Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Washington State University - Vancouver/Invertebrate Zoology (Spring 2020)

Broad survey of the invertebrates. I will expect students to choose an invertebrate species local to the NE Pacific coast to research and contribute to existing Wikipedia pages. I anticipate that most species students might select will already have pages, so their efforts will primarily be contributions, but there may be species that do not yet have pages.

I will expect students to source most of their content to peer-reviewed literature, so most of the contributions will be brief summaries or explanations of unique, interesting, or foundational examples of organismal natural history, physiology, or medical or economic benefit to humans.

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
Complete this task on Blackboard

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 4
Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Species

Complete this task on Blackboard

Complete this task on Blackboard

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

Week 5
Complete this task on Blackboard

Complete this task on Blackboard

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7
Guiding framework

Week 8
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 9
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.

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 10
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

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 15
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.