Wikipedia:India Education Program/Courses/Fall 2011/Data Structures and Algorithms

= Course Description = CT 203, Data Structures and Algorithms is the introductory programming course for second year (III semester) students, at College of Engineering, Pune. The course is offered to two classes: Computer Engineering and Information Technology. Each class has a strength of nearly 70 students, thus totalling nearly 140.

= Assignments Overview = The Wikipedia based assignments are a substitute for the regular quizzes worth 20 marks. Students are required to work on Wikipedia page assigned to them. This section is only about the Wikipedia part of the course. (To be updated after discussion with Campus Ambassadors)

Article Selection

 * The Directory of WikiProjects is a good place to begin your search. In addition, the WikiProject for Computer Science is located here.
 * For more specific classification explore these sources:
 * Category:Data structures
 * Category:Computer programming

July 31st, 2011

 * Overview of the course
 * Introduction to the Wikipedia part of the course by Abhijit A M
 * Introduction to "Why Wikipedia" by the Abhijit
 * HANDOUT: "Welcome to Wikipedia" brochure
 * Campus Ambassadors introduce Wikipedia
 * How to edit Wikipedia
 * Tips on creating good Wikipedia Pages
 * Complete the practice assignment located on the class discussion page


 * Complete this form

Aug 15th, 2011

 * Students to get introduced to Wikipedia browsing
 * Students to create user accounts, user pages, and update this page
 * Get your Wikipedia page finalized by the instructor

Aug 31st, 2011

 * Students to get assigned a campus ambassador and update this page with the name
 * Make first edits to your assigned pages
 * Write on talk pages of other students
 * Create your own sandbox.
 * Write a scheme of the things that you want to write on your page in the sandbox.
 * You may also edit some other pages (on any topic) on Wikipedia to get a feel of how things work.

Sep 15th, 2011

 * Introduction to IRC chat
 * Initial study on the topic assigned
 * Discuss your updates with the Mentor/Instructor
 * First few edits have been made to the wikipedia page assigned to you.

Sep 30th, 2011

 * You should have edited your subject page to a considerable extent by now.
 * You should also have discussed issues on the topic's discussion page with other people in the world. You should be aware of the debatable points and discuss them with the instructor.

Oct 20th, 2011

 * Detailed study of the topic assigned should have been completed.
 * The topic's page should be taking complete shape by now. You should have made near complete edits to the page.

Nov 10th, 2011

 * Review the work of at least two other groups from your class.
 * Comment about the quality of work done on the topic's discussion page.
 * Finalize the changes to your Wikipedia Page. Mention the last edit on this page (deadline: Oct 25th 2011, 6 pm)
 * Open discussion with each group about their Wikipedia experience

= Instructions for the students = Update this page with listing of your pair in the last section. Also list the page assigned to you and the name of your mentor campus ambassador. On your last edit, update the last edit link as well.

= Some helpful resources =
 * Go to the Wikipedia main page and have a look at all the features of Wikipedia.
 * To know the difference between an encyclopedia and an essay look at section 2.2 of this article: What Wikipedia Is Not

= List of students =