Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Wake Technical Community College/PSY 241 Developmental Psychology (2020SP)

Honors Project in a lifespan developmental psychology course. Students will work in a collaborative group based on a shared interest, select an existing stub, and work on expanding the information and research citations cited there under the mentorship of their instructor.

Week 4
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 an article

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

What's a content gap?

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Exercise
Add a citation

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Psychology

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts. Submit your draft to the Group Blog page in Blackboard by 2/22

Week 8
Please read the other students' drafts on the Group Blog page, and make suggestions about things that are unclear or that a reader would need more detail about.

Thinking about Wikipedia

Every student has finished reviewing the work of their colleagues

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

Exercise
Add links to your article

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 11
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 12
Guiding questions

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