Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Virginia Tech/Advanced Applications in Molecular Life Sciences (Spring 2020)

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Course name
Advanced Applications in Molecular Life Sciences
Institution
Virginia Tech
Instructor
Kylie Allen
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Genes and Proteins
Course dates
2020-01-21 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-11 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


This course covers advanced topics in biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics. A major portion of the course entails assigned paper presentations by student groups on cutting edge research in life sciences. The students additionally conceive and prepare a scientific proposal. For the Wiki Edu assignment, students will be assigned an enzyme at the beginning of the semester to research and provide wikipedia edits throughout the semester. They will then give a presentation on the enzyme and their wikipedia page editing experience at the end of the semester.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Biochemstudent96 CDKAL1 Formylglycine-generating enzyme
Ntam97 Radical SAM Formylglycine-generating enzyme
Hgarby Methylthiotransferase CDKAL1
Juliamontgomery Glutamate 2,3-aminomutase Radical SAM
AlexCorrigan Spore photoproduct lyase Methylthiotransferase
BrianRatnasinghe Spore photoproduct lyase Viperin
UrbaSag Lipoyl synthase CDKAL1
Sbj2001 Glutamate 2,3-aminomutase Spore photoproduct lyase
Laurf15 Radical SAM Viperin
Jcm98 Methylthiotransferase Methyltransferase
Duke Chiu Methyltransferase Lipoyl synthase
Tdehart4 Formylglycine-generating enzyme Lipoyl synthase
Tylernovsak Viperin Glutamate 2,3-aminomutase
Mecailam Formylglycine-generating enzyme Glutamate 2,3-aminomutase

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Thursday, 23 January 2020
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 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:


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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 January 2020   |   Thursday, 30 January 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 February 2020   |   Thursday, 6 February 2020
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Chemistry

Genes and Proteins

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 February 2020   |   Thursday, 13 February 2020
Assignment - Learn how to start drafting your article in the sandbox
Assignment - Choose your Article!
Assignment - Add to an article

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 February 2020   |   Thursday, 20 February 2020
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 February 2020   |   Thursday, 27 February 2020
Milestones

Guiding framework

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 March 2020   |   Thursday, 5 March 2020
Assignment - Peer Review articles assigned

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 March 2020   |   Thursday, 12 March 2020

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 March 2020   |   Thursday, 26 March 2020
Assignment - Respond to Feedback

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 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 March 2020   |   Thursday, 2 April 2020
Assignment - Move your work to Wikipedia!

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


Assignment - Continue improving 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 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 April 2020   |   Thursday, 9 April 2020

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 April 2020   |   Thursday, 16 April 2020
Assignment - 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 Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 April 2020   |   Thursday, 23 April 2020

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 April 2020   |   Thursday, 30 April 2020
Assignment - Your Wikipedia article should now be complete!