Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UMass Boston/Composition II 1230 pm (Spring 2021)

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Course name

Composition II 1230 pm

Institution

UMass Boston

Instructor

Dan Messier

Wikipedia Expert

Ian (Wiki Ed)

Subject

English

Course dates

2021-01-25 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-05-12 23:59:59 UTC

Approximate number of student editors

16

Composition II is a course in inquiry-based research writing. It is designed to prepare students for their upper level courses by introducing principles of research and tactics for effective communication in academia. Students will create or revise a Wikipedia article of their choosing to learn about genre, research, citation requirements, revision, and collaboration in writing.

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Nlima123	Almond milk
Kappaccino26	Monatiquot River
Dexter1967	1912 Lawrence textile strike
Maira.Arev	Plastic flamingo
Vkennedy30
Lukee987	Beijing Sport University
Smokes3313	Catherine Widgery
Zarwahkanwal	Free education
Jasmine.trappier001	Kamikaze (Eminem song), FORCE (Villains and Vigilantes)
Raisin ok	African civet
Centimeter23
Palmtree207	Kelp
Tambi21	Jason Licht
UMBenglish	Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Jlin125	Imitation (art)
Patel25	Humour
Victoria.kennedy001	Platypus venom

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings

Thursday, 4 February 2021

Assignment - Introduction to the Wikipedia Discourse Community

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.

Learn more about Wikipedia Discourse by reading:

• Editing Wikipedia, pages 2 and 5

Week 3

Course meetings

Tuesday, 9 February 2021   |   Thursday, 11 February 2021

Week 4

Course meetings

Tuesday, 16 February 2021   |   Thursday, 18 February 2021

Week 5

Course meetings

Tuesday, 23 February 2021   |   Thursday, 25 February 2021

Assignment - Deeper Into Wikipedia Discourse

Complete these trainings to learn about more tools that Wikipedia offers to prepare you to make your Wikipedia edits.

Week 6

Course meetings

Tuesday, 2 March 2021   |   Thursday, 4 March 2021