Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Salem College/Advanced Genetics (Spring 2020)

We are working with Drosophila melanogaster in the laboratory section of the course. Last year students added mutations to the website and added photos. Students will work in pairs to add or edit a description of a common mutation found in classical Drosphila genetics. This can include adding photographs.

Week 1
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 the page Drosophila melanogaster  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila_melanogaster), this is what we will be working on

Choose your topic / Find your sources

Week 4
Genes and Proteins

Species

Exercise
Add a citation

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

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 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!

Guiding questions

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