Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Cornell University/BIOG3500 Applied Science Communication (Fall 2017)

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Course name

BIOG3500 Applied Science Communication

Institution

Cornell University

Instructor

Kelee Pacion

Wikipedia Expert

Ian (Wiki Ed)

Subject

Sciences

Course dates

2017-09-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-12-04 23:59:59 UTC

Approximate number of student editors

18

Applied Science Communication Course to practice science communication skills

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Sensitivsci
Micro Nerd	Pilus
Karenryceballos	Invasive earthworms of North America
Lish scicomm	Priming (psychology)
KylaNBrathwaite1996	Social media
NatashaSciFacts	Social facilitation
Koreanblackmamba	Group dynamics
IthacaScientist	Gut flora
Elmogeo	Coregonus artedi
Yoyomama123	Cultural psychology
Ternsaround	Bird ringing
Colettegaz	Photostimulation
Gld44	Bird migration
Will swope	Stem Cell	Stem cell
AlexWiebe1	Environmental DNA
IsabellaSciComm	Midshipman fish
MJ-3500
Eransleybio3500
Yasmin.Gaminchi	Synchrotron

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings

Thursday, 28 September 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 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 - Get started on Wikipedia

• Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (To avoid hitting Wikipedia's account creation limits, this is best done outside of class. Only 6 new accounts may be created per day from the same IP address.)
• 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

Tuesday, 3 October 2017   |   Thursday, 5 October 2017

Assignment - Add to an article

Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:

• Add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
• The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.