Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Southern California/WRIT 340 E (Fall 2019)

The learning outcomes for WRIT 340E (Advanced Writing and Communication for Engineers) students include the skills to do the following:

• Write for academic, public, and professional audiences.

• Demonstrate research and documentation abilities at the upper-division level.

• Revise and edit to advanced academic and professional standards.

• Prepare and give professional oral presentations for a variety of audiences and purposes.

• Work collaboratively to research, write, and present information and ideas.

• Write accurate, precise technical prose.

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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 6
Thinking about Wikipedia

Choose your topic / Find your sources

Biographies

Chemistry

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Genes and Proteins

Medicine

Psychology

Science Communication

Species

Women's Studies

Week 7
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 8
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

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
Now that you've improved your draft, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

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 15
Guiding questions

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