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TCU SOM Wikipedia Elective Spring 2025
A 2-week elective course for medical students to learn about Wiki education (medicine focus), best practices and instruction through training, choosing a section to edit/update, and finally enacting the changes.
First Active Week
View Full TimelineWeek 1 (03/30 - 04/05)
Meetings: Monday (03/31), Tuesday (04/01), Wednesday (04/02), Thursday (04/03), Friday (04/04)Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment
In ClassWelcome 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
Get started on Wikipedia
AssignmentCreate 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
MilestoneThis week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.Evaluate Wikipedia
Assignment -Due: 2025-04-01
Review the rules for health topics
Assignment -Due: 2025-04-02
Choose possible topics
Assignment -Due: 2025-04-02
Training
Finding your article Start Exercise
Find potential articlesDue on Apr 2nd View Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
Make a small edit
Assignment -Due: 2025-04-02
Finalize your topic and find sources
Assignment -Due: 2025-04-02
Building your bibliographyDue on Apr 2nd View Start drafting your contributions
AssignmentReach 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
Everyone has started writing
MilestoneEveryone has begun writing their article drafts.