Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Ohio University/Writing for Biologists (Spring 2018)

Current research in biology, with an emphasis on plant science, will provide students with opportunities to practice and improve skills needed for successful written communication in the sciences.

Week 3

 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Setting up Wikipedia account
 * Begin training modules

Week 4

 * Complete the online training for students.
 * During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 5

 * Select a final article
 * This is the article you will be critiquing and editing for the remainder of the course
 * Resources: Choosing an article

Week 8

 * Evaluate your article by following the guidelines in the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure
 * Leave your critique on the article's talk page
 * If you need a  refresher, you can retake the Evaluating Articles and Sources module

Other resources:

Week 14

 * Edits to your article are due BEFORE class on Thursday
 * You will be presenting your article and the edits you made to the class