PHMD 2040 Service - Learning

  • Week 2 (09/11 - 09/17)

    Meetings: Friday (09/16)

    • 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 (09/18 - 09/24)

    Meetings: Monday (09/19), Wednesday (09/21), Friday (09/23)

    • Evaluate Wikipedia

      Assignment

      Training

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

      Exercise

      Evaluate WikipediaDue on Sep 24thView

  • Week 4 (09/25 - 10/01)

    Meetings: Monday (09/26), Wednesday (09/28), Friday (09/30)

    • 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 Oct 1stView

      Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

  • Week 5 (10/02 - 10/08)

    Meetings: Monday (10/03), Wednesday (10/05), Friday (10/07)

    • Finalize your topic and find sources

      Assignment
      Building your bibliographyDue on Oct 8thView

  • Week 6 (10/09 - 10/15)

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

    • 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

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

      Chemistry

      Genes and Proteins

      Medicine

      Science Communication

    • Everyone has started writing

      Milestone

      Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

  • Week 7 (10/16 - 10/22)

    Meetings: Monday (10/17), Wednesday (10/19), Friday (10/21)

    • Peer review an article

      Assignment
      Guiding framework

    • Peer reviews are complete

      Milestone

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

  • Week 8 (10/23 - 10/29)

    Meetings: Monday (10/24), Wednesday (10/26), Friday (10/28)

    • 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 9 (10/30 - 11/05)

    Meetings: Monday (10/31), Wednesday (11/02), Friday (11/04)

    • 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 (11/06 - 11/12)

    Meetings: Monday (11/07), Wednesday (11/09), Friday (11/11)

    • Continue improving your article

      Assignment

      Training

      Contributing images and media filesStart

      Exercise

      Continue improving your articleDue on Nov 12thView

      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 11 (11/13 - 11/19)

    Meetings: Monday (11/14), Wednesday (11/16), Friday (11/18)

    • 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 12 (11/20 - 11/26)

    Meetings: Monday (11/21), Wednesday (11/23), Friday (11/25)

    • Continue working on your article & post hours completed

      Assignment

      Review what has been completed so far and move live if comfortable

  • Week 13 (11/27 - 12/03)

    Meetings: Monday (11/28), Wednesday (11/30), Friday (12/02)

    • Continue working on your article & prepare for next term

      Milestone

      Everyone should have completed the required hoursj for this term and prepare for next term

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