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Course name
Plant Taxonomy
Institution
Warren Wilson College
Instructor
Amy Boyd
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Species
Course dates
2020-01-13 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-02 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
9


This course is intended to provide an overview of land plant diversity in an evolutionary context, as well as an introduction to the theory and practice of plant systematics. Students will be contributing to Wikipedia articles on particular plant families or other taxonomic groups.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Mesquite2
Susielusardi Oxalidaceae
Esmeflorence Hymenophyllaceae
Rrominger.f17 Pedaliaceae
Apacheco-lujano.f18 Loasaceae
Lydiatewks Betulaceae
Kaitlynzinnecker Adoxaceae
CarpeDiem LN
MilesAdair Asparagaceae
AnnikaRStrand
CarpeDiem TLN Winteraceae

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 January 2020   |   Wednesday, 22 January 2020   |   Thursday, 23 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.

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 3

Course meetings
Monday, 27 January 2020   |   Tuesday, 28 January 2020   |   Wednesday, 29 January 2020   |   Thursday, 30 January 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 3 February 2020   |   Tuesday, 4 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 5 February 2020   |   Thursday, 6 February 2020
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise
Assignment - 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


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Species

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 10 February 2020   |   Tuesday, 11 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 12 February 2020   |   Thursday, 13 February 2020
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 17 February 2020   |   Tuesday, 18 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 19 February 2020   |   Thursday, 20 February 2020

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 24 February 2020   |   Tuesday, 25 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 26 February 2020   |   Thursday, 27 February 2020
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 9 March 2020   |   Tuesday, 10 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 11 March 2020   |   Thursday, 12 March 2020
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.


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


Assignment - Continue improving 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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 16 March 2020   |   Tuesday, 17 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 18 March 2020   |   Thursday, 19 March 2020
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 10

Course meetings
Monday, 23 March 2020   |   Tuesday, 24 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 25 March 2020   |   Thursday, 26 March 2020
Milestones

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