Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Wisconsin Milwaukee/Limnology 1 (Fall 2020)

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{{in class|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:

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

{{assignment|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.)

{{assignment milestones|Everyone has a Wikipedia account}}

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

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{{start of course week|2020-09-08|2020-09-10}}

{{assignment|Assignment - Your first edits}}

Each lake page you'll find in Wikipedia will likely give a number of statistics.  Find a page a examine them.  What are the units?  

In science, as we have discussed, we use SI.  But most American readers will likely better comprehend "English" units (note the irony here...a country that fought a revolution to be free of British rule is now one of the few in the world still using British units...like measuring short distances based on the length of an English King's foot!).

Check the units for your lake page.  If there are English units alone, add SI units.  You can find conversions with a quick Google search, e.g. "convert feet to meters" or "convert acres to hectares".  If there are SI units, double check them...are they correct.

Be careful of Significant Figures/Digits.  Do you understand the concept?  Hint: if I put in "12 feet" Google gives me "3.6576 meters" ...see anything wrong?

Post a short summary of what you found and what you did to the Canvas site Discussion "Editing a Lake for SI units", including a link to what you did.

{{assignment|Assignment - Evaluating and Editing Wikipedia}}

{{in class|In class - Discussion}}

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{{start of course week|2020-09-15|2020-09-17}}

{{in class|In class - Picking your favorite lake}}

{{assignment|Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area}}

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

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

{{assignment milestones|Everyone has selected a favorite lake and partner}}

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{{start of course week|2020-09-22|2020-09-24}}

{{in class|In class - Begin project research }}

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{{start of course week|2020-09-29|2020-10-01}}

{{assignment|Assignment - Start drafting your contributions}}

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

{{assignment milestones|Everyone has started collecting information and writing}}

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

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{{in class|In class - Continue research and writing}}

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{{in class|In class - Continue research and writing}}

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{{start of course week|2020-10-20|2020-10-22}}

{{in class|In class - Continue research and writing}}

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{{start of course week|2020-10-27|2020-10-29}}

{{assignment|Assignment - Peer review an article}}

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

{{in class|In class - Discussion}}

{{assignment milestones|Peer reviews are complete}}

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

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{{start of course week|2020-11-03|2020-11-05}}

{{assignment|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:

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

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{{start of course week|2020-11-10|2020-11-12}}

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

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{{start of course week|2020-11-17|2020-11-19}}

{{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.

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{{start of course week|2020-11-24|2020-11-26}}

{{assignment|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!

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{{start of course week|2020-12-01|2020-12-03}}

{{assignment|Assignment - Final article}}

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!

{{assignment milestones|Presenting your page}}

Post an Executive Summary with a link to your page to the Class Discussion.

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{{start of course week|2020-12-08|2020-12-10}}

{{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.

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