Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Alabama/Integrated Genomics (Spring 2017)
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- Course name
- Integrated Genomics
- Institution
- University of Alabama
- Instructor
- Laura Reed
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Course dates
- 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-04-29 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 19
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 24 January 2017 | Thursday, 26 January 2017
- Assignment - Introduction to the Wikipedia project
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
- Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Practicing the basics
- Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
- It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
- When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
- Assignment - Review the rules for medical topics
Review Wikipedia's rules for topics related to medicine, human health, and psychology.
- Assignment - Choose your topic / Find your sources
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself.
- Review page 6 of your Editing Wikipedia guidebook.
- Find an article from the list of "Available Articles" on the Articles tab on this course page. When you find the one you want to work on, click Select to assign it to yourself.
- In your sandbox, write a few sentences about what you plan to contribute to the selected article.
- Think back to when you did an article critique. What can you add? Post some of your ideas to the article's talk page.
- Compile a list of relevant, reliable books, journal articles, or other sources. Post that bibliography to the talk page of the article you'll be working on, and in your sandbox. Make sure to check in on the Talk page to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography.
- Assignment - Draft your article
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.
- Write an outline of that topic in the form of a standard Wikipedia article's "lead section." Write it in your sandbox.
- A "lead" section is not a traditional introduction. It should summarize, very briefly, what the rest of the article will say in detail. The first paragraph should include important, broad facts about the subject. A good example is Ada Lovelace. See Editing Wikipedia page 9 for more ideas.
Improving an existing article?
- Identify what's missing from the current form of the article. Think back to the skills you learned while critiquing an article. Make notes for improvement in your sandbox.
Keep reading your sources, too, as you prepare to write the body of the article.
Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
The report should document the addition of a minimum of 4 new citations (i.e. reviewed journal articles or published books), one external link, 150 words of new text, and your strategy for completing the article edits. The text should clearly outline the changes you have already made to the Wiki page, as well as outline the remaining changes/additions you will be making to meet the assignment requirement.
| Wikipedia Progress Report Rubric | |
| Category (points) | Points Earned | Comments
| Log of updates complete and clear (5) | |
| 4 new references (5) | |
| 1 External Link (2) | |
| 150 words of new text (5) | |
| Strategy to Completing Article (5) | |
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 31 January 2017 | Thursday, 2 February 2017
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 7 February 2017 | Thursday, 9 February 2017
- In class - Class Presentation
You will be making a 7-minute power point presentation to the class on your topic.
You class presentation should include:
1. Background: what is your basic topic and what is its history (3-4 slides)
2. Relevance to Genomics including at least 2 specific examples of published research that made use of your “topic”, how they used the “topic”, and what their findings were. (5-7 slides)
3. Tour of current version of Wikipedia page (either online or through screen shots).
4. Plans for the Wikipedia page: What have you done already and what remains to be done (2-3 slides)
The class will be encouraged to ask questions and provide comments on your plans for the page at the end of your presentation. Your final grade for the Wikipedia assignment will reflect, in part, whether you incorporated relevant/worthwhile/realistic class comments into your final product.
| Wikipedia Presentation Rubric | |
| Category (points) | Points Earned | Comments
| Background (10) | |
| Subject's use in research example 1 (10) | |
| Subject's use in research example 2 (10) | |
| Tour of Page (10) | |
| Plans for Page (10) | |
| Presentation Clarity (24) -see general oral presentation rubric | |
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 14 February 2017 | Thursday, 16 February 2017
- Assignment - Peer review and copy edit
- First, take the "Peer Review" online training.
- Select three classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copyedit. On the Articles tab, find the articles that you want to review, and then assign them to yourself in the Review column.
- Peer review your classmates' drafts. Leave suggestions on on the Talk page of the article, or sandbox, that your fellow student is working on. Other editors may be reviewing your work, so look for their comments! Be sure to acknowledge feedback from other Wikipedians.
- As you review, make spelling, grammar, and other adjustments. Pay attention to the tone of the article. Is it encyclopedic?
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 21 February 2017 | Thursday, 23 February 2017
- Assignment - Expand your draft
- Keep working on transforming your article into a complete first draft. Get draft ready for peer-review.
- If you'd like a Content Expert to review your draft, now is the time! Click the "Get Help" button in your sandbox to request notes.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | Thursday, 2 March 2017
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 7 March 2017 | Thursday, 9 March 2017
- 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. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
- Read Editing Wikipedia pages 12 and 14.
- Return to your draft or article and think about the suggestions. Decide which ones to start implementing. Reach out to your instructor or your Content Expert if you have any questions.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 14 March 2017 | Thursday, 16 March 2017
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Editing an existing article?
- NEVER copy and paste your draft of an article over the entire article. Instead, edit small sections at a time.
- Copy your edits into the article. Make many small edits, saving each time, and leaving an edit summary. Never replace more than one to two sentences without saving!
Creating a new article?
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 13, and follow those steps to move your article from your Sandbox to Mainspace.
- You can also review the [[../../../training/students/sandboxes|Sandboxes and Mainspace]] online training.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 21 March 2017 | Thursday, 23 March 2017
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 12 to see how to create links from your article to others, and from other articles to your own. Try to link to 3–5 articles, and link to your article from 2–3 other articles.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 28 March 2017 | Thursday, 30 March 2017
- 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 Content Expert at any time if you need further help!
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 4 April 2017 | Thursday, 6 April 2017
- 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 Content Expert at any time!
Your final article submission should be “complete”. It should have a minimum of 10 new references, 2 examples of published genomics research using or about the subject of your article, 3 external links, appropriate internal Wiki links (at least 3), and 500 words of new text. It should also incorporate relevant/worthwhile/realistic class comments from your presentation.
Your report should be a Word document file with the following components.
Screen shot of the Wikipedia page before you made any edits
Screen shot of Wikipedia page after your edits
Text clearly outlining the changes you have made to the Wiki page. Total expected document length with images, 3-4 pages.
| Wikipedia Page Rubric | |
| Category (points) | Points Earned | Comments
| Log of updates complete and clear (10) | |
| 10 new references (10) | |
| Subject's use in research example 1 (10) | |
| Subject's use in research example 2 (10) | |
| 3 External Links (2 ea, 6 total) | |
| 3 Internal Links (2 ea, 6 total) | |
| 500 words of new text (10) | |
| Accommodated Reviewer Comments (10) | |
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 11 April 2017 | Thursday, 13 April 2017