Developmental and Molecular Biology

  • Week 2 (01/19 - 01/25)

    Meetings: Wednesday (01/22), Friday (01/24)

    • 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 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.)

    • Everyone has a Wikipedia account

      Milestone
      This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

  • Week 3 (01/26 - 02/01)

    Meetings: Monday (01/27), Wednesday (01/29), Friday (01/31)

  • Week 4 (02/02 - 02/08)

    Meetings: Monday (02/03), Wednesday (02/05), Friday (02/07)

    • Review the rules for health topics

      Assignment
      Editing health and psychology topicsStart

    • Choose possible topics

      Assignment

      Training

      Finding your articleStart

      Exercise

      Find potential articlesDue on Feb 8thView

      Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

    • Discussion

      In Class
      What's a content gap?

  • Week 5 (02/09 - 02/15)

    Meetings: Monday (02/10), Wednesday (02/12), Friday (02/14)

    • Exercise

      Assignment
      Copyedit an articleDue on Feb 15thView

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

      Genes and Proteins

  • Week 6 (02/16 - 02/22)

    Meetings: Monday (02/17), Wednesday (02/19), Friday (02/21)

    • Exercise

      Assignment
      Building your bibliographyDue on Feb 22ndView

    • Add to an article

      Assignment

      Training

      Adding citationsStart

      Exercise

      Make a small editDue on Feb 22ndView

    • Start drafting your contributions

      Assignment

      Training

      PlagiarismStart
      Drafting in the sandboxStart

      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

    • Everyone has started writing

      Milestone

      Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

  • Week 7 (02/23 - 02/29)

    Meetings: Monday (02/24), Wednesday (02/26), Friday (02/28)

    • Week 8 (03/01 - 03/07)

      Meetings: Monday (03/02), Wednesday (03/04), Friday (03/06)

      • Peer review three articles

        Assignment
        Guiding framework

      • Discussion

        In Class
        Thinking about Wikipedia

      • Peer reviews are complete

        Milestone

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

    • Week 9 (03/08 - 03/14)

      Meetings: Monday (03/09), Wednesday (03/11), Friday (03/13)

      • 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.

    • Week 10 (03/15 - 03/21)

      Meetings: Monday (03/16), Wednesday (03/18), Friday (03/20)

      • Week 11 (03/22 - 03/28)

        Meetings: Monday (03/23), Wednesday (03/25), Friday (03/27)

        • 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

        • Continue improving your article

          Assignment
          Contributing images and media filesStart

          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 12 (03/29 - 04/04)

        Meetings: Monday (03/30), Wednesday (04/01), Friday (04/03)

        • Exercise

          Assignment
          Nominating your article for Did You Know

        • 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 Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

      • Week 13 (04/05 - 04/11)

        Meetings: Monday (04/06), Wednesday (04/08), Friday (04/10)

        • Week 14 (04/12 - 04/18)

          Meetings: Monday (04/13), Wednesday (04/15), Friday (04/17)

          • Final article

            Assignment

            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!

          • Reflective essay

            Assignment
            Guiding questions

        • Week 15 (04/19 - 04/25)

          Meetings: Monday (04/20), Wednesday (04/22), Friday (04/24)

          • In-class presentation

            In Class
            Guiding questions

          • 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.

        • Week 16 (04/26 - 05/01)

          Meetings: Monday (04/27), Wednesday (04/29), Friday (05/01)
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