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Course name
T REMOTE Berkeley Interdisciplinary Research Group on Privacy - Coleman Lab
Institution
University of California, Berkeley
Instructor
Naniette Coleman
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
privacy
Course dates
2020-09-19 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-12-12 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


The Privacy Literacy Project (PLP) is a recurrent project hosted by the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Privacy (IRGP). I-PLP (International-Privacy Literacy Project) is the version of this project where content is in foreign languages as opposed to english. IRGP was founded at UC Berkeley during the summer of 2016. The semester long, discovery-oriented, research (and professional) skills training program focuses on the review, discussion, translation, and dissemination of privacy, surveillance, and cybersecurity knowledge to the public.

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 21 September 2020   |   Tuesday, 22 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 23 September 2020   |   Thursday, 24 September 2020   |   Friday, 25 September 2020
In class - Attend IRGP/Coleman Lab Bootcamp

The goal of the IRGP/Coleman Lab bootcamp is to introduce you to all of the tools you will use during the semester and get you comfortable with them before you start your first full week of work. Bootcamp is also a place to for you to get to know everyone in the lab.

In class - Introduction to the International Privacy Literacy Project

Welcome to the International Privacy Literacy Project's course timeline. This page will guide you through this Wikipedia project for our lab.

 

Our lab creates original Wikipedia pages on privacy, cybersecurity, and surveillance.  We also often translate those pages into foreign languages. This term you will be tasked with helping us to get those newly translated articles up on foreign language Wikipedia sites. Additionally, students help to find articles on assigned foreign language sites that are then translated into english. Before you get to work on our project it is important that you understand the process of doing edits on Wikipedia in english and creating an original Wikipedia page in english. Along the way you will also be helping to create tools to help future students uploading documents in the language(s) you are working on this term. Get excited you are doing groundbreaking work! Let's get started! 


This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online training in english to help you get started on Wikipedia. If you have never worked on Wikipedia before don’t worry we will guide you. Our course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your "Talk page" for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.


To help you plan your time the Executive Director of the Lab has assigned a "difficulty level" to each week of work. These levels are based on the work of prior lab members. The goal is to help you determine, in advance, how much effort will be required. A Difficulty Level of 1 = easy effort; Difficulty Level 2 =  easy to moderate effort; Level 3 = moderate effort; Level 4 = moderate to intense effort; and Level 5 = intense effort. Check in ahead of time if you have questions and please make sure to plan accordingly.  

**Please, please, please, please DO NOT SKIP AHEAD. This course is designed to build upon content learned and practiced the prior week. It is important to understand each week’s work thoroughly before moving onto next week’s steps. This course site is also dynamic (meaning it changes). If you jump ahead you may start work that is ultimately moved to another week or not assigned. Concentrate the work well that has been assigned to you during the current week**


To get started, please review the following handouts:


Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
  • Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. We recommend you do not use your real name for your username.
  • 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. If you have ANY difficulty setting up your account (ex. block) please let us know immediately.  

 ***When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself (use your username) to a classmate on that classmate's "Talk page"***

Milestones

Please review the Berkeley library research guide for our lab and the library skills videos. Both are hyperlinked on our lab intranet page.

This week, everyone should have attended bootcamp and set up a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 28 September 2020   |   Tuesday, 29 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 30 September 2020   |   Thursday, 1 October 2020   |   Friday, 2 October 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Two Privacy Articles on Wikipedia
For your assignment, you should complete this exercise for TWO articles.
 

To start, take the training linked here. Then, read the Wikipedia article about information privacy and also go find a second article in the foreign language Wikipedia you are working in this term. The way to do the latter is to go to https://www.wikipedia.org/ and click on “Read Wikipedia in your language.”

