Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Villanova University/MSE 2301 Fall 2021 (Fall 2021)

Goal of this assignment: You will make meaningful contributions to the existing Wikipage &quot;Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment,&quot; with an emphasis on water quality and other topics we cover in class. Through training and practice, you will first learn how to appropriately edit and contribute to Wikipedia. Once you are properly trained, you will select a practice article to edit. You will then peer edit a partner. Finally, you will identify a part of the target Wikipage that needs modification and enhance the already existing page. You will be graded on your progress and contribution, not &quot;what sticks!&quot; However, if your work sticks, you will receive BONUS POINTS!

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.

Read and add these IMPORTANT RESOURCES to your favorites or Reading list tab (on your browser):


 * Editing Wikipedia (pages 1 - 5)
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

Create a Wikipedia account and join this course page, using the enrollment link on Bb or at the top of this page. Due to 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. If this problem persists, please let me know.

Complete two trainings and submit in-training quiz questions on Bb by Sat, Aug 28 11:59 pm.

By the end of the first week, everyone should please have a Wikipedia account connected to this course. The enrollment link is at the top of this page. Complete by Sat, Aug 28 11:59 pm

Week 2
Please complete three trainings and submit answers to in-training quizzes on Bb by '''Sat, Sept 4th 11:59 pm. Thanks!'''

This is not a required resource, but has very helpful thought questions as you progress through the project.

Week 3
The Finding your article training will show you ways to select a WP article to evaluate. Use your selected article to complete the Evaluating Wikipedia exercise. Please copy your published User page to submit on Bb when you're done.

The Choose your article exercise will show you additional ways to select articles. Please select TWO WP articles on which you may later choose to contribute (preferably C-Class and mid-high importance) with a topic related to our course content. Add a brief evaluation and source for each article. Finally, copy your published User page to submit on Bb when you're done.

These activities are due on Sat Sept 11th 11:59 pm

Week 4
For this exercise, please make ONE CITATION EDIT to EACH of the three articles you selected last week: the edit can be either adding a citation or editing an already existing citation (e.g., remove a broken link). Please make sure you provide an edit summary (such as &quot;added a citation&quot;) when publishing changes. Published changes can be easily tracked on WP and don't need to be uploaded to Bb.  Important Note:  Keep track of your contributions to the mainspace, as you will be including these in a reflective essay at the completion of your work. Due Sept 18 11:59 pm

For this exercise, make a small contribution (edit) to one of your articles (not a citation edit). You are permitted to add new content, but you're not required to do so. Provide an edit summary (such as &quot;fixed spelling error&quot;) when publishing changes. Published changes can be easily tracked on WP and don't need to be uploaded to Bb.  Important Note:   Keep track of your contributions to the mainspace, as you will be including these in a reflective essay at the completion of your work. Due Sept 18 11:59 pm

Week 5
This week you have two trainings and one exercise to complete by Sat, Sept 25 at 11:59 pm. This is the week where you will make a significant edit (minimum 2 sentences) to an article or draft a starter article (the choice is yours). Begin by drafting your contribution in your sandbox; you're not required to move your work to the WP mainspace this week. The Drafting as a group training is required even though you will not be drafting as a group; however, there is a lot of valuable information in this training.

Chemistry

Environmental Sciences

Science Communication

You have made copyedits, added/removed citations, evaluated an article, and you have started begun contributing to an article! Well done!

Week 6
Complete three trainings and make another significant contribution (minimum 2 sentences) to your article by Sat, Oct 2 at 11:59 pm. This week you need to further contribute to your (existing or new) article and add an image, inside your sandbox. You'll be peer editing (and getting peer edited) next week. Let's give your classmates something great to evaluate!

This resource may be helpful:

Week 7
Guiding framework

Peer Review Template

You've been assigned a partner for peer review and given the URL. Please use the peer review template above to complete this review (the guiding framework above will assist you with this assignment). When you've finished your review, copy your Peer Review Template (from edit mode) and submit on Bb. Due Sat, Oct 9 11:59 pm.

