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Course name
FREC 4454
Institution
Virginia Tech
Instructor
Julia Feerrar
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Urban and Community Forestry
Course dates
2020-01-21 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-13 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


This course addresses the ecological, socioeconomic, and technical aspects of planning, managing, and conserving urban forests. Topics include the historical and global contexts of urban forestry, impact on community wellbeing, and roles of government, private industry, and community stakeholders in shaping urban forests. Students in FREC 4454 will be contributing to the Urban Forestry article.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Redryansox13
Lauren2021
Bryndistler
Kmd9257
Erinw17
Lton55
Erikaw7
Jcrush21
Lukejordan20
Bhughes2219
GOKIES21
VetarusA
MPage9
AMByers
BradleyL20
Erinp3
MakeKnowCents
Farve4444

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 22 January 2020   |   Thursday, 23 January 2020

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 27 January 2020   |   Wednesday, 29 January 2020   |   Thursday, 30 January 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.

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 3 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 5 February 2020   |   Thursday, 6 February 2020
Assignment - Getting Started
Wikipedia Training

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 10 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 12 February 2020   |   Thursday, 13 February 2020

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 17 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 19 February 2020   |   Thursday, 20 February 2020

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 24 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 26 February 2020   |   Thursday, 27 February 2020
Assignment - Topic Selection

Upload your group's topic to Canvas.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 2 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 4 March 2020   |   Thursday, 5 March 2020

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 16 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 18 March 2020   |   Thursday, 19 March 2020
Working With Sources

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 23 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 25 March 2020   |   Thursday, 26 March 2020
Assignment - Annotated Bibliography

Upload your group's annotated bibliography to Canvas.

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 30 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 1 April 2020   |   Thursday, 2 April 2020
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their first drafts.


Drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 6 April 2020   |   Wednesday, 8 April 2020   |   Thursday, 9 April 2020
Assignment - First Draft

Draft in your group leader's sandbox.

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 13 April 2020   |   Wednesday, 15 April 2020   |   Thursday, 16 April 2020

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 20 April 2020   |   Wednesday, 22 April 2020   |   Thursday, 23 April 2020
Assignment - Final Draft and Publication
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
Monday, 27 April 2020   |   Wednesday, 29 April 2020   |   Thursday, 30 April 2020
Milestones

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