Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/SUNY Plattsburgh/Bio 401 Cell Biology with lab B (Fall 2021)
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- Course name
- Bio 401 Cell Biology with lab B
- Institution
- SUNY Plattsburgh
- Instructor
- Joel Parker
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Genes and Proteins
- Course dates
- 2021-08-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-12-10 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 46
This fourth year cell biology course will focus on basic cellular structure and function. Throughout an organism’s life time cells must maintain a balance between growth and autophagy, and cell division and apoptosis. We will study how these states are regulated and maintained. We will look at current research on the main cellular processes and functions with an extra focus on pathways implicated in aging and age related neurodegenerative diseases.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 1 September 2021 | Friday, 3 September 2021
- 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
By the end of this week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account and be enrolled in the class dashboard. Submit your user name on Moodle so I know who you are and that you are signed up.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 6 September 2021 | Wednesday, 8 September 2021 | Friday, 10 September 2021
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 13 September 2021 | Wednesday, 15 September 2021 | Friday, 17 September 2021
- Assignment -
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 20 September 2021 | Wednesday, 22 September 2021 | Friday, 24 September 2021
- Assignment - Finding your article
Resource: Editing Wikipedia pages 6 - 9.
Resource: Cell Biology Stubs, C-Class MCB articles have lists of articles that might need work.
Email me your proposed article(s) using if you need help selecting one. Finalize by Oct. 4.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 27 September 2021 | Wednesday, 29 September 2021 | Friday, 1 October 2021
- Assignment - Critique the article you propose to improve
Evaluate your selected article according to the criteria in the exercise. Submit a critique of the article to improve on Moodle.
- Milestones
Everyone has begun researching their article.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 4 October 2021 | Wednesday, 6 October 2021 | Friday, 8 October 2021
- Milestones
Everyone should be drafting their article edits in their sandbox.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 13 October 2021 | Friday, 15 October 2021
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 18 October 2021 | Wednesday, 20 October 2021 | Friday, 22 October 2021
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 25 October 2021 | Wednesday, 27 October 2021 | Friday, 29 October 2021
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
You will now have 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. Make it something you are proud to put out into the world!
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 1 November 2021 | Wednesday, 3 November 2021 | Friday, 5 November 2021
- 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." We will be submitting with the aid of our Wikipedia expert.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 8 November 2021 | Wednesday, 10 November 2021 | Friday, 12 November 2021
- 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.
You may have helpful feedback from other Wikipedians or need to respond to editors who too hastily deleted your improvements. Be polite, gracious, and assume everyone is working in good faith to make Wikipedia better and reliable.
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 15 November 2021 | Wednesday, 17 November 2021 | Friday, 19 November 2021
- In class - Holiday!
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 22 November 2021
- 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!
- Assignment - Reflective essay