Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Courses/Industrial Psychology37APSWI963/Timeline

Week 2: Wikipedia Essentials

 * Welcome to Wikipedia
 * Five pillars, an explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles
 * Video on creating an account
 * ASSIGNMENTS DUE BY CLASS TIME THURSDAY 1/19
 * Create Wikipedia account by selecting Log in / Create an Account. You don't have to use your real name as your Username. Pick a password you will remember!
 * Join the APS-Wikipedia Initiative Portal (APSWI) here. Provide the following course code: BalPSYSC 37337-000-Mjt

Week 3: Editing and Reviewing basics

 * Talk pages tutorial video
 * Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure
 * ASSIGNMENTS DUE BY CLASS TIME THURSDAY 1/26
 * Complete 11 tutorials at the APSWI portal.
 * Create your user and talk pages, add your userID to student list on main course page
 * Critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article that you consider yourself knowledgeable about, contribute at least one edit, and leave suggestions for future improvement on the article's discussion page. Come to class ready to discuss and show the class the edit(s) you made.

Week 4: Using sources

 * Referencing handout
 * Referencing: Wikicode handout
 * Plagiarism handout
 * Citing sources tutorial video
 * RefToolbar citation tool tutorial video
 * Continue editing / reviewing on Wikipedia at your leisure: topics of your very own interest!

Week 5: Teams and Article Assignment

 * Teams / Article Assignments announced in class on Thursday 2/9
 * First face-to-face team meetings in class on Thursday 2/9

Week 6: Team Work

 * Sandbox tutorial
 * Moving into main space
 * ASSIGNMENT DUE IN CLASS TUESDAY 2/14:
 * PSYSC 373 Students: Each undergraduate team should submit a report to Dr. Tagler with initial plans for article revision and subsection responsibilities (i.e., who is responsible for what).
 * PSYSC 573 Students: Each graduate student should submit a report to Dr. Tagler with initial plans for article revision

Week 7: Building articles

 * Uploading images handout
 * Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons video
 * Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure (repeat from Week 3)
 * Article assessments video
 * Evolution of an article video
 * Engage in discussion on your article's Talk page, both with your team members and others.

Week 8: Progress Update

 * ASSIGNMENT DUE IN CLASS THURSDAY 3/1:
 * Submit an updated report detailing progress to date, modification/additions to original plan, and remaining work.
 * PSYSC 373 Students be sure to document the contributions of each individual student and responsibilities for remaining work.

Week 9: Seeking and Responding to Reviewers

 * If there is a lack of external reviewers for your article, seek them out at Wikiproject Psychology.
 * Clearly document your article improvements and considerations on your article talk page and by clearly describing your edits for the View history page.

Week 11: Wikipedia Peer Review

 * Wikipedia Peer Review
 * ASSIGNMENT:
 * By Tuesday 3/29, submit your article for Peer Review as instructed on the link above.

Week 14: Submit article for quality assessment by Wikiproject Psychology reviewers

 * ASSIGNMENT:
 * By Thursday 4/19, submit your article for Quality Assessment by outside WikiProject Psychology reviewers.


 * NOTE: Article quality assessment can take some time. Thus, if you hope to achieve "B" status (to earn extra credit points), you should aim to submit your article well in advance of this deadline. However, only high quality articles will attain "B" status, thus don't submit before you are satisfied with your article.

Week 15: Class presentations

 * ASSIGNMENT 4/24, 4/26
 * Students give in-class presentations about their experiences editing Wikipedia.

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