Wikipedia:USEP/Courses/Prokaryotic Diversity Fall 2012 (Gary King)

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Course information

 * University: Louisiana State University
 * Course title: Prokaryotic Diversity
 * Professor name: Gary King
 * Campus Ambassador:Becky Carmichael
 * Online Ambassador:
 * Course start date: August 20, 2012
 * Assignment due date:

Course description
This course provides an understanding of diversity as a subject of scientific discovery in general, and of diversity within the microbial world more specifically. Participants will be challenged first to develop a broad perspective on what the subject of diversity involves from a scientific perspective and then to explore the concept of diversity as it applies to microbes. Note: “microbe” is used in this course as a synonym for bacteria; viruses and eukaryotic microbes are not considered specifically.

Previous Semesters
Fall 2011 Prokaryotic Diversity

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Student resources
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Printable guides
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 * Wiki markup quick reference – This one-page quick reference (included in the Welcome to Wikipedia brochure) helps you to remember the most frequently used wiki markup codes.
 * References – This handout explains why references are important, what the expectations for sourcing on Wikipedia are, where to place references, and the basics of adding "ref" tags.
 * Reference formatting – This handout explains in more detail how to create footnotes for citing sources, and how to cite the same source multiple times.
 * How to get help – explains the recommended way to get help and feedback. It also includes a glossary of additional help resources you can avail yourself of.
 * Plagiarism – explains what plagiarism is on Wikipedia&mdash;including "close paraphrasing"&mdash;in addition to why and how to avoid it.

On-wiki tutorials

 * Tutorial - General introduction to Wikipedia
 * Article wizard - Walkthrough of the requirements for articles, including notability and sources
 * Picture tutorial - Explains how to insert pictures into Wikipedia articles using wikitext
 * Graphics tutorials (advanced) - advice about advanced image editing

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