Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Hunter College, CUNY/CHEM 378 - Biochemistry Lab (Spring 2021)
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- Course name
- CHEM 378 - Biochemistry Lab
- Institution
- Hunter College, CUNY
- Instructor
- Iris
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Biochemistry Laboratory
- Course dates
- 2021-02-02 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-05-14 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 100
Students will perform a set of laboratory experiments covering areas of biochemistry such as protein analysis, enzyme purification, enzymatic assays, recombinant DNA and the polymerase chain reaction. The Wikipedia assignment will provide students with an opportunity to conduct secondary research in library databases and to contribute findings and sources to Wikipedia articles in the discipline.
Timeline
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 15 March 2021
- Assignment - 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 the Wikipedia assignment, and includes links to the training modules required for this course. All training, exercises, and contributions are due April 30, 2021.
There are also tips on signing up for an account and searching for sources in the Wikipedia lesson in VoiceThread, on BlackBoard
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- 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.)
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 22 March 2021
- Assignment - Exercise
Select one of the biochemistry stubs from this page: Biochemistry stubs
- Milestones
Once you have decided on an article stub, begin your research. Use the Hunter College Libraries databases to find information you want to add to the stub. You should locate two peer review sources on which to base your contribution(s). There are tips for this in the Wikipedia lesson on BlackBoard.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 29 March 2021
- Milestones
Reach out to me (ifinkel
hunter.cuny.edu) if you have questions.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their contributions in their sandbox.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 5 April 2021
- Milestones
Exercise
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.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 12 April 2021
- Milestones
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact me at any time if you need further help!
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 19 April 2021
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Now that you've improved your draft it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 26 April 2021
- 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 at any time!
Week 13
- Milestones
By April 30th, everyone should have finished all of the work you'll do on Wikipedia for the assignment, and be ready for grading.