Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Pasadena City College/BIOL 010B (Fall 2019)

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Course name
BIOL 010B
Institution
Pasadena City College
Instructor
Suzanne Iwanicki
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Course dates
2019-08-26 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-11 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
24


Explores the diversity of living organisms, the structure and function governing their form and function, and the ecological principles that guide their interactions. Second in a 3-course series for Biology majors.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Zwei84 Acute muscle soreness Hormone
Vaniabessos Cell physiology Hormone
Ortiz56 Acute muscle soreness Allergy to cats
Nicoletruong Hormone Allergy to cats
Crystalchoy Cell physiology Acute muscle soreness
Melsar3 Allergy to cats Acute muscle soreness
Natsar6 Allergy to cats Acute muscle soreness
Wschmidt2 Allergy to cats Hormone
Bio10bspk Hormone Acute muscle soreness, Allergy to cats
Eriicaayu Hormone Allergy to cats
Cassiepark Allergy to cats Cell physiology
Jamiechiu8 Cell physiology Allergy to cats
Jamiec8
Casspark
ItzelZ197 Acute muscle soreness Hormone
Lgiron19 Cough reflex
Itzel197
Srabaya
Jhhong19
Yonghhon Allergy to cats Hormone
Jtanbioedit
Svrabaya Cell physiology Acute muscle soreness
Jtan4 Acute muscle soreness Allergy to cats
Tyetenekian1 Hormone Cell physiology
RnGC444 Acute muscle soreness Cell physiology
Yealee0401 Acute muscle soreness Cough reflex

Timeline

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
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:


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.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 7 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 14 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Genes and Proteins

Medicine

Science Communication

Species

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 21 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 28 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Assignment - Respond to your peer review

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.
Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 4 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 November 2019

Week 12

Course meetings
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
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


Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to 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.


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!


Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • 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.

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 18 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 November 2019