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Week 7: Wikipedia essentials

 * In class


 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
 * Teams assigned
 * Assignment (due Friday week 7)
 * Complete the online training for students,online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
 * Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, leave a message for both your teammates on their user talk page.

Week 8: Editing basics

 * Outside of class
 * Continue learning how Wikipedia works
 * Helpful online handouts to read: Using talk pages, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet,Wikimarkup long version
 * Choose a Category:Cell_biology_stubs that you will expand and improve.
 * Begin researching your topic
 * Assignments (due Friday week 8)
 * send me the name of the stub or topic that you are working on.


 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
 * All students have chosen a stub and are hard at work.
 * I will check your progress

Week 9: Work on your stub

 * In class
 * No class time, work with your team.
 * Assignments (due Friday week 9):
 * I will check your progress

Week 10: Work on your stub

 * In class
 * No class time, work with your team.
 * Assignments (due Friday week 10):
 * I will look at your stub Talk and History to assess your performance.
 * Email me the grade that you think each of your teammates deserve for the 10% teamwork contribution along with a justification. Include the grade that you think you deserve with a justification.


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

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