Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Boston University/Marine Biology- BI260 (Spring 2019)

Stub-to-hub; find a marine organism on wikipedia who's current page is a &quot;stub&quot; and edit it to make it a hub of knowledge increasing the accessibility of information on marine biology

Week 1
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lUbYQyX1SdEyvLXwKg_LCT-9BH2OGcf4AvUwsQJS4QQ/edit

Hand in to your Teaching Fellow!

Consult the following handouts:

Science Communication

Species

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 2
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 3
Welcome to your ONLINE portion of this assignment: Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Exercise
Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 4
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 5
It's the final week to develop your article.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Week 6
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.