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- Course name
- HOS3430C Nutrition of Horticultural Crops
- Institution
- University of Florida
- Instructor
- Gerardo Nunez
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Horticulture
- Course dates
- 2017-01-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-05-01 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 35
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 January 2017 | Wednesday, 1 February 2017
- In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia project
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
Your 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 get started, please review the following handouts:
- Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Create your account & take assigned trainings
Value: 2 pts.
- Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
- It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
- When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 6 February 2017 | Wednesday, 8 February 2017
- Assignment - Critique an article
Value: 2 pts.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
- Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
- Review the Wikipedia article on Plant Nutrition.
- During your review, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these):
- Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
- Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
- Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
- Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
- Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
- Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
- Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
- How does this article compare to the way we talk about plant nutrition in class?
- Make a section in your sandbox space where you leave your notes from your review. Choose 4 or 5 of the points above and expand upon them there.
- Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating & leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Gmcinnes4 (talk) 04:22, 28 February 2017 (UTC).
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 13 February 2017 | Wednesday, 15 February 2017
- Assignment - Add to an article
Value: 6 pts.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article.
To start, select an article related to plant nutrition to work on and assign it to yourself on the Students tab above. You can review the list of articles on Wikipedia in the Category:Plant nutrition list or select another article related to topics covered in the course.
You should improve the article you selected by adding 50-100 words and two peer-reviewed sources. Some things to consider:
- Don't forget to copyedit. Improving spelling and grammar is part of improving the article.
- Think about the skills you learned in the article critique. What kinds of sources and references are being used in your article? Can you find better ones? More up to date? Are any of the links dead?
- If any of the sentences or paragraphs in the article you selected are hard to read or understand, don't be afraid to re-write them for a general audience. If an 8th grader was reading about this topic on Wikipedia, could they understand what you wrote?