreas
Kellyg320 Great Boston fire of 1872
FricativeMelon United States Senate Committee on Pensions
Angelina1209 Mini-grids
Barclhr Equihash
Uniquename3 Psychological Influence from Volunteering
Alqassimi.b

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Friday, 7 September 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.

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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 10 September 2018   |   Friday, 14 September 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 17 September 2018   |   Friday, 21 September 2018
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 24 September 2018   |   Friday, 28 September 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 1 October 2018   |   Friday, 5 October 2018
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

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Chemistry

Genes and Proteins

Medicine

Psychology

Science Communcation

Species

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 8 October 2018   |   Friday, 12 October 2018
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 15 October 2018   |   Friday, 19 October 2018
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 8

Course meetings
Monday, 22 October 2018   |   Friday, 26 October 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

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 29 October 2018   |   Friday, 2 November 2018
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.

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 5 November 2018   |   Friday, 9 November 2018
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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 12 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!
In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 19 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Milestones

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