Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of California Berkeley/IB35AC Human Biological Variation (Fall 2018)

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| course_name = IB35AC Human Biological Variation

| instructor_username = Ljhlusko

| instructor_realname = Leslea Hlusko

| support_staff = Ian (Wiki Ed)

| subject = human biology

| start_date = 2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC

| end_date = 2019-01-08 23:59:59 UTC

| institution = University of California Berkeley

| expected_students = 5

| assignment_page = Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/University_of_California_Berkeley/IB35AC_Human_Biological_Variation_(Fall_2018)

| slug = University_of_California_Berkeley/IB35AC_Human_Biological_Variation_(Fall_2018)

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}}

Five graduate students will be modifying 3 articles each (for a total of 15), all related to human biological variation and the scientists who do this research. We will veer away from medically-related pages and focus on basic biology. These graduate students will be working with teams of undergraduates on critiquing the articles, finding new resources, media, drafting language, etc. They will work through all of the training modules with students during discussion sectionsm though the undergraduate students will not start their own Wikipedia accounts or take the courses individually. The undergraduates will not be editing Wikipedia themselves. Only the graduate students will do this as team-leader for the undergraduate students' efforts. We will strongly ask all of the undergraduate students NOT to edit Wikipedia articles related to the course while they are students in the course.

This is technically an introductory level course, but since graduate student instructors will be supervising all of the work and making all of the edits, our interface with Wikipedia is more at the level of advanced undergraduate or graduate.

{{student table row|Theoldbones|Sarah Tishkoff, Human tooth sharpening, Genu varum|}}

{{student table row|Liophidium|Dysgenics, M. Margaret Clark, American Diabetes Association|}}

{{student table row|Lyoflo1|Human milk bank, Genetic discrimination, Ethnoecology|}}

{{student table row|Yohler|The Aversion Project, Nice Nailantei Leng'ete, Pharmacovigilance|}}

{{student table row|ThePaleoCat|Nina Jablonski, Ancestry-informative marker, Shovel-shaped incisors|}}

= Week 7 =

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:

[https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia Editing Wikipedia], pages 1–5
[https://wikiedu.org/evaluatingwikipedia Evaluating 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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

== Exercise ==

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/evaluate-wikipedia-exercise Evaluate an article]

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/sources-and-plagiarism-discussion/thinking-about-sources-and-plagiarism Thinking about sources and plagiarism]

= Week 8 =

== Exercise ==

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/choose-topic-exercise Choose a topic]

Resource: [https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia#page=6 Editing Wikipedia], page 6

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/content-gap-discussion/what-is-a-content-gap What's a content gap?]

= Week 9 =

== Exercise ==

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/add-to-article-exercise Add a citation]

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/copyedit-exercise/copyedit-an-article Copyedit an article]

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/finalize-topic-exercise Finalize your topic / Find your sources]

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: [https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia#page=7 Editing Wikipedia], pages 7–9

[https://wikiedu.org/biographies Biographies]

[https://wikiedu.org/books Books]

[https://wikiedu.org/ecology Ecology]

[https://wikiedu.org/environmental_sciences Environmental Sciences]

[https://wikiedu.org/genes_and_proteins Genes and Proteins]

[https://wikiedu.org/history History]

[http://wikiedu.org/lgbtplus_studies LGBT+ Studies]

[https://wikiedu.org/science_communication Science Communication]

[https://wikiedu.org/species Species]

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

= Week 10 =

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/peer-review Guiding framework]

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/thinking-about-wikipedia-discussion/thinking-about-wikipedia Thinking about Wikipedia]

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

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:

[https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia#page=12 Editing Wikipedia], pages 12 and 14
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

= Week 11 =

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: [https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia#page=13 Editing Wikipedia], page 13

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/did-you-know-exercise/nominating Nominating your article for Did You Know]

== Exercise ==

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/continue-improving-exercise/link-articles 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.

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 12 =

It's the final week to develop your article.

Read [https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia#page=15 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!

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/reflective-essay-exercise/essay-questions Guiding questions]

{{assignment milestones|You've finished your Wikipedia assignment!}}

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