Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Appalachian State University/Petrology and Petrography (Spring 2021)

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Course name
Petrology and Petrography
Institution
Appalachian State University
Instructor
Sarah Carmichael
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Course dates
2021-01-19 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-04-28 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
22


This course covers the formation and identification of igneous and metamorphic rocks, and their relationships to tectonics and earth history.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Longka2 Gore Mountain Garnet Concord Gabbro-Syenite Complex
PerkinsonSC Challis Volcanics Farmington Gabbro
Thyermj Idaho Batholith Lilesville Granite
Mettsis Peach Springs Tuff Ammonoosuc Volcanics
Mannepuckett Catoctin Formation Waits River Formation
Bwooddell Concord Gabbro-Syenite Complex Idaho Batholith
Mccarthyea Ashe Metamorphic Suite Spruce Pine Mining District
Karcherrk Roosevelt Gabbros Challis Volcanics
Sailarca Mount Taylor Volcanic Field York Haven Diabase
Druannharris Ammonoosuc Volcanics Peach Springs Tuff
Sellarsjp Newbury Volcanic Complex Red Hill Syenite
Aronsonhd19972021 Farmington Gabbro Newbury Volcanic Complex
Cardwellma Blue Ridge Ophiolite Mount Taylor Volcanic Field
Climbingrocks1999 Waits River Formation Gore Mountain Garnet
Schubertan Red Hill Syenite Ashe Metamorphic Suite
Marguliesgm Spruce Pine Mining District Farmington Gabbro
Scarlett016 Lilesville Granite Tin Mountain Pegmatite
Vosikajm Central Montana alkalic province Roosevelt Gabbros
Smithlr3 Vassalboro Formation
Conklincjc1 Tin Mountain Pegmatite Central Montana alkalic province
SCD1999 Sebago Granite Blue Ridge Ophiolite
KyleGorczynski York Haven Diabase Catoctin Formation

Timeline

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Detailed grading rubrics and assignment guidelines are found on the ASULearn Lab page.

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 - Make your Wikipedia account

You will make a Wikipedia account in lab today.


Assignment - Choose your rock article
Assignment - Training Modules I

You must be logged in to this page (not just Wikipedia) to get credit for completing the tutorials. If you are not logged in, it will not record whether or not you have completed them!


Assignment - Wikipedia Page Stucture and Page Editing Practice

Assignment guidelines are posted here.

Assignment guidelines and grading rubric are provided on ASULearn as well (Wikipedia: Page Structures, and Practice Editing).

 

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 1 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 3 March 2021

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 8 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Assignment - Training Modules II

You must be logged in to this page (not just Wikipedia) to get credit for completing the tutorials. If you are not logged in, it will not record whether or not you have completed them!


Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 15 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 17 March 2021

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 22 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 24 March 2021

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 29 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 31 March 2021
Assignment - Peer review one article

Go to your assigned peer edit on the Wikipedia Dashboard.

  • Make suggestions in the person's talk page on their sandbox. Be sure to assess if the person has provided all the necessary information about their rock unit, if their overall formatting is correct (particularly important for citations!), if their tone is appropriate, etc.
  • You can edit small errors (such as spelling/grammar) directly in the sandbox, but for every error you fix you must hit Save and provide a description of what you fixed in the edit explanation. I know this process is annoying and time consuming, but it is proper Wikipedia etiquette.

Guiding frameworkSee ASULearn for grading rubric and expectations.

 

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 5 April 2021   |   Wednesday, 7 April 2021

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 12 April 2021   |   Wednesday, 14 April 2021
Assignment - Final Edits - move your work out of the sandbox and into Wikipedia

Please incorporate all comments/edits/suggestions from our individual meeting, from your peer editor, and from the Wikipedia editors (if they make any). Include your images, update citations, be sure your formatting is correct, etc.

Basically everything should look exactly like how you want it because now is the time to... move it to the mainspace!

The grading rubrics are provided on ASULearn.


Assignment - Adding Wikilinks and Rock Infobox

Read Editing Wikipedia (page 12) to see how to create links from your Wikipedia article to other Wikipedia articles, and from other Wikipedia articles to your own article.


  1. Provide at least 2 links to your page from other pages. Be sure to include edit summaries on those other pages when you link to your page. These can be local place-based pages or geology-based pages (i.e. other formations which might underlie or overly your rock unit, relevant orogenic events, etc.). You should also do a search of Wikipedia for your rock unit to see where it is listed but not linked to, and then link those words back to your page.
  2. Provide at least 10 different links to other pages from your page. Relevant pages are specific.  Irrelevant pages are to things like “United States” or “Kentucky” or “geology"
  3. Add your page to at least one category. To do so, go into edit mode and click on category at the bottom of the page. A box will pop up with potential categories. Type in some keywords (i.e. "Cambrian geology of Virginia" or "igneous petrology of Montana") to get category listings.
  4. Update any relevant chronostratigraphy links or other group links (optional; will depend on your rock unit).
  5. Add an Infobox rockunit template to the top right of your page and fill it out as appropriate for your unit.

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 19 April 2021   |   Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Assignment - Reflections on writing for Wikipedia

Answer the following questions on ASULearn:

  1. What did you learn about Wikipedia during the first article evaluation assignment (the one where you looked at something that interested you) that you didn't realize before? Did it make you look at the topic in a new way?
  2. Did your edits on that first article remain throughout the semester or have they since been removed by someone else?  If they were removed by someone else, what reasons were given?
  3. In the time since you have made your rock page live, has it received feedback or edits from other Wikipedia editors outside of this class? If so, how did you respond to and handle that feedback? If you did not receive comments/edits from other editors, just say "N/A" here.
  4. What did you learn from contributing to Wikipedia? Was it harder or easier than you thought it would be?
  5. How does a Wikipedia assignment compare to other projects you've done in the past for other classes?

You will receive full credit for complete, detailed, thoughtful responses.