Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UC Berkeley/California Natural History (Fall 2020)
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- Course name
- California Natural History
- Institution
- UC Berkeley
- Instructor
- Alan Shabel
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Course dates
- 2020-08-26 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-12-31 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 60
Students will edit Wikipedia entries for natural history phenomena of California.
Timeline
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 2 October 2020
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 9 October 2020
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 16 October 2020
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 23 October 2020
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 30 October 2020
- 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.
(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.)
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–6 (refer back to this for writing tips!)
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
Complete the trainings listed above to get familiar with Wikipedia policies and pages.
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Learn how to evaluate and edit pages on Wikipedia by clicking on the tutorials and exercise above.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 6 November 2020
- Assignment - Choose possible topics
Choose an article to edit. Choose from any of the organisms listed in the Spirit Clades on Top Hat. If you want more information on choosing Wikipedia articles to edit, go through the tutorial above!
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 13 November 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 should begin writing their article drafts.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 20 November 2020
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
It's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
- Assignment - Polish your work
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.
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 13
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 27 November 2020
- Assignment - Final article
It's the final week to develop your species 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!
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.