Find your language and then find a page you want to evaluate on the topic of privacy, surveillance, or cyber security. Use those two articles (one in english and one in the foreign language) while you complete the exercise:

 

Exercise

Evaluate an article

  • In your sandbox, write up your answers to these questions for the two articles you reviewed and then send them out on the I-PLP project email list by 11:59pm PST on Saturday.   
  • Optional (feel like showing off): Choose at least 1 question from the above list that is relevant to one of the articles you're evaluating. Leave your evaluation on the article's "Talk page." Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Locnamehn (talk) 02:56, 14 September 2020 (UTC). [reply]
Assignment - Weekly "Virtual" Lab Discussion
What's a Content Gap?

Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider these additional questions. Send your answers out on your I-PLP project team email list by 11:59pm PST on Saturday.


  • Wikipedians often talk about "content gaps." What do you think a content gap is, and what are some possible ways to identify them?
  • What are some reasons a content gap might arise? What are some ways to remedy them?
  • Does it matter who writes Wikipedia?
  • What does it mean to be "unbiased" on Wikipedia? How is that different, or similar, to your own definition of "bias"?

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 5 October 2020   |   Tuesday, 6 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 7 October 2020   |   Thursday, 8 October 2020   |   Friday, 9 October 2020
Assignment - Adding Citations
      • Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. Use the training here and the exercise below to complete this assignment.***

 

Exercise

Add a citation



  • Please add a couple sentences to a privacy related Wikipedia article within your language and cite the source you found that information in, or you can use the Citation Hunt Tool (search for “privacy” if you use this) to find statements that need citations.
  • This task will require you to perform a bit of research. If you have questions send them out on the project email list. Wikipedia also has a ton of resources to help you. Click the "Get Help" button and use them.  
Assignment - Start Working On Your Final Project

We will be giving you access to an editable document this week. You will be creating a translation toolkit for your assigned language (in english) at the end of your time with the lab. As you work, pay attention to any differences you may observe between english Wikipedia and the language you were assigned in Wikipedia.

Please jot notes down weekly in it and keep an eye out for requests to submit drafts with your memo. The more you keep track of differences the faster your final assignment will go. This week carefully consider any differences you notice between adding citations in your assigned language verses adding them in english Wikipedia.

Except for things like the identification of specific terms needed to translate in your language (ex. the button for help looks different.  The word for help in my language is _____), you will be expected to prepare this entire document in english. 

Please send an email to your project team email list if you have questions.

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 12 October 2020   |   Tuesday, 13 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 14 October 2020   |   Thursday, 15 October 2020   |   Friday, 16 October 2020
In class - Getting to know your assigned article(s)

This week you will begin to work with the Wikipedia article(s) you will be posting in your assigned language’s Wikipedia.

Assignment - Weekly "Virtual" Lab Discussion
Articles Similarities and Differences

Read your assigned article(s) in English and then read the translation provided to you in your assigned language. Once you have done that answer these questions. Put your answers in your sandbox along with the full text of your article(s) in your assigned language by 11:59pm PST on Saturday and include them in your weekly memo.

  • Does the article read as well in your assigned language as it does in english?  
  • Are key concepts and terms expressed as well as in the version in your assigned language as they are in english?
  • What ideas do you have to improve this article keeping in mind that we will not be doing translations this term? 
  • Add comment boxes with any changes you think should be done to the article.
  • If after you have reviewed the article you feel confident in the changes you have suggested go ahead and make the edits in our shared document.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 19 October 2020   |   Tuesday, 20 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 21 October 2020   |   Thursday, 22 October 2020   |   Friday, 23 October 2020
In class - Getting to know your assigned article(s)

This week you will begin to work with the Wikipedia article(s) you will be posting in your assigned language’s Wikipedia.

Assignment - Weekly Lab "Virtual" Discussion
Articles Similarities and Differences

Read your assigned article(s) in English and then read the translation provided to you in your assigned language. Once you have done that answer these questions. Put your answers in your sandbox along with the full text of your article(s) in your assigned language by 11:59pm PST on Saturday and include them in your weekly memo.

  • Does the article read as well in your assigned language as it does in english?  
  • Are key concepts and terms expressed as well as in the version in your assigned language as they are in english?
  • What ideas do you have to improve this article keeping in mind that we will not be doing translations this term.
  • Add comment boxes with any changes you think should be done to the article.
  • If after you have reviewed the article you feel confident in the changes you have suggested go ahead and make the edits in our shared document.
In class - Add 5 / Edit 5

Starting this week till the end of lab, you will be searching for unique privacy articles within your language’s Wikipedia.

