Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/River Valley Community College/Introduction to Biology I (Fall 2018)

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Course name
Introduction to Biology I
Institution
River Valley Community College
Instructor
Shannon Soucy
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Biology
Course dates
2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-14 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
7


What is life? Building blocks of life, how life works, introduction to basic molecular biology.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Shane92z Chitin
Samm42890 Drug resistance
Jesbvt12 Ecosystem respiration
Juliebarber18 Cell division
ThatWhiteBoi
S.Lampiasi Biostatsis
Ahowe123 Beneficial organism
Hunterw97 Mutant
Connorsisk18 United States biological weapons program
Jung50 Anaphase
Hlafayette922
Juliebarber17
Mikebrand12345

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 27 August 2018   |   Wednesday, 29 August 2018
In class - Wikipedia Assignment Introduction

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:

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Assignment - Create a Wiki account

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link. (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 3

Course meetings
Monday, 10 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Assignment - Evaluate an article of your choice

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 17 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Assignment - Choose an article and find sources

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 24 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Assignment - Add a citation to your chosen article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 1 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Assignment - Identify content gaps in your article

Review the discussion notes below when considering your article gaps. 

What's a content gap?

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 8 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Assignment - Begin writing a contribution to your chosen article

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 15 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 22 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Assignment - Peer review a classmates contribution

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 29 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Assignment - Respond to 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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 5 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 7 November 2018
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.

Week 12

Course meetings
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Assignment - Begin to move contributions onto your articles Wiki page

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 13

Course meetings
Monday, 19 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Assignment - Move all contributions out of sandbox and into Wiki 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!

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 26 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 28 November 2018

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 3 December 2018   |   Wednesday, 5 December 2018
In class - Wiki Presentations