Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Tarleton State University/Freshwater Biology (Fall 2020)
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- Course name
- Freshwater Biology
- Institution
- Tarleton State University
- Instructor
- Victoria Chraibi
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Environmental Sciences
- Course dates
- 2020-08-21 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-12-04 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 13
Freshwater Biology (a.k.a. Limnology) teaches on the biological and physicochemical characteristics of lakes, rivers, and wetlands. Students will spend the first part of the semester learning lab and field data collection techniques. To gain an appreciation of how these data are analyzed, interpreted, and disseminated, they will edit Wikipedia pages for reservoirs in Texas (the university’s home state). They will use resources including peer-reviewed literature, federal and state government reports, and informal literature to learn how to find and critically assess each resource. Another learning goal is public science communication. It also fulfills a need for Wikipedia because of the 200 Texas reservoirs, many articles remain as stubs or do not yet exist. My plan is for each student to individually edit two pages, one stub and one new (13 students for 26 pages total).
Timeline
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- 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 - Getting 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
- In class - Discussion
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 20 October 2020
- Assignment - Exercise
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Assignment - Add to an article
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 3 November 2020
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 10 November 2020
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
- 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
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- In class - Discussion
- Assignment - Peer review two articles
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 24 November 2020
- 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.
- 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.
Week 16
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 1 December 2020
- 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.