Wikipedia:CARL Medical Editing Initiative/Fall 2019/Course Overview/Assignment 3
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Assignment 3: Individual Improvement Plan
Wikipedia Assignment #3: Individual Improvement Plan
Goal: Students will prepare and post their planned edits for the Wikipedia article on their sandbox. Tutors will provide feedback on the planned edits with comments on the sandbox and upload a graded rubric to the Gradebook. This is meant to be an iterative process, with the feedback from your tutors incorporated prior to making the edits in class on November 25th.
Students changes on sandbox must be posted (due) by midnight Monday Nov 18th.
Instructions:
1) Outline your specific planned changes to your section of the article, labelled “Proposed Changes”. Target 1-2 sentences for your improvements. Use the exact language you plan to post to the Wikipedia community, and ensure that it is written in a way that is easily understood by non-medical people.
2) After each proposed change, briefly explain the rationale for the change and the reference(s) you have used to support your content. Label this section “Rationale for proposed change.”
3) Identify any controversy or varied opinion about planned changes in your section, and explain how you decided to move forward with the position you have taken. Add this piece to the rationale section.
4) Please identify any issues or concerns with the source (including any possibility of bias) and how (or whether) this has impacted on your plans for the information you are choosing to share. Label this section “Critique of Source.”