Assessment: Improving a Wikipedia Article
Students may complete this assignment individually, in pairs or in groups, at your discretion.
Have students access the student chapter Improving Wikipedia.
Have them select a Wikipedia article that is not an A or FA class article. It should be on a topic with which they are already at least somewhat familiar. (At your discretion, you may allow them to select an article on a specialized wiki such as Bulbapedia, Wookiepedia or Fandom.com.)
Have them use the Wikipedia Reliability Worksheet to identify what problems the article may have.
Students should then research the topic of the article (using sources other than Wikipedia!) to try to improve it. Remind them to keep track of where they found their information so they can provide references.
Have students make edits to the article to improve it and then Preview them. This should include an Edit Summary that describes the reasons for their changes.
Have students submit to you:
- the original article
- their research on the topic
- the article with their revisions
- the Edit Summary
Assess their work with the Assessment Rubric.