Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/California Institute of Technology/Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry 2020 (Spring)

Students will study the use of stable isotopes as quantitative tracers of biogeochemical processes. We start with a mathematical treatment of quantitative mass balance and closed-system distillation in isotope systems, then move on to systematically examine the phenomenology of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and sulfur isotope fractionations in systems that vary from single cells to global elemental cycles. Students will contribute to existing Wikipedia articles or create new ones within this context.

Week 1
Welcome to your 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

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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2
Submit topic ideas to ALS for discussion and feedback.

Week 4
Create an outline with sources and one figure for your planned article.

Week 5
Continue filling out your outline into a first draft, adding more figures and images as needed.

This is a training pertinent to anyone interested in writing on a topic related to the health fields.

Week 6
ALS will provide feedback on your draft.

Week 7
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.

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

Week 8
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 9
Review the two peer-written articles ALS provides you.



You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
 * Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 10
It's the final week to develop your article for ALS's review.


 * 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!

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

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