Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UCLA/Chem 153A Honors (Fall 2018)

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Course name
Chem 153A Honors
Institution
UCLA
Instructor
Heather Tienson
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Introductory Biochemistry
Course dates
2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-21 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


Introduction to structure, enzymes and metabolism

Student Assigned Reviewing
Safors Photofermentation
Liucatherinek Binding site
Gschuette Uncoupling proteins
Slargman Trajectory inference
Faizanwar08 GABA transporter
HeatherKJ4 Anabolism
Dssalven Cyclin-dependent kinase 2
TinaYLi Cassandra Quave
JennaRosel Argpyrimidine
Cedombroski Merozoite surface protein
Xena741 Phenypressin
Hengyu0111 EMP3

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Thursday, 4 October 2018
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.)


Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Assignment - Wikipedia assignment blog

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Thursday, 11 October 2018
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 3

Course meetings
Thursday, 18 October 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Week 4

Course meetings
Thursday, 25 October 2018
In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Chemistry

Genes and Proteins

Medicine

Science Communication

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 5

Course meetings
Thursday, 1 November 2018
In class - Discussion

Types of biochemical images and how to make them


Assignment - Adding Images to your article

Week 6

Course meetings
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Week 7

Course meetings
Thursday, 15 November 2018
Milestones

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


In class - 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.


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 - 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 - 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.

Week 8

Course meetings
Thursday, 29 November 2018
In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questionsPrepare a 5 minute presentation explaining the content that you added to Wikipedia. 

Week 9

Course meetings
Thursday, 6 December 2018
Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questionsUse your blog posts to illustrate challenges you faced, skills you gained, and how your thoughts and feelings changed over the quarter.

I would also like you to address how this project affected your relationship with biochemistry and your experience in 153A.

 

Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.


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!