Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Louisiana State University/Environmental physiology (Fall 2021)

This course is focused on understanding how individual organisms survive in their environments and how species deal with common problems (respiration, energy acquisition, water balance) using similar, or sometimes very different, tools. This course also explores specialized adaptations to extreme environments from deserts to the deep seas. As one of the main class assignments, I would like students to substantially expand on and edit existing Wikipedia pages on animal physiology to add information relevant to comparative (I.e, non human) species and how these adaptations facilitate survival in their environments.

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.)

In the &quot;Wikipedia assignment reflections&quot; packet I would like you to write 1-2 paragraphs this week after you do the trainings.

First of all, how often do you use Wikipedia? What were your overall impressions of Wikipedia before starting this assignment?

Secondly, was there anything you learned in the training sessions that surprised you?

There will be several short writing assignments due during the Wikipedia assignment.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3
Complete the &quot;Evaluating Wikipedia&quot; assignment in your reflection packet.

Week 4
Answer the following questions in your reflection packet:

What is your article topic (species and paper subject)?

Look over the article page for the species you have chosen. How well developed is this article? What is missing? How will your paper(s) help fill a gap in this article?



Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pag e 6

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

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Genes and Proteins

Species

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.

Week 8
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 9
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 10
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 11
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!

Specifically, I would like you to look at what you are adding to your article and evaluate if you should add any links to other Wikipedia articles that might be relevant.

Week 12
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!

Please write the answers to your reflective essay in your reflection packet.

Week 13
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.