Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Emory and Henry College/Genetics (spring 2019)

Your assignment will be to select a scientist from the &quot;articles&quot; tab and add to the Wiki entry about their life and work. Everyone will be asked to read at least one published paper by their scientist and one or more reviews that reference their work, and explain the significance of their research to a general audience (typically on the 6th-8th grade level). In addition, if you are able to add information about their education or life story, this information is valuable, too. Editing for Wikipedia is different from writing a term paper in that there is no specific word limit expected. Rather, your work will be evaluated on your progress through the writing process (including completion of weekly training modules and intermediate deadlines through the WikiEdu dashboard) and through your ability to convey the relevant ideas accurately, accessibly and clearly.

See the Wikipedia entries on Marianne Frommer, Elizabeth Blackburn or Shirley Tilghman as good examples of what a well-written article might look like.

A key aspect of writing for Wikipedia involved carefully documenting your sources, so it’s critical that you keep track of which information came from which source throughout the process, and cite your sources throughout your writing.

See Moodle for more complete details and a project rubric.

This assignment was modified from one developed by Prof. Jennifer Robison

Week 2
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.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 4
Choose your topic / Find your sources

What's a content gap?

Biographies

Genes and Proteins

Medicine

Science Communication

Exercise
Add a citation

Week 6
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

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7
Guiding framework

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

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 8
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

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.

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 10
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!

Guiding questions

Week 11
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.