Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/U of Washington/Astro482 Spring 2020 (Spring quarter)
| This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contact |
 | This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
- Course name
- Astro482 Spring 2020
- Institution
- U of Washington
- Instructor
- Paula Szkody
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Scientific Writing
- Course dates
- 2020-03-30 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-06-05 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 6
The course covers various aspects of scientific writing and editing, including journal articles and an article for the public in the TJO Observatory Newsletter. To compare different editing styles, students will find and edit a scientific wikipedia article that needs further work.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
-
- Monday, 30 March 2020 | Wednesday, 1 April 2020
- In class - Getting 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 - Learn about Wikipedia
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
Week 2
- Course meetings
-
- Monday, 6 April 2020 | Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Week 3
- Course meetings
-
- Monday, 13 April 2020 | Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Week 4
- Course meetings
-
- Monday, 20 April 2020 | Wednesday, 22 April 2020
- Assignment - Submit your final edited article