Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of the Pacific/Health and the Environment in the Central Valley (Fall 2021)

CORE 001: Problem Solving and Oral Communication is the new first year seminar at our university designed to have students focus on writing, information literacy, and communication skills.

In this section, students will be focusing on California's Central Valley (where the university is based) and the complex interactions between health, the environment, and the needs of agribusiness. As the nation's agricultural hub, the Central Valley needs significant resources, such as water and labor. However, this leads to complex problems such as air pollution, access to clean water, migrant labor exploitation, and pesticide exposure.

The Central Valley is largely overlooked, but students will work on Wikipedia pages to help make knowledge about the region more accessible.

Week 8
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.)

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 9
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 10
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

History

LGBT+ Studies

Medicine

Political Science

Science Communication

Sociology

Species

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 11
Guiding framework

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

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 12
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

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.

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 13
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.