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In this class, students will apply concepts from the first iteration of this course last semester and become active participants in our digital world. Students will have an opportunity to evaluate their own experiences and challenges addressing and combating internal and external emotional, economic, prejudicial, and ideological influences within a digital landscape. In order to do this, this course relies heavily on non-traditional sources of course information such as YouTube videos, Buzzfeed articles, Podcasts, Twitter posts, Memes, and various websites. Students will create a complete digital campaign using social media to advertise, promote, and market a student-created business, cause, or interest and contribute to wikipedia articles. Students will create a webpage, manage a social media marketing campaign in order to complete the course synthesis project.
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.
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This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
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.)
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
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
Use this time to complete your contributions and examine whether you have any instances of significant plagiarism.
Now that you've improved your draft based on the Turnitin report, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
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.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
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.
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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!
It's the final week to develop your article.
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.