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Course name
Technical Writing and Communication in Chemical Engineering
Institution
University of Washington
Instructor
Elizabeth Nance
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Technical writing
Course dates
2019-01-07 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-03-22 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


The goal of this course is to prepare chemical engineering students with the individual and collaborative technical writing, presentation, and research skills necessary to be effective technical communicators in academic and professional environments. Given that Wikipedia articles are written towards a live, global audience, the incorporation of a Wikipedia assignment is an excellent way to immediately make an impact in the chemical engineering literature that is available to our field.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Rebecca ttt Polymer engineering Pharmaceutical engineering, Condensation reaction
Jeffrey Montano Process engineering
Niebspace Heterogeneous catalysis Nanolithography, Solid-state chemistry
Tyoo2 Solid-state chemistry
TJ.Jang Condensation reaction Pharmaceutical engineering, Volatility (chemistry)
Aubrey29 Pharmaceutical engineering Biochemical engineering, Polymer chemistry
Kathychen1 Dispersion (chemistry)
Ewardwell Nanolithography Nanoengineering, Homogeneous catalysis
Leeberty84 Homogeneous catalysis Process engineering, Heterogeneous catalysis
ElliotNestor Polymer chemistry
Tokyodrift4 Volatility (chemistry) Dispersion (chemistry)
TaMAGLE Nanoengineering
Sebastian55tang Biochemical engineering Homogeneous catalysis, Process engineering

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Thursday, 10 January 2019
Milestones

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:

Milestones

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 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 January 2019   |   Thursday, 17 January 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 January 2019   |   Thursday, 24 January 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Chemistry

Environmental Sciences


Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 January 2019   |   Thursday, 31 January 2019

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 February 2019   |   Thursday, 7 February 2019
Milestones

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 has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 February 2019   |   Thursday, 14 February 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 February 2019   |   Thursday, 21 February 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.


In class - 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 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 February 2019   |   Thursday, 28 February 2019
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.


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 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 March 2019   |   Thursday, 7 March 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 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 March 2019   |   Thursday, 14 March 2019
Milestones

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