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Timeline

April 11th: Wikipedia Assignment 1

In teams of 3 or 4, students are assigned a Wikipedia site, either a chronobiologist or a circadian gene.

Scientific accuracy

1. Rewarded for correction of incorrect facts or stating common errors or misconceptions
2. Rewarded for clarification of confusing phrases
3. Rewarded for adding (updating) knowledge
4. Rewarded for identifying what is not known
5. Rewarded for disambiguation of a definition

Quality of organization and presentation

1. Rewarded for organizing the topics in a logical manner
2. Rewarded for correcting typos and grammatical errors
3. Rewarded for being clear and concise, and complying with Manual of Style

Quality of citations

1. Rewarded for each citation
2. Rewarded for following Scientific citation guidelines

April 18th: Critique Another Wikipedia Site

Individually, students will offer suggestions for improvements to an assigned Wikipedia site.

April 25th: Wikipedia Assignment 3

Re-edit first Wikipedia site with team

Week 4: Using sources

In class

• Handouts: “Referencing on Wikipedia” and “Understanding Wikipedia’s copyright policy”

Assignment (due week 5)

• Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.

For next week

• Instructor evaluates student's article selections, by week 5.

Week 5: Choosing articles

In class

• Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.

Assignments (due week 6)

• Select an article to work on, removing the rest from your user page. Add your article to the class’s course page.
• Compile a bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.

Week 6: Drafting starter articles

In class

• Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, and (optionally) revisit the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
• Q&A session with instructor and/or Wikipedia Ambassadors about

interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing.

Assignments (due week 7)

• If you are starting a new article, write a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article—with citations—in your Wikipedia sandbox. If you are improving an existing article, write a summary version reflecting the content the article will have after it's been improved, and post this along with a brief description of your plans on the article’s talk page.
• Begin working with classmates and other editors to polish your short starter article and fix any major issues.
• Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.

Milestone

• All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.

Week 7: Moving articles to the main space

In class

• Handout: Moving out of your sandbox

Assignments (due week 8)

• Move sandbox articles into main space.
• Optional: For new articles or qualifying expansions of stubs, compose a one-sentence “hook,” nominate it for “Did you know,” and monitor the nomination for any issues identified by other editors.
• Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.

Week 8: Building articles

Workshop in class or outside of class

• Demo uploading images and adding images to articles.
• Share experiences and discuss problems.
• Handouts: “Uploading images” and “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality” (handed out originally in week 2)

Assignments (due week 9)

• Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
• Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copy-edit. (You don’t need to start reviewing yet.)

Week 9: Getting and giving feedback

In class

• As a group, have the students offer suggestions for improving one or two of the students' articles, setting the example for what is expected from a solid encyclopedia article.

Assignments (due week 10)

• Peer review two of your classmates' articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
• Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.

Milestone

• All articles have been reviewed by others. All students have reviewed articles by their classmates.

Week 10: Responding to feedback

In class

• Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, media literacy,

and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.

Assignments (due week 11)

• Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback. Prepare for an in-class presentation about your Wikipedia editing experience.

Week 11: Class presentations

In class

• Students give in-class presentations about their experiences editing Wikipedia.

Assignments (due week 12)

• Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.
• Write a reflective essay (2-5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.

Week 12: Due date

You made it!

Milestone

• Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading, and have submitted reflective essays.

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