Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Mississippi/Introduction to Chemical Ecology (Fall 2022)

This will be an introduction to the field of Chemical Ecology. The course will be seminar based, with class time devoted to discussing at least one primary literature article in the field of chemical ecology per class. Students will work on a Wikipedia education module over the period of the course, culminating in students contributing substantially to at least 2 topics of their choice on Wikipedia in a manner that would be communally beneficial; the values of neutrality and notability align with a course objective to establish a core and accepted understanding of the state of the field. This Wikipedia module will constitute the major class project (there will be no final exam). This class is offered concurrently as a graduate level course; graduate students will do the same activities, except they will be required to present orally at the end of the course on one of the topics they may have edited. Students will work and be graded independently on topics of their choice, but are welcome to discuss and work collaboratively; each student will also be required to provide feedback/review other student entries in the spirit of scientific accountability and accepted practices of communal peer review.

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.

Week 3
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 5
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

Chemistry

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Genes and Proteins

Medicine

Species

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6
Guiding framework

Week 7
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!

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!

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