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Course name
BIOL 4610H_6610 Cell Biology
Institution
Clemson University
Instructor
Kaustubha Qanungo
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Cell Biology
Course dates
2020-01-09 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-01 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
24


This course serves as the additional requirement for the honors and the graduate students only. Each student will develop a new wiki page (not created previously) of a scientist who contributed to the area of "cell and molecular biology" and is a member of the prestigious "National Academy of Sciences, United States."

Student Assigned Reviewing
Aborlik Aaron J. Shatkin
Saramitchell513 George Paul Hess
Magdala5 Paul W. Sternberg Adrenocorticotropic hormone, Precursor cell, Transcription (biology)
Mstanl3 Anjana Rao
Lyarbro Gabriel A. Rabinovich
Bvlassis Wesley Sundquist
Corabisbee
Macy Calvasina Richard Palmiter
Kat.osborne Brainbow, Joshua Sanes
Cathiedi
Bamccauleyjr Joseph Kraut
Kerriwong Glauco Tocchini-Valentini
RobertFalconer Lewis Tilney
Shashgundi Armando J. Parodi
DHayes36
MaxVogel William J. Lennarz
Jmunfor Thomas Kaufman
Nmaster09 Robb Krumlauf
Savskidmore17 Dr. Olke Uhlenbeck
Charlov21 Transcription (biology)
Nathaniel2020 Charles C. Richardson
Clemsonzz2 Split-ring resonator

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Thursday, 9 January 2020
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

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:


Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

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.)


Assignment - Wikipedia assignment blog

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 January 2020   |   Thursday, 16 January 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 January 2020   |   Thursday, 23 January 2020
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Exercise
In class - Discussion
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Chemistry

Environmental Sciences

Genes and Proteins

Medicine

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 January 2020   |   Thursday, 30 January 2020

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 February 2020   |   Thursday, 6 February 2020
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

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

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 February 2020   |   Thursday, 13 February 2020
Assignment - Peer review three articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
Milestones

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

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

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 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 February 2020   |   Thursday, 27 February 2020
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

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 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 March 2020   |   Thursday, 5 March 2020
Assignment - Continue improving 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 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 March 2020   |   Thursday, 12 March 2020
Assignment - Polish your work

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 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 March 2020   |   Thursday, 26 March 2020
Assignment - Final article

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!

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 March 2020   |   Thursday, 2 April 2020
Milestones

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

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 April 2020   |   Thursday, 9 April 2020
Milestones

First extra week for all the excuses

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 April 2020   |   Thursday, 16 April 2020
Milestones

Second extra week for all the excuses