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Course name
GEO 416 Earth's Climates
Institution
CSU Dominguez Hills
Instructor
John Keyantash
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Geography
Course dates
2017-01-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-05-20 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
11


Student Assigned Reviewing
Wgorin Cyclonic rotation
GreatSam
Jon imai
Scarlettz1
Jonathan imai Ablation zone
JQuinn94 Air stagnation Air stagnation
JuanL0pez97 Climograph
Inungaray1
Agutierrez262 Climate change
Samanthadawson16 Wladimir Köppen
Slimjesus6 Land surface effects on climate
Horaceh13
Trevordltn Temperate climate

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 24 April 2017   |   Wednesday, 26 April 2017
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia project

Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:


Assignment - Practicing the basics
  • Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
  • It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade. 
  • When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page. You can view a list of all the student usernames enrolled in the course by visiting the Students tab above. 

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 1 May 2017   |   Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Assignment - Critique an article

 It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page. 

  • Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
  • Read the Wikipedia article about Climate Change and another of your choosing on Wikipedia. 
  • While you read, consider some questions (but don't feel limited to these): 
    • Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
    • Climate Change is a [article] on Wikipedia. Why do you think this is? Is it a good or a bad thing?  
  • In your sandbox, take notes from your evaluation.  
  • Choose at least 1 questions relevant to the second article you're evaluating (not the Climate Change article). Leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 10:57, 7 July 2017 (UTC). [reply]

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 8 May 2017   |   Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Assignment - Add to an article

Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by making a change to improve an article! 

  • First, select an article on Wikipedia to improve. Review the list of articles on the Articles tab above and assign one to yourself or find another on Wikipedia and manually assign it to yourself on the Students tab. 
  • Second, copyedit the article. Read through it, thinking about ways to improve the language, such as fixing grammatical mistakes. Then, make the appropriate changes. You don’t need to contribute new information to the article yet. 
  • Finally, improve it! You can draft your ideas in your sandbox. Think back to the article evaluation you did last week. What kinds of changes could you make to your article to improve it? Eventually you should add 1-2 new paragraphs of content to the main article space, and cite those statements to reliable sources, as you learned in the online training.
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