Editing Online Communities and Crowds (Winter 2022)/Wikipedia assignment (section)

== Overview ==
This page provides information about the Wikipedia assignment for the course.

In general, you should rely on the [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Northwestern_University/Online_communities_and_crowds_(Winter) course WikiEdu Dashboard] for specifics about deadlines and individual milestones that you are asked to complete each week.

Over the first six weeks of the course, you will learn about and contribute to Wikipedia. For weeks 2-6, you will work together with a team to research, write, and publish a new article in Wikipedia on a topic of your (collective) choosing. As part of this process you will interact with other Wikipedia community members who are not part of the class. At the conclusion of week 6, you will also write a brief, individual reflection essay assessing your experience and connecting it to other material in the course.

The Wikipedia assignments are not precisely synchronized with the rest of the course material, but should provide you with many opportunities to reflect on the other cases, concepts, and challenges we are covering.

During the Wikipedia assignment, you will need to participate on Wikipedia each week. The teaching team will be able to see this activity and help you where appropriate. The discussion sections and full class meetings will also include time to discuss your experiences. Only the final component of the assignment (the reflection essay) includes anything that you will need to turn in via Canvas.

Please note: Since these assignments are stretched out over six+ weeks, we recommend that you take notes and reflect on your experience throughout. This will help you complete the reflection essay much more easily.