User:Dbzam/course wizard/Timeline

Timeline

 * Work in progress! Lots of advice from colleague User:Medmyco.

Weeks 1-2: Wikipedia essentials

 * In class
 * Overview of the course and assignment


 * Homework (please complete this by Friday, January 16)
 * Start the online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account (if you do not already have one), make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
 * Once you have a Wikipedia user account, please email me your user name (dzamble@chem.utoronto.ca) - I need to know this in order to mark your assignments.

Week 3: Editing basics

 * In class (or perhaps extra tutorial)
 * Basics of editing
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
 * Tips on finding the best articles to work on your assignments and to contribute to your classmates' assignments.
 * I will provide you with the enrollment token you will need to register for the course by clicking on the Enroll button at the top of this page.
 * Handouts: Using talk pages, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet


 * Assignment (due Friday, January 23, worth 5% of your grade)
 * Complete the online training for students.
 * Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
 * Enroll in the course on the Wiki Education page by clicking the "Enroll" button at the top, and entering the enrollment token you were provided.
 * Practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to our local Wikipedia Ambassador, User:OhanaUnited, and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page (You will be able to access your classmates' Talk Pages by scrolling to the bottom of this page where the enrolled students are listed (if you are not visible in this list it means you have not enrolled).
 * Read several of the following Wikipedia articles: ????  These are examples of what I consider to be excellent articles on bioinorganic topics, and could serve as models for the format, tone and citation requirements for your article.


 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts and will be assigned a topic on the course page. All students will also have competed the online training for students (and I will check that you have done it).

Week 4: Referencing - citing sources, obeying copyright

 * In class
 * We will briefly discuss referencing on Wikipedia and Wikipedia’s copyright policy.
 * I will hand out a topic to each of you that will be the subject of your assignment.
 * Handouts: How to get help
 * Provisional list of topics (If you email me by ????, you can select a topic, first come first served. If not, I will assign one.)
 * Acremonium strictum assigned to User:Wendyxie99
 * Candida tropicalis assigned to User:Pariamd
 * Chaetomium globosum assigned to User:JasminePrincess
 * Cladosporium sphaerospermum assigned to User:jonylight
 * Emmonsia parva assigned to User:Luka.m12

There are a few bioinorganic chemistry onlineresources you can access to help you with your project. Here are a few:
 * Resources


 * MycoBank - this is an online database that connects you with the most current names of fungi and it provides extensive additional references for many in addition to photographs (so you know what they look like - but remember, you cannot use these photographs in your assignment).


 * University of Alberta Microfungus Collection and Herbarium - This is the world's largest culture collection of biomedically important fungi, and it is located in Canada. The online database contains very detailed records of isolations of fungi from humans and animals, and provides links to the papers where they are documented.

There are a number of great books on medical mycology in the Gerstein Library in the stacks under the call number range QP500s. Also, you may find some worthwhile reference books in the general inorganic chemistry section at QP151. I have a few in my office that you are welcome to look at. A few that I think are particularly good include:


 * Barron G.L. 1968. The genera of Hyphomycetes from soil. Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins. 364 pp. Embed this reference:


 * Domsch K.H., Gams W., Anderson T.H. 1980. Compendium of soil fungi. Vol. 1. London, UK: Academic Press. 859 pp. Embed this reference:


 * Howard D.H. 2002. Pathogenic fungi in humans and animals, 2nd ed. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker. 800 pp. Embed this reference:


 * Kane J., Summerbell R.C., Sigler J., Krajden S, Land G. 1997. Laboratory handbook of dermatophytes: a clinical guide and laboratory handbook of dermatophytes and other filamentous fungi from skin, hair, and nails. Belmont, CA: Star Pub. Embed this reference:

Week 5: Develop a bibliography

 * Assignment (due Friday, February 6, worth 5% of your grade)
 * If an article on your topic already exists, copy its source code and paste it into your sandbox page below the sandbox template at the top  ← Do not delete this from the top of your sandbox page
 * Compile a bibliography of relevant references in your sandbox, linking each reference to the point-formed facts you plan to use that reference to support. I expect at least 20-30 "facts" (hopefully more) supported by at least 6 references. You're annotated bibliography might look something like this:

{{markup|title=
 * ==Fungus name==
 * fast-growing, yellow colonies
 * conidia 1-celled, rough-walled
 * nutrition, uses fructose, sorbitol and sucrose
 * reported from dermatophytosis-like infection, heart valve infection
 * resistant to amphotericin B
 * etc, etc.

Week 6 and Reading Week: Expand your article in your Wikipedia sandbox

 * Homework
 * Write a 3–4 paragraph summary of your article —with citations— on your Wikipedia sandbox.
 * Do not edit the article in the main space.


 * Milestone
 * All students have started editing draft articles in their Wikipedia sandboxes.

Week 7: Helping your peers

 * Assignment (due Monday, March 2, worth 5% of your grade)
 * Review and comment on the draft articles of at least 2–3 your classmates (last week's homework). Provide comments and constructive criticism to help them polish their articles and fix any major issues. Do not just say "Nice job! That looks great!!"
 * Leave your comments on their talk page, do not edit their sandbox.
 * Continue research on your article.


 * Milestone
 * All articles have been reviewed by others. All students have reviewed articles by their several of their classmates.

Week 8: Polishing your article

 * Homework
 * Continue research on your article.
 * Take a look at several of the articles of your peers and comment on them.

Week 9: Final due date

 * Assignment (due Friday March 13, worth 15% of your grade)
 * Email me a MS-Word file containing the full text of your article (dzamble@chem.utoronto.ca)
 * Move your article into main space by following these instructions: Migrate your article to the Main Wikipedia entry.


 * Milestone
 * Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.

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