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- Course name
- PSY100H Psychology
- Institution
- College of Staten Island
- Instructor
- Patricia Brooks
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Psychology
- Course dates
- 2018-08-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-29 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 36
A study of the important facts and theories concerning human behavior and its motivation. Included will be research methodology; at least three topics from learning, cognition, testing, physiology, and phenomenology; and at least three topics from personality, psychopathology, emotion and motivation, history and systems, development, and social factors. Topics will be related to major trends in recent cultural history and to current social and moral issues.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 30 August 2018
Week 2
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- Tuesday, 4 September 2018 | Thursday, 6 September 2018
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 11 September 2018 | Thursday, 13 September 2018
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 18 September 2018 | Thursday, 20 September 2018
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 25 September 2018 | Thursday, 27 September 2018
- In class - Account Set Up and Topic Selection
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.)
Select topic from PSYCH+Feminism course list (in class on 9/25)
Help Exercise: Choose a topic
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 October 2018 | Thursday, 4 October 2018
- Assignment - Training Modules + Template
Complete all basic training modules on the course dashboard. This should take about 1.5 hours total, though they have been distributed amongst the Timeline here.
Locate sources (e.g., CV, research articles from Google Scholar)
Exercise: Finalize your topic / Find your sources
Fill in the biography template with as much information as you can find.
Resource: Biographies handout
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 9 October 2018 | Thursday, 11 October 2018
- Assignment - First Drafts DUE
Work on improving your stub article in your sandbox by responding to the feedback on your talk page.
Add citations to your article using the cite button.
Exercise: Add a citation
Create hyperlinks to link information in your article with other Wikipedia content.
Exercise: Add links to your article
Resources: Consult the Editing Wikipedia and Editing Wikipedia:Biographies handouts.
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Week 8
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- Tuesday, 16 October 2018 | Thursday, 18 October 2018
- Assignment - Training for Peer Review
Week 9
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- Tuesday, 23 October 2018 | Thursday, 25 October 2018
- 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.
- Resources: Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
Week 10
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- Tuesday, 30 October 2018 | Thursday, 1 November 2018
Week 11
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- Tuesday, 6 November 2018 | Thursday, 8 November 2018
- Assignment - Revised Articles DUE
Expand your articles by:
- Summarizing scientists' key research findings and contributions
- Responding to feedback on the talk page
- Finding additional source materials
- Inserting citations using the Cite tool
Week 12
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- Tuesday, 13 November 2018 | Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Assignment - Peer Review
Read classmates' articles, make corrections, add content, and offer suggestions (use talk page).
Week 13
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- Tuesday, 20 November 2018 | Thursday, 22 November 2018
- Assignment - Final Drafts DUE
It's the final week to develop your article.
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
- Check final editing comments on your talk-page and make revisions.
- Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!
We will launch articles in class on November 27.
Resources: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 14
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- Tuesday, 27 November 2018 | Thursday, 29 November 2018
- Assignment - Check Articles for Flags
Check your article to see what feedback you have received from outside editors. Add hyperlinks and additional source materials as indicated. Insert links in other articles to connect to your new Wikipedia biography.