Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/MSU Denver/Computer Engineering - Introduction and Ethics (Spring 2020)

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Wintersfire	Computer engineering	Embedded system, Information security, Computational engineering, Robotics, Signal processing, Video processing, Audio signal processing, Wireless, Control system, Filter (signal processing), Computer ethics, Intellectual property, Stack (abstract data type), Quantum computing, Computer language, Computer code, Computer memory, Logic gate, Transistor, Direct current, AC power
Ldoizak1	Ethics of programming
Kjashby
Nwotovitch
Jeremybivans
Bgrant14	Thermistor, Transducer
JPCaballero

Timeline

Week 8

Course meetings

Monday, 9 March 2020 | Tuesday, 10 March 2020 | Wednesday, 11 March 2020 | Thursday, 12 March 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:

Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
Evaluating Wikipedia

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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 9

Course meetings

Monday, 16 March 2020 | Tuesday, 17 March 2020 | Wednesday, 18 March 2020 | Thursday, 19 March 2020

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

In class - Discussion

Week 10

Course meetings

Monday, 30 March 2020 | Tuesday, 31 March 2020 | Wednesday, 1 April 2020 | Thursday, 2 April 2020

Assignment - Exercise

In class - Discussion

Week 11

Course meetings

Monday, 6 April 2020 | Tuesday, 7 April 2020 | Wednesday, 8 April 2020 | Thursday, 9 April 2020

Assignment - Add to an article

Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 12

Course meetings

Monday, 13 April 2020 | Tuesday, 14 April 2020 | Wednesday, 15 April 2020 | Thursday, 16 April 2020

Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Milestones

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

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 13

Course meetings

Monday, 20 April 2020 | Tuesday, 21 April 2020 | Wednesday, 22 April 2020 | Thursday, 23 April 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

Assignment - Exercise

Week 14

Course meetings

Monday, 27 April 2020 | Tuesday, 28 April 2020 | Wednesday, 29 April 2020 | Thursday, 30 April 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.

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 15

Course meetings

Monday, 4 May 2020 | Tuesday, 5 May 2020 | Wednesday, 6 May 2020 | Thursday, 7 May 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!

In class - In-class presentation

Assignment - Reflective essay

Milestones

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