Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/SUNY Plattsburgh/Cell Biology with Lab Bio 401 (Fall 2018)

Bio 401 is a required fourth year cell biology and lab class covering from how cells work, current cell biology lab techniques. This year we will be creating a page for the ragulator complex. The ragulator is a key metabolic regulatory complex that has been overlooked on Wikipedia. We will be doing the page from scratch as a large group project including creating new graphics and providing a solid review of the literature describing what is known about the complex and how it regulates basic metabolism with its interaction with TORC1.

Week 1
By end of lab Friday, everyone should have a Wikipedia account and be enrolled here.

Consider whether or not you want to remain anonymous before you create your sign in name and password on Wikipedia. Everything is public so if you wish to protect your identity then create a cryptic username and avoid revealing anything you want to remain private.

The link for enrollment is on Moodle.

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.)

Week 2
We will discuss how to approach this project, devise a prelimnary outlining, set up groups for different sections based on skills and interests, and chosing the name of the page (nontrivial).

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Week 3
Genes and Proteins

Exercise
Add a citation

Week 5
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article sections

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.

Week 7
Everyone must peer review other students assigned sections of our new page.

Week 10
The goal is to post our draft this week!

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Nominating your article for Did You Know

Week 12
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 14
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!

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