Adult Development

  • Week 2 (09/20 - 09/26)

    Meetings: Monday (09/21), Wednesday (09/23), Friday (09/25)

    • Everyone has a Wikipedia account

      Milestone
      This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

  • Week 3 (09/27 - 10/03)

    Meetings: Monday (09/28), Wednesday (09/30), Friday (10/02)

    • Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

      In Class

      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:

    • Get started on Wikipedia

      Assignment

      Training

      Wikipedia policiesStart
      Sandboxes, talk pages, and watchlistsStart

      Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link Brother Skalski posted on the Canvas home page and/or emailed 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.)

    • Evaluate Wikipedia

      Assignment

      Training

      Evaluating articles and sourcesStart
      How to edit: Wikicode vs Visual EditorStart

      Exercise

      Evaluate WikipediaDue on Oct 3rdView

  • Week 4 (10/04 - 10/10)

    Meetings: Monday (10/05), Wednesday (10/07), Friday (10/09)

    • Choose possible topics

      Assignment

      Training

      Finding your articleStart

      Exercise

      Find potential articlesDue on Oct 10thView

      Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

    • Review rules for clinical psychology topics... these are to be avoided

      Assignment
      Editing health and psychology topicsStart

    • Add to an article

      Assignment

      Training

      Adding citationsStart

      Exercise

      Make a small editDue on Oct 10thView

    • Exercise

      Assignment
      Building your bibliographyDue on Oct 10thView

  • Week 5 (10/11 - 10/17)

    Meetings: Monday (10/12), Wednesday (10/14), Friday (10/16)

    • Complete Copyediting an Article Assignment in Canvas

      In Class

  • Week 6 (10/18 - 10/24)

    Meetings: Monday (10/19), Wednesday (10/21), Friday (10/23)

    • Start drafting your contributions

      Assignment

      Training

      PlagiarismStart
      Drafting in the sandboxStart

      Reach out to your peers, teaching assistant(s), Brother Skalski, and Wikipedia Expert if you have questions.  The Get Help button at the top of this page takes you to our Wikipedia Content Expert, but they have thousands of students.

      Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

    • Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

      Psychology

  • Week 7 (10/25 - 10/31)

    Meetings: Monday (10/26), Wednesday (10/28), Friday (10/30)

    • Work on Your Contributions

      In Class

  • Week 8 (11/01 - 11/07)

    Meetings: Monday (11/02), Wednesday (11/04), Friday (11/06)

    • Peer review two students' contributions

      Assignment
      Guiding framework

    • Respond to your peer review

      Assignment

      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.

    • Peer reviews are complete

      Milestone

      Every student has finished reviewing their assigned contributions, making sure that every contribution has been reviewed.

  • Week 9 (11/08 - 11/14)

    Meetings: Monday (11/09), Wednesday (11/11), Friday (11/13)

    • Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

      Assignment
      Moving work out of the sandboxStart

      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

  • Week 10 (11/15 - 11/21)

    Meetings: Monday (11/16), Wednesday (11/18), Friday (11/20)

    • Continue improving your contributions

      Assignment
      Contributing images and media filesStart

      Exercise

      Add links to your articles

      Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

    • Polish your work

      Assignment

      Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your peers, teaching assistant(s), subject librarian, and Brother Skalski if you need further help!  We can even reach out to Wikipedia content experts if

      needed.

  • Week 11 (11/22 - 11/28)

    Meetings: Monday (11/23)

    • Final article

      Assignment

      It's the final week to develop your contributions.

      • 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!

  • Week 12 (11/29 - 12/05)

    Meetings: Monday (11/30), Wednesday (12/02), Friday (12/04)

    • You've finished your Wikipedia assignment!

      Milestone

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

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