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Course name
Employment Law for Business
Institution
Johnson and Wales university
Instructor
Cindy Fogarty
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Employment law
Course dates
2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-02-20 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
18


Students should learn about regulatory background, discrimination, sexual harassment, disability discrimination.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Kristinaarel Gender pay gap in the United States, Gender pay gap
Kellkatt2 Sexual harassment in the military
Amolina02 Transgender rights in the United States, Gay wage gap, Employment discrimination, Gender pay gap
Gabriellasantelli
Trgeorge6 Cannabis drug testing, Medical cannabis in the United States, Legal history of cannabis in the United States, Cannabis in the United States, Occupational health concerns of cannabis use, Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988
Gisellerecinos Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States
ACamoglino Employment
Jlwood118 Sexual harassment in the military
Phanest22
Jwuhc Cannabis drug testing, Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States
Kaylaobrien9
ChristinaSchneider13 Cannabis drug testing
Chelseamontero1020
ChrisChann1 Gender pay gap
J02166933 Cannabis drug testing
J02113550 Cannabis drug testing
T.lynch2 Gender Neutral Bathrooms
JamieTrenholm
Chelseam1020

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 12 December 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
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 9 January 2019
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
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Assignment - Peer review an article

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.


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 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
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 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
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.


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 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
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

Milestones

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