Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Materials Chemistry (MatMaven)/Timeline

Timeline
Please keep the following due dates in mind.

Sept. 20 In-class demonstration by MichChemGSI (talk) on the basics of Wikipedia Editing.

Sept. 22 (5 pts)	Your team composition and case study topic must be approved by Professor no later than this date. To turn in the assignment, create your topic sandbox on Wikipedia per course instructions on September 20th. Topics will be assigned on a first requested basis in the event of multiple teams requesting the same topic.

Oct. 6 (15 pts) 	Site outline is due. This should consist of a prose Background and Significance, including a paragraph appropriate for the general public, a bibliography with at least eight references including major reviews, and the rest of the planned information including figures/schemes in outline form.

Oct. 13 (15 pts) 	Peer reviews of site outlines are due. This assignment is completed directly on Wikipedia.

Nov. 22 (15 pts) 	Full “sandbox” version of critical review is due. This assignment is completed directly on Wikipedia.

Dec. 1	(15 pts)  	Peer reviews of “sandboxes” are due. This assignment is completed directly on Wikipedia.

Dec. 6			In-class presentation on how to move your sandbox onto live site.

Dec. 8 (35 pts)	Wikipedia sites go live on this date. Final site evaluation by Professor and GSI.

For this assignment, you will serve as both a content creator and an editor. You and your group will create content for a specific topic. The entire course will serve as the editorial board for the content created and posted on Wikipedia. You will receive specific editorial assignments during the process of creating these case studies. You will be evaluated on the content creation of your group and on your editorial contributions.

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