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Course name
Food Physical Systems
Institution
Rutgers University--New Brunswick
Instructor
Richard Ludescher
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Food Science
Course dates
2019-09-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-23 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
12


This is an introductory course in the physical chemistry of foods and food materials. Following an introduction to the physical interactions among and entropy of biomolecules, the course will investigate how these biomolecules interact to build the structure of foods at spatial levels from nanometers to centimeters and how these molecules and structures are manipulated by the operations of food processing and storage.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Cristinaesc10
Fionabawagan Miso
Mjw274 Tofu
Tcc104
Sml306
Mst107
Dylan Persad Single pot still whiskey
SamGuidry
Bkh49
Nstalzer
BeaeB Tapioca

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Assignment - 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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 16 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 23 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Assignment - Choose topic for original analytical paper

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 30 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 7 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 9 October 2019
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


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Chemistry

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.


Assignment - Original Analytical Paper

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 14 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 21 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 23 October 2019
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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 28 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 30 October 2019
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 10

Course meetings
Monday, 4 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 November 2019
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to 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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 11 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 November 2019
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 12

Course meetings
Monday, 18 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 November 2019
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 13

Course meetings
Monday, 25 November 2019
Milestones

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

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 2 December 2019   |   Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Assignment - Finish Original Analytical Paper