Everyone has finished their peer-reviews; at least one significant contribution you made has been viewed and critiqued. After Fall Break, we'll modify our work based upon those peer reviews and move our work to the mainspace!

Week 8
You have some feedback from your peer reviewer. (If you didn't receive this feedback, please let me know.) Consider their suggestions, decide how it can make your work more accurate or complete, and edit your draft to make those changes. 'Please respond to anyone who viewed/edited your contribution and thank them for their input (go to your reviewer's talk page and leave a message, sign with 4 tildes). 'Brief, clear, and polite communication between editors is highly encouraged! Due by Sat, Oct 23 11:59 pm.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
 * Reach out to your Wikipedia expert if you have any questions

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;  Important Note:   Keep track of your contributions to the mainspace, as you will be including these in a reflective essay at the completion of your work.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Complete one training and move your work to WP by Sat, Oct 23 11:59 pm. Please mark Steps 3 and 4 complete on the Dashboard (Expand your draft and Move your work).

Week 9
Now is the time to take what you've learned and apply it to our Target article: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the environment. Please assign this article to yourself on our course Dashboard. By Sat, Oct 30 11:59 pm, make  a small contribution   to this article (e.g., create an internal wikilink, fix spelling/grammar error, remove/re-use citation),  publish your edit, write a BRIEF edit summary   and p  rovide a short explanation   of your edit on the   Talk page. Sign your explanation (on the Talk page) with 4 tildes.  Important Note:   Keep track of your mainspace contributions, as you will be including these in a reflective essay at the completion of your work.


 * Refer to Editing Wikipedia for assistance during this process.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

If you're proud of the work you've done on your practice article, please feel free to continue refining 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. You're not required to do this, as the class will be moving on to edit the Target article; however, please know that you're always welcome, at any time to Be Bold! and continue the work that you've started!  Important Note:   Keep track of your mainspace contributions, as you will be including these in a reflective essay at the completion of your work.

Week 10
This week we are continuing to edit our Target Wikipage: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the environment. By Sat, Nov 6 11:59 pm, make a more significant contribution to this page (there is no actual number of sentences required), publish your edit and leave a brief edit summary. You'll be graded on the significance of the effort of the contribution, not the quantity. This can be accomplished in myriad ways, so I'll ask you to submit a brief essay (on Bb) describing the significance of the effort of your contribution, since you will best be able to describe it.  Important Note:   Keep track of your contributions, as you will be including these in a reflective essay at the completion of your work.


 * Refer to Editing Wikipedia for assistance during this process.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Week 11
Continue to expand and improve your contributions: For example, format your contribution to match WP's tone and standards. Include internal links to other WP articles. Add an image. Look at any feedback you've received from other editors and make adjustments accordingly. If any of your edits were removed, read the Talk page to find out why. Consider the reason and re-evaluate how you approached your edit. This is an essential part of the learning process. The goal is not just to update WP, but also to learn how to paraphrase effectively. There is no specific assignment to complete this week. Note: by Dec 4, you should have made significant edits to the target page. Keep track of your contributions, as you will be including these in a reflective essay at the completion of your work.

Week 12
This will be the final &quot;Assignment&quot; of this project. Please be as concise as possible. I want to know 1) What your contributions were to WP (please provide all mainspace contributions to the target article, in case I missed any), 2) what you learned from this project, and 3) what your advice is for me for next time I have students complete a project like this. Due Dec 4 11:59 pm - Please note: It will be helpful for me if you identify your contributions that &quot;stuck.&quot;

Week 13
There is no specific assignment to complete this week .

These are the final weeks to develop your contributions. Once you submit your reflective essay, you will be considered FINISHED with the assignment, and I will grade your submissions.


 * Resource: Editing Wikipedia
 * Ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Week 14
Everyone should have finished all the work they'll do on Wikipedia, submitted their reflective essay, and be ready for final grading by Sat, Dec 4 11:59 pm.