Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/SUNY Plattsburgh/Cell Biology with Lab Bio 401 (Fall 2018)

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Course name
Cell Biology with Lab Bio 401
Institution
SUNY Plattsburgh
Instructor
Joel Parker
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Cell Biology
Course dates
2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-07 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
24


Bio 401 is a required fourth year cell biology and lab class covering from how cells work, current cell biology lab techniques. This year we will be creating a page for the ragulator complex. The ragulator is a key metabolic regulatory complex that has been overlooked on Wikipedia. We will be doing the page from scratch as a large group project including creating new graphics and providing a solid review of the literature describing what is known about the complex and how it regulates basic metabolism with its interaction with TORC1.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Perillanova
Eliz0328
Evenumber22
Kltngm
Pierce Lindau
Nmaso001
Raygirl1230
Jdean009
Jlawi001
M pete010
JjssGA
Cbbastien
R m starfish
Ghowa001
Jecgecko Protein kinase
Science401
Ejg006
Superstar1340
LacJig Cell Biology

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 27 August 2018   |   Wednesday, 29 August 2018   |   Friday, 31 August 2018
Assignment - Set up your Wikipedia account and enroll in this course.

By end of lab Friday, everyone should have a Wikipedia account and be enrolled here.

Consider whether or not you want to remain anonymous before you create your sign in name and password on Wikipedia. Everything is public so if you wish to protect your identity then create a cryptic username and avoid revealing anything you want to remain private.

The link for enrollment is on Moodle.

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:

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.)

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 3 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 5 September 2018   |   Friday, 7 September 2018
Milestones

We will discuss how to approach this project, devise a prelimnary outlining, set up groups for different sections based on skills and interests, and chosing the name of the page (nontrivial).

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 10 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 12 September 2018   |   Friday, 14 September 2018
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Genes and Proteins

Assignment - Review the rules for health topics

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 17 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 19 September 2018   |   Friday, 21 September 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 24 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 26 September 2018   |   Friday, 28 September 2018
Milestones

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article sections

Assignment - 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.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 1 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 3 October 2018   |   Friday, 5 October 2018

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 10 October 2018   |   Friday, 12 October 2018
Assignment - Make suggestions to other groups

Everyone must peer review other students assigned sections of our new page.

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 15 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 17 October 2018   |   Friday, 19 October 2018

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 22 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 24 October 2018   |   Friday, 26 October 2018

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 29 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 31 October 2018   |   Friday, 2 November 2018
Milestones

The goal is to post our draft this week!

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 5 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 7 November 2018   |   Friday, 9 November 2018

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 12 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 14 November 2018   |   Friday, 16 November 2018
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 13

Course meetings
Monday, 19 November 2018

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 26 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 28 November 2018   |   Friday, 30 November 2018
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!
Milestones

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