Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Louisiana State University/Prokaryotic Diversity (Spring 2014)/Timeline

January 17th: Form Wikipedia groups
Form groups of two- by the 17th, identify your partner and notify Dr. Thrash.

January 29th: Wikipedia proposals due
The document must include the following:


 * Your organism, including all relevant phylogenetic information


 * The motivation to post about this particular organism, including relevance to the outside world


 * Details of searches you have done to ensure no current Wikipedia or MicrobeWiki articles on this species

February 3rd: Editing basics

 * In class
 * Basics of editing
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
 * Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments


 * Assignments
 * Complete the online training for students.
 * Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to any Wikipedians helping your class (such as a Wikipedia Ambassador), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.


 * If you are going to be trying to develop a stub, initiate your conversation in the Talk page.


 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.

February 28th: First draft due
This will be done according to a detailed rubric, posted on Moodle, and should be entirely in your Sandbox. Prior to this deadline, you should be actively researching your organism of interest, identifying primary literature, and examining other Wikipedia entries on microorganisms to develop your page design.

Helpful handouts: "How to get help", “Uploading images” and “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality”

March 10th: First peer review due
Peer and instructor review of the first drafts will be completed according to the rubric. This will be double-open with respects to your peers, and is intended as a first check of your progress.

April 7th: Second draft due
Continue to work according to the detailed rubric, still be entirely in your Sandbox.

April 21st: Second peer review due
Second double-open peer review will be completed according to the rubric. Criticisms at this point should be relatively minor as you have less than 10 days to make final edits to your work.

April 30th: Final drafts due
Incorporating the edits from your peer and instructor review, your final draft will be complete in your Sandbox for final instructor review. Upon approval, this will be submitted as a live page.

April 30th-May 2nd: In-class presentations
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