 

***Add five unique privacy, surveillance, or cybersecurity pages to the Privacy+ pages list for this semester on the lab web page.  Add a both the hyperlink and your name in brackets next to it. Edit every page you add to the list.  Possible Options:  Add two sentences.  Add a citation.  Fix punctuation.  Clarify a sentence or two.***
Don't forget to leave notes when you edit in Wikipedia (comment out your edit) so other Wikipedians know what you edited

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 26 October 2020   |   Tuesday, 27 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 28 October 2020   |   Thursday, 29 October 2020   |   Friday, 30 October 2020
In class - Getting to know your assigned article(s)

This week you will begin to work with the Wikipedia article(s) you will be posting in your assigned language’s Wikipedia.

Assignment - Weekly "Virtual" Lab Discussion
Articles Similarities and Differences

Read your assigned article(s) in English and then read the translation provided to you in your assigned language. Once you have done that answer these questions. Put your answers in your sandbox along with the full text of your article(s) in your assigned language by 11:59pm PST on Saturday and include them in your weekly memo.

  • Does the article read as well in your assigned language as it does in english?  
  • Are key concepts and terms expressed as well as in the version in your assigned language as they are in english?
  • What ideas do you have to improve this article keeping in mind that we will not be doing translations this term.
  • Add comment boxes with any changes you think should be done to the article.
  • If after you have reviewed the article you feel confident in the changes you have suggested go ahead and make the edits in our shared document.
In class - Add 5 / Edit 5

 ***Add five unique privacy, surveillance, or cybersecurity pages to the Privacy+ pages list for this semester on the lab web page.  Add a both the hyperlink and your name in brackets next to it. Edit every page you add to the list.  Possible Options:  Add two sentences.  Add a citation.  Fix punctuation.  Clarify a sentence or two.***
Don't forget to leave notes when you edit in Wikipedia (comment out your edit) so other Wikipedians know what you edited

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 2 November 2020   |   Tuesday, 3 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 4 November 2020   |   Thursday, 5 November 2020   |   Friday, 6 November 2020
In class - Content Creation & Plagiarism

Even though you will not be creating original content this term it is important you get to know Wikipedia's rules surrounding content creation. It is important you also get to know Wikipedia's rules on plagiarism.

Resources: Review page 6 of yourEditing Wikipedia guidebook. Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9

 

Assignment - Weekly "Virtual" Lab Discussion
Thinking About Sources and Plagiarism

Now that you have reviewed the content of your article, you should review what you already know about sourcing and plagiarism. Additionally, start thinking about the differences in citation style based on your language Wikipedia. Put your answers in your sandbox by 11:59pm PST on Saturday.

  • What are some reasons you might not want to use a company's website as the main source of information about that company?
  • What is the difference between a copyright violation and plagiarism?
  • What are some good techniques to avoid close paraphrasing and plagiarism within a translated article?  
  • What are a few differences you notice between english citations and the citations in your assigned language?

**Be comprehensive and exhaustive, remember you will be creating a guide for your assigned language at the end of the term. You will also need this information to help complete next week’s task**

In class - Continue Working On Your Final Project

Please jot notes down weekly in your template and keep an eye out for requests to submit drafts with your memo. The more you keep track of differences the faster your final assignment will go.

 

Please send an email to your project team email list if you have questions.


Add 5 / Edit 5

***Add five unique privacy, surveillance, or cybersecurity pages to the Privacy+ pages list for this semester on the lab web page.  Add a both the hyperlink and your name in brackets next to it. Edit every page you add to the list.  Possible Options:  Add two sentences.  Add a citation.  Fix punctuation.  Clarify a sentence or two.***
Don't forget to leave notes when you edit in Wikipedia (comment out your edit) so other Wikipedians know what you edited

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 9 November 2020   |   Tuesday, 10 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 11 November 2020   |   Thursday, 12 November 2020   |   Friday, 13 November 2020
In class - Editing Citations

You have edited or revised a well-constructed translated article and gained knowledge on the differences in citation styles between English Wikipedia and the language you were assigned this term. Use this information to complete the next exercise.

