Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/College of Staten Island/PSY100H Psychology (Fall 2017)

A study of the important facts and theories concerning human behavior and its motivation. Included will be research methodology; at least three topics from learning, cognition, testing, physiology, and phenomenology; and at least three topics from personality, psychopathology, emotion and motivation, history and systems, development, and social factors. Topics will be related to major trends in recent cultural history and to current social and moral issues.

Week 6
Create a Wikipedia Account and link it to the course dashboard. Select topic from PSYCH+Feminism course list (in class on 10/7)

Complete all basic training modules on the course dashboard (due 10/9)

Intertwine is a platform where you you will be chatting with student editors enrolled in other Wiki Education courses. This week, the featured activities include:


 * Learning Wikipedia’s five pillars as evaluation criteria
 * Evaluating an existing Wikipedia article with your peers
 * Getting to know more Wikipedia editors and learning from each other's experiences

Sign up for a session here. If you haven’t logged in using your Wikipedia account, you will first be redirected to Wikipedia logging page. After logging in using your Wikipedia credentials, you will be able to sign up for our activity.

Week 7
CLASS on THURS 10/12 TO BE HELD IN 1L-214  (Library Learning Lab)

You will learn and practice:

– How to fill in the template in your sandbox

– How to cite sources in Wikipedia

– How to create hyperlinks

Please consult the and  handouts.

Week 8
First drafts of stub biographies due. Make sure that you have information in your sandbox ready for peer review.

Week 9
In class on 10/26: Peer review of Wikipedia articles (first drafts); how to avoid plagiarism and cite your sources!

Week 11
Intertwine is a platform where you you will be chatting with student editors enrolled in other Wiki Education courses. This week, the featured activities include:


 * Sharing the Wikipedia article your drafted with your peers.
 * Getting feedbacks from your peers on how to make your Wikipedia article even better
 * Providing feedbacks to your peers and help them improve their article

Sign up for a session here. If you haven’t logged in using your Wikipedia account, you will first be redirected to Wikipedia logging page. After logging in using your Wikipedia credentials, you will be able to sign up for our activity.

Week 12
Update your articles by:

– Expanding the content of your PSYCH+Feminism biography

– Responding to peer feedback on the talk page

– Finding additional source materials

– Inserting citations using the Cite tool

Week 13
Check final editing comments on your talk-page, make revisions, and upload your completed article to Wikipedia!

Week 14
Check your article to see what feedback you have received from outside editors. Add hyperlinks and additional source materials as indicated. Insert links in other articles to connect to your new Wikipedia biography.