Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Penn State Brandywine/Water - Science and Society (Spring 2020)
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- Course name
- Water - Science and Society
- Institution
- Penn State Brandywine
- Instructor
- Laura Guertin
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Course dates
- 2020-01-13 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-01 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 60
Investigation of water behavior and occurence, its relevance to life, human activities, politics, and society. In celebration of Women's History Month and featuring Scientist Spotlights this semester, we will seek to create three new Wikipedia pages for female hydrologists.
Timeline
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 5 March 2020
- 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 - 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.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 17 March 2020 | Thursday, 19 March 2020
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 24 March 2020 | Thursday, 26 March 2020
- In class - Start drafting your contributions
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 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 31 March 2020 | Thursday, 2 April 2020
- 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