 

 

Exercise 

Edit Citations 

  • Use the information you collected from the “Weekly Lab Virtual Discussion” on differences between english Wikipedia and your language Wikipedia to think about citation style. 

Ex. When looking through the spanish language Wikipedia, I noticed that sources written in english had a note “(en inglés),” but the citations themselves were written in spanish.

  • Take time to thoughtfully edit your citations within your sandbox. Before you start you may want to take a look at a few other pages in your assigned language to make sure the style you are using makes sense. Check out the talk pages of a few articles and try to examine a few that are higher up on the quality scale when completing this task.

Put your answers in your sandbox by 11:59pm PST on Saturday and include them in your weekly memo.

Assignment - Prepare For IRGP Undergraduate Symposium Presentation
  • Prepare for presentation about your Wikipedia editing experience.
  • Review videos of previous presentations and start to think about what you want to do
Blog Writing Workshop

The blog assignment for the I-PLP team is slightly different than the assignment for the PLP team. You will learn more next week.  In the meantime watch the Blog Writing workshop this week to learn about blog writing in general. 

Milestones

Everyone has completed editing/translating their articles. Citations have been formatted to fit the style of the specific language Wikipedia on which it will be hosted.

Prepare for presentation at our IRGP's Undergraduate Research Symposium

 

In class - Weekly "Virtual" Lab Discussion
Thinking About Wikipedia

Send your answers out on on our project email list by 11:59pm PST on Saturday.

  • What do you think of Wikipedia's definition of "neutrality"?
  • What are the impacts and limits of Wikipedia as a source of information?
  • On Wikipedia, all material must be attributable to reliable, published sources. What kinds of sources does this exclude? Can you think of any problems that might create?
  • If Wikipedia was written 100 years ago, how might its content (and contributors) be different? What about 100 years from now?
In class - Continue Working On Your Final Project

Please jot notes down weekly in your template and keep an eye out for requests to submit drafts with your memo. The more you keep track of differences the faster your final assignment will go.

 

Please send an email to your project team email list if you have questions.


Assignment - Add 5 / Edit 5

***Add five unique privacy, surveillance, or cybersecurity pages to the Privacy+ pages list for this semester on the lab web page.  Add a both the hyperlink and your name in brackets next to it. Edit every page you add to the list.  Possible Options:  Add two sentences.  Add a citation.  Fix punctuation.  Clarify a sentence or two.***
Don't forget to leave notes when you edit in Wikipedia (comment out your edit) so other Wikipedians know what you edited

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 16 November 2020   |   Tuesday, 17 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 18 November 2020   |   Thursday, 19 November 2020   |   Friday, 20 November 2020
Assignment - Begin Moving Your Work to Wikipedia

***Once you have both revised and edited your citations for your translated article, it's time to start moving your article to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."***   

Use the training above as a tool for moving your completed article to the mainspace. Remember, it is important that your completed translated page is located within the specific language Wikipedia it is in. Sandboxes do not transfer from language to language, you must make the page move within the specific language Wikipedia your article is translated into. 

Send an email to our project email list once you have started to upload your work into the mainspace for your assigned language.

 

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

 
In class - Begin Thinking About Your Blog Post

This is an opportunity to talk about what you have done this semester. This original piece will take the form a professionally written subjective blog of 500 to 1000 words. The blog assignment for the I-PLP team is slightly different than the assignment for the PLP team. 

Please talk about what you have learned about privacy this semester and editing in the Wikipedia language you were assigned. 


Assignment - Begin Wrapping Up Final Project

Synthesize the notes you wrote down weekly in your template and turning them into prose.

 

Please send an email to your project team email list if you have questions.


