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- Course name
- Adult Development
- Institution
- BYUIdaho
- Instructor
- Jon Skalski
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Adult Development
- Course dates
- 2021-01-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-04-14 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 67
This course studies cognitive, social, physical, and personality development during adulthood. Note: This course page is being used for two sections of the same course.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 4 January 2021 | Wednesday, 6 January 2021 | Friday, 8 January 2021
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 11 January 2021 | Wednesday, 13 January 2021 | Friday, 15 January 2021
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 20 January 2021 | Friday, 22 January 2021
- In class - 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link Brother Skalski posted on the Canvas home page and/or emailed 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 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 25 January 2021 | Wednesday, 27 January 2021 | Friday, 29 January 2021
- Assignment - Review rules for clinical psychology topics... these are to be avoided
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 1 February 2021 | Wednesday, 3 February 2021 | Friday, 5 February 2021
- In class - Complete Copyediting an Article Assignment in Canvas
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 8 February 2021 | Wednesday, 10 February 2021 | Friday, 12 February 2021
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Reach out to your peers, teaching assistant(s), Brother Skalski, and Wikipedia Expert if you have questions. The Get Help button at the top of this page takes you to our Wikipedia Content Expert, but they have thousands of students.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 17 February 2021 | Friday, 19 February 2021
- In class - Work on Your Contributions
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 22 February 2021 | Wednesday, 24 February 2021 | Friday, 26 February 2021
- Assignment - Begin moving 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
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 1 March 2021 | Wednesday, 3 March 2021 | Friday, 5 March 2021
- Assignment - Continue improving your contributions
Exercise
Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.
- 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 peers, teaching assistant(s), subject librarian, and Brother Skalski if you need further help! We can even reach out to Wikipedia content experts if
needed.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 8 March 2021 | Wednesday, 10 March 2021 | Friday, 12 March 2021
- Assignment - Final article
It's the final week to develop your contributions.
- 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!
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.