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- Course name
- PSY100
- Institution
- College of Staten Island
- Instructor
- Elizabeth Che
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Psychology
- Course dates
- 2018-08-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-13 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 50
A study of the important facts and theories concerning human behavior and its motivation. Included will be research methodology; at least three topics from learning, cognition, testing, physiology, and phenomenology; and at least three topics from personality, psychopathology, emotion and motivation, history and systems, development, and social factors. Topics will be related to major trends in recent cultural history and to current social and moral issues.
Timeline
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 25 September 2018 | Thursday, 27 September 2018
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
- In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment
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
- Assignment - Selecting a PSYCH+Feminism topic
Choose your topic from the PSYCH+Feminism topic list. Go to class blackboard and sign up for a topic. You will be working in groups of 3.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 October 2018 | Thursday, 4 October 2018
- Assignment - Get started on 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.)
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 9 October 2018 | Thursday, 11 October 2018
- Assignment - Editing Wikipedia
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 October 2018 | Thursday, 18 October 2018
- Assignment - WIKIPEDIA First Drafts of Articles due on Mon 10/15 at noon
The first drafts of your articles are due! Make sure each of your group members are working in the designated group sandbox.
- Online Assignment
Complete all basic training modules!
Locate sources (e.g., CV).
Fill in the biography template in your sandbox.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 23 October 2018 | Thursday, 25 October 2018
- In class - In Class Demonstration (sources, hyperlinks, feedback)
How to cite sources in Wikipedia
How to create hyperlinks
Responding to feedback
- Revise your first draft
I will be providing feedback in your sandbox and talk pages. Please work on revising your first draft.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 30 October 2018 | Thursday, 1 November 2018
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 6 November 2018 | Thursday, 8 November 2018
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 13 November 2018 | Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Assignment - Polish your work
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 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 20 November 2018
- Assignment - Peer review an article
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
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.
- Assignment - Peer reviews are complete
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 27 November 2018 | Thursday, 29 November 2018
- Assignment - Final article
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!
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
- In class - Launch Wikipedia articles, check for flags, create external links
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 4 December 2018 | Thursday, 6 December 2018
Week 16
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 11 December 2018