Assignment - Add 5 / Edit 5

***Add five unique privacy, surveillance, or cybersecurity pages to the Privacy+ pages list for this semester on the lab web page.  Add a both the hyperlink and your name in brackets next to it. Edit every page you add to the list.  Possible Options:  Add two sentences.  Add a citation.  Fix punctuation.  Clarify a sentence or two.***
Don't forget to leave notes when you edit in Wikipedia (comment out your edit) so other Wikipedians know what you edited

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 30 November 2020   |   Tuesday, 1 December 2020   |   Wednesday, 2 December 2020   |   Thursday, 3 December 2020   |   Friday, 4 December 2020
Assignment - Continue Improving your Article and Prepare for your Presentation

Exercise

Add links to your articleRead Editing Wikipedia page 12 to see how to create links from your article to others, and from other articles to your own. Try to link to 3–5 articles, and link to your article from 2–3 other articles. 

  • Consider adding an image to your article. Wikipedia has strict rules about what media can be added, so make sure to take the 'Contributing Images and Media Files' training before you upload an image.

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 Content Expert at any time if you need further help!


Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work or add images and other media.

====== Prepare for in-class presentation
Prepare for an presentation about your Wikipedia editing experience. ======

In class - Continue Thinking About Your Blog Post

This is an opportunity to talk about what you have doen this semester. This original piece will take the form a professionally written subjective blog of 500 to 1000 words. The blog assignment for the I-PLP team is slightly different than the assignment for the PLP team. 

Please talk about what you have learned about privacy this semester and editing in the Wikipedia language you were assigned.


In class - Draft Blog Post is Due on Friday / Edits of Blog(s) Assigned Due Saturday

Add your draft blog post to your personal blog doc on the lab webpage. Review and offer comment suggestions to the blog of the person(s) you were assigned.

Milestones

Do some deep breathing exercises.  Do a few extra reps at the gym.  Phone a friend. Have some chocolate.  Power pose.  Meditate.  Do whatever you need to do to prepare yourself.  Your article needs to be uploaded to the mainspace by Saturday next week at the very latest.  Remember you can continue to edit it.  You just need to get it up there!  Remember how this all started....Be Bold!

In class - Continue Wrapping Up Final Project

Please jot notes down weekly in your template and keep an eye out for requests to submit drafts with your memo. The more you keep track of differences the faster your final assignment will go.

 

Please send an email to your project team email list if you have questions.


Assignment - Add 5 / Edit 5

***Add five unique privacy, surveillance, or cybersecurity pages to the Privacy+ pages list for this semester on the lab web page.  Add a both the hyperlink and your name in brackets next to it. Edit every page you add to the list.  Possible Options:  Add two sentences.  Add a citation.  Fix punctuation.  Clarify a sentence or two.***
Don't forget to leave notes when you edit in Wikipedia (comment out your edit) so other Wikipedians know what you edited

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 7 December 2020   |   Tuesday, 8 December 2020   |   Wednesday, 9 December 2020   |   Thursday, 10 December 2020   |   Friday, 11 December 2020
In class - Article Edits are Complete/ Article Posted / Prepare to Present

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready to present what they have done.

Assignment - Final Article Development
  • 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 Content Expert at any time!

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In class - Final Draft Of Blog Due on Saturday

Submit your draft blog post by Saturday and include it in your memo.  Make sure you have considered any edits suggested and updated your blog ahead of final submission.

In class - Submit Video for IRGP's Undergraduate Symposium
Assignment - Upload your Article to the Mainspace

It may seem scary but that does not mean it isn't time!  It's time to put your article  in the mainspace.  

Assignment - Submit Final Project

See details in email from lab leadership

Assignment - Add 5 / Edit 5

***Add five unique privacy, surveillance, or cybersecurity pages to the Privacy+ pages list for this semester on the lab web page.  Add a both the hyperlink and your name in brackets next to it. Edit every page you add to the list.  Possible Options:  Add two sentences.  Add a citation.  Fix punctuation.  Clarify a sentence or two.***
Don't forget to leave notes when you edit in Wikipedia (comment out your edit) so other Wikipedians know what you edited

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