Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Louisiana State University/Biology 4125: Prokaryotic Diversity (Spring 2016)

From the catalog: “Biology of bacteria and archaea; evolution, diversity assessment, systematics, ecology; emphasis on molecular approaches.” This course is meant to expand your basic knowledge of microbes established in General Microbiology to help you appreciate the myriad forms, capabilities, and lifestyles of organisms in the Domains Bacteria and Archaea. We will explore their evolutionary relationships on the tree of life, their lifestyle, metabolic, and genomic variations, and introduce methods for measuring microbial diversity.

Week 3
You will need to find a partner to work with on both your Wikipedia proposal and final page.

Week 5
Class meets in the CxC Studio 151, 151 Coates Hall

Begin working through these tutorials on your own timing

Week 6
Turn in to Moodle, one draft per team. These will be subjected to one round of peer review and returned for you to improve. If you do not submit a proposal, you forfeit your right to peer-review as well.

Week 7
Turn in to Moodle. These will be graded based on a rubric.

Week 9
Final draft incorporating your peer reviews. This version will be graded by Dr. Thrash according to the rubric.

Week 12
This will be done completely in your sandbox, and will not be live. Also subjected to peer-review with the same rules as before.

Week 13
Peer reviews of Wikipedia pages turned in, graded according to the rubric

Week 14
Final draft incorporating peer reviews. This version will be graded by Dr. Thrash. Once given the ok, you can make the page live.