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Course name
JABSOM MD1 Wikipedia Editing
Institution
University of Hawaii
Instructor
Melissa Kahili-Heede
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
MD1
Course dates
2018-07-31 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-03 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
72


This course will serve as an introduction to evidence-based medicine principles for first-year medical students.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Melissmatics

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
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:


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 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
Review guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Medicine

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Assignment - Choose a pre-selected topic

Complete this exercise: Choose your topic / Find your sources

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Assignment - Add Citations

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Assignment - To choose your own topics

Complete this Exercise: Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Build your bibliography

Complete this exercise: Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Assignment - Start drafting your article

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 October 2018
In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Milestones

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


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.

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 October 2018
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
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

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 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 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 16

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 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!

Week 17

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 November 